Reminder if you’re working retail tomorrow and this weekend

1. Stay hydrated as well as you can. Some stores let employees keep water bottles at their registers. If you’re on the floor, try to sneak off for water breaks. I know on black friday this will be super hard, but whenever you can take breaks (depending on your state your employer is legally required to let you have a number of breaks depending on your hours) make sure your getting fluids. And eat. Keep your blood sugar up.
2. Customers will be cranky. Many of them will know how bad your day will automatically suck and be nice but if you get cranky and pissy people just know it’s not your fault.
3. Avoid looking at the clock. Trust me.
4. Despite what I just said, in my experience the day will go faster than you think.
5. Get a decent night sleep tonight.
6. Deep breaths. The 80 people in line knew what they were getting into when they crawled out of bed to go shopping on the biggest shopping day of the year.
7. If you’re working a 12 hour shift, if you can think of nothing else positive, remember that your paycheck will likely be larger than average. That’s what got me through the day anyway.

Good luck