Thursday, December 04, 2003

I feel your pain

BBC News, 4 Dec 03

Xmas cheer makes Austrians sour

The countdown to Christmas has only just begun, but thousands of Austrian shop assistants say they are already sick of the sound of it. They say the strains of piped Christmas carols cause them "psychological terror", and are demanding that their employers limit the hours they play carols.

"By the time Christmas comes around there are large scores of abused shop workers who hate the very idea of it," said Gottfried Rieser, spokesman for the Austrian Trade Union Federation.



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