People are sending retail staff solidarity after horrifying images emerge of crowded Boxing Day sales | indy100 | indy100

People celebrate Christmas in different ways.

One thing that lots of people do on Boxing Day, when the festivities are all over, is head out to the shops with a wallet full of Christmas cash in the hope of scoring a bargain in the sales.

What's unfortunate, though, is that it makes life pretty miserable for retail workers at this time of year. Hoards of shoppers can be unforgiving at the best of times, but there's something about the Boxing Day sales that makes people behave even worse.

On social media, people have been sharing images and videos of huge crowds and queues of shoppers.

9am at Brown Thomas https://t.co/T1lfPb8CmN
— Daragh Brophy (@Daragh Brophy) 1577350990

📷The queue outside Lush on Buchanan Street this morning. Will you be hitting the sales? https://t.co/YYuTMnDHmP
— Glasgow Times (@Glasgow Times) 1577350809

So people are sending retail staff solidarity for the day ahead.

Having worked in Brown Thomas on Stephens Day - and many other retail stores over the years - all I can say is plea… https://t.co/m9sMb1eGYQ
— Karin Carthy (@Karin Carthy) 1577352272

solidarity with everyone working retail today and honestly if ur up to shop at 9am on Boxing Day ur a greedy bastar… https://t.co/NJ2NibAywS
— Róisín Lanigan (@Róisín Lanigan) 1577352487

@Glasgow_Times Everyone in that queue needs to buy themselves a life.
— Ivana Tinkle (@Ivana Tinkle) 1577351453

@DaraghBroph @thejournal_ie That’s disgraceful, shops shouldn’t be allowed to open on st Stephen’s day, give the pe… https://t.co/5DWfG5HZFw
— Gillian Grant (@Gillian Grant) 1577351176

If you're out on the Boxing Day sales, remember to be nice to retail workers, because it might be a half price sale, but kindness is always free.

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