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December 12, 2025

A guide to good manners at the retail counter this holiday season

By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH
Associated Press

As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year's biggest shopping season, retail workers are bracing for what many describe as the most demanding — and often demoralizing — stretch of the job.

“It magnifies everything,” said Nick Leighton, host of the podcast “Were You Raised by Wolves?,” which he co-hosts with comedian Leah Bonnema. Together, they dissect etiquette and the subtleties of social behavior.


 
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