When Christmas Shopping Gets Weird…

For the first time in my life, being a sales person/ gift giver got awkward. This older man came into the cute wine and tea shop I work in and started looking for Christmas gifts. I made the comment that I love this time of year. He then asked (while holding extreme eye contact) if I prefer giving or receiving gifts. It immediately felt sexual. Images of oral sex were flooding through my mind as I mumbled that, “I liked giving because it’s nice to know you made someone happy.” AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I quickly back tracked with, “But it’s always best to receive.” DEAR GOD. I was so deep in a weird sexually explicit Christmas gift giving/ receiving hole that I was barely able to wrap his tall bottle of Balsamic Vinegar without it feeling phallic.