23 Things Only A Chocolate Shop Employee Will Understand

20. The Sales

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Either the best or worst point of the year, depending on which side of the counter you exist on, sales mean that you'll never stop moving as stock flies from the shelves. 

People can get a bit crazy at this point in the year, particularly when there's only one box of palma violets left, and at times you may fear for your life. But at least it's not boring.

The seasonal sales seem to bring out the weirdest customers, too. You can fully expect the guys who wait until the day after Valentine's to buy their girlfriends a present, just so they can get it with 20% off. Likewise, there will always be at least one customer who thinks that a box of chocolates purchased in the January sale will make an acceptable gift for next Christmas, despite the blatant August expiry date stamped on the front.

 
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