Stress stress stress! Deadlines had to be met, people had to work very hard and last minute orders were processed at the very end of the last weekend before Christmas, just to make the customers happy.
The last few weeks have been very busy for us. We had to work harder and harder in order to meet our target before Christmas. English people do shop very much and also at the very last minute, but that is probably because of the sale period that Harrods started just a week before Christmas. People go really crazy and buy so many things.
Harrods' boxing day is usually a day after the "original" boxing day. It is apparantely and supposed to be the sale of all sales in the United Kingdom. People from all over the world flooded the store and started to purchase whatever they could afford, and find. We had and still have to process so many orders.
Boxing day is basically the real Christmas gift day. It is a day that makes their excuse of buying late Christmas gifts valid. People buy so many things since everything is so cheap (especially perfume) that I think it is justified to be late. And people do shop as if they haven't done any shopping throughout the entire year. ^^ What I also find funny is the appeareance of the Dutch. I haven't seen a single Dutch person throughout the four months I am here, but when the sale started, they all invaded Harrods. :p I guess that might say something about the Dutch, haha.
The sale is running till the end of January and thus making us very busy. I had a good bargain and bought a blazer for just 30 quid instead of 410 ^^ So yeah... Do you fancy anything from Harrods? ;D
I still have two weeks to go in London, and I do have to say that my stay was quite short. I wish to stay longer/or to do it all over again, with good accommodation. I do have to confess that because of that problem, I could not enjoy my stay and do everything I planned, but at the same time it was quite the experience and somehow in the end it was fun. I hope to visit London some other time.
Like I said, I did not really do everything I have planned for my stay, which is disappointing. I still have to prepare the presentation for the first year students and will try to complete it either today or tomorrow. I will try to complete it today or tomorrow, because I will barely have any time and access to my computer during the next two weeks.
Kind regards,
Mohammed
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