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[sarahkbee]

Allders in Basingstoke finally closed at 11am today. I've worked there for eight and a half years, and it's a very strange feeling to know that it's gone. The last two or three weeks have not really been what you might call fun, although it's been absolute heaven to actually be allowed to tell customers that No, they can't have whichever unreasonable request they want, and that if they swear at me again I shall just walk away. Depressingly for the last eight years, that hasn't been something I felt I could do - working in retail can REALLY suck sometimes.

I don't yet have a new job but when I do it'll be 9 - 5, Monday to Friday, and please god, no general public.

Wow, I still can't really believe that it's all gone. All the stock, most of the fixtures, and all the staff - gone.