i work for a large cannabis dispensary chain.
the city i live in recently lifted a previously instated city bylaw- all liquor & cannabis stores were to be closed on Christmas day (business licenses were not valid on that 1 day of the year).
now that that bylaw is no longer in effect- the company i work for wants us to be open on “reduced hours” (normally we are 10-10, reduced hours being 11-4) on Christmas Day.
we are open 364 days of the year, with only 2 days at the 11-4 reduced hours (being Christmas Eve & New Year’s Day). The ENTIRE month of December & a good chunk of the beginning of January is “black listed” meaning we cannot request any time off.
I am so beyond angry. Our head office employees spend weeks on end taking paid Christmas, summer, etc. vacations while we are now facing the reality of having to sell cannabis on Christmas F’n Day. we even had customers EXTREMELY upset that we were doing reduced hours for Christmas Eve.. as if we don’t have our own families to see and spend the holiday with.
i love my job, besides our head office, but i was loud about the fact i will not come in on Christmas. and i don’t care if that’s a problem. if my job was more important, it would be a different discussion. but i am a f****** budtender. and i will not spend Christmas selling cannabis.
rant over.