How Soon is Too Soon?

  Last night I went into work, my fifth night in a row of working a closing shift, (late hours when you're not doing something fun sucks!), only to be greeted by the sounds of holiday music being played over the speaker system throughout the store. I cringed! It's annoying enough to have the same tired loop of sappy, co-dependent love songs being played over and over, but now this?! At least right now it's not every song, it's about every 5th or 6th song we get hit up with the strains of Sir Elton, Sir Paul or Karen Carpenter crooning some Christmas tune. Some of which are just down-right depressing! I don't know about anyone else, other than my co-workers who also cringed upon entering the store, but, I feel it's just alittle too soon for this holiday music crap. Most folks are still trying to decide how to get rid of all the Halloween candy their children accrued just days ago from trick or treating. The Halloween costumes and their various bits and pieces are more than likely still laying strewn about the house waiting to packed away for the year. I get the retail reasons for the hit hard and hit 'em early with the holiday buying mentality, but seriously...and, did I mention our store is also decked out with all the X-mas trees and decorations? It is. (*sigh*) Anyway, I'm of the opinion that this is just too soon for this bombardment of holiday "cheer" to encourage us to part with our very hard earned dollars. We'll be doing it anyway without all the early reminders. I don't think I want to be prodded into the holiday mood until, at the very earliest, the week before Thanksgiving. Not that too many of us need be reminded of the biggest shopping day of the year, the dreaded "Black Friday". I never shop that day, but I will be working,(oh fucking joy). My thoughts obviously are that this is just tooo soon. No wonder people get so depressed this time of year, retailers throw it at you earlier and earlier each year. Oh well, when it gets to be too much I will take a break and cleanse my brain by plugging in the ipod and listening to Ax7, AFI, Job for a Cowboy or something equally removed from the endless loop of "classic holiday favorites" that I will have to endure over the next two months. Hmmmm, does Slipknot do any X-mas covers? Just a thought.