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as possible when talking of Zachariah Abley’ s untimely death due to a stray bulldozer and you’ re golden. Great excuses for getting out of potentially awkward or heated conversations about the social or political climate with my colleagues that I like to use can include:“ I have to go to the stockroom.” Leaving out the wanting to hang myself from the nearest shelf.“ Let me just see if I can find that for you.” While I stare blankly at walls in said stock room contemplating who wrote what graffiti.“ I’ ve never heard of that person.” Yes. I have definitely never heard of Teresa May just please leave me alone. Smiling blankly while backing away is also a good option if you don’ t mind being considered the equal opportunities obligatory hire.“ I’ ve never really been very interested in politics …” Please don’ t look at my Twitter or Facebook. Please do not find me.“ No that must be another Hannah.” Oh god they found me. It won’ t be long before they find my # BoobsForBrexit hashtag If all else fails set fire to the staff room. Move to Tahiti. Assume the name Taconisha and work bars until the heat dies down from your inevitable shunning from not sharing the beliefs of your peers. Always keep in mind that there is a time and a place for everything. While I’ m not particularly pleased with serving the general public in a monotonous groundhog day-esque manner of pulling stock forward on shelves and putting it out, I am a big fan of having money. Most of the time, if you are having a conversation with someone that truly shares an opposing opinion to yours, trying to change their mind is a waste of time and not appropriate for the work place. The only way that you will get them to agree with you is because they want to drop the subject, but deep down you will not have changed their mind. If you are in fact lucky enough to agree with most things with the people you work with, still keep it to yourself, as you never know what the customers will think and they are the reason you get paid. To any of you that know my pain of the retail worker trying desperately not to have an aneurysm when customers or colleagues start talking about“ roblematic” issues or suddenly start turning up to work with their hair dyed blue, you have my deepest sympathies and I hope you keep your sanity like I haven’ t.
Hannah Corner @ palindromicness
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