While this is by no means unusual for a grocery store during the busiest season of the year, it's pretty disheartening to the employees who never get to spend the holidays with their families year after year.
There are a lot of jobs that require you to work during the holiday season. If you're a nurse, a police officer, or a garbage collector, the demands of your job don't just stop because it's Christmas. But when you work retail and you have to deal with the most angry customers who want it all and want it now, it makes a job saving lives sound stress-free.