The dreaded Christmas season has arrived. Christmas ornaments are in stores, the NBA season is underway, and retail workers are filling their anti-anxiety prescriptions.

Unfortunately, I am one of those unlucky few who are filling their prescriptions.

Don?t get me wrong, I love my job?but I hate the Christmas season?simply because Christmas shoppers are the epitome of evil. And I?m sure that I am not the only one.

It is well known that the Holiday season brings out the worst in people, especially when it comes to shopping.

The causes of this annual ailment range from anxiety with crowded malls to Holiday depression. What is often ignored are the side-effects, which usually take the form of abuse on retail employees.

As someone who has been on the receiving end of a few tyrannical shoppers, I can attest to the rudeness that overtakes many at this time of year. It?s just as American as apple pie or baseball.

Granted, there are rude workers out there, but it takes just one rude customer to ruin a retail employee?s day.

Before you start bitching randomly at an employee who is only trying to do their job, just keep in mind that most of them work rather hard for minimum wage.

?With jaywalking being a capital offense here at Sac State, use of campus crosswalks has been steadily increasing. But before you get to that crosswalk be sure to pay attention to where your feet are. On Tuesday, October 24, an unidentified male ran over a pedestrian?s foot while in the crosswalk. The suspect was driving a white Honda Accord, and was thought to be in his twenties.

It amazes me that someone would be dumb enough to stand that far onto the crosswalk. Sure, the car may have swerved over, but wouldn?t you have noticed a car coming near your feet? I guess not.

Even worse is that the driver didn?t even bother to stop after he hit the pedestrian. What an ass! This is the type of person who is a rude Christmas shopper.

?Apparently campus restroom action has moved to Lassen Hall. On Friday, Nov 3, there was a possibly nude male, talking to himself in a stall. He had no shoes and his pants were on the ground. And it was reported that there may have been two people in the stall.

Very interesting!

Brendan Wonnacott is a Government & History major and opinion editor of the State Hornet. He can be reached by mail C/O the State Hornet? CSUS, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA, or by e-mail at [email protected].