does anyone else hate fall?

I've noticed a pattern over the years. With the exception of college football, I really, really, really hate the autumn. I can't say why exactly, I just do. I hate going back to school, I hate the stupid leaves changing, I despise the cold weather coming. I am amazed at the people who will list it as their favorite season. I just don't get it. Nope. Having worked for Wal-Mart for almost ten years, I know that the fall is when the company kicks it into high gear.The backroom is burgeoning with all that crap, err, merchandise for Christmas, and there is a good chance that the Christmas blitz stuff is starting to take up too much room that they need for the regular crap that they have to put out. The one good thing about the fall is that there is a good chance that the hours that have been cut since January might be starting to come around. But don't bet on it. That part is going to depend on the greed factor of your manager and district manager. If they've gotten used to the bonuses for coming in under payroll, you may be screwed. Yesterday, a department manager emailed me complaining because his hours were cut and he didn't know how he was going to make his car payment. I was less than sympathetic, I guess, when I asked him how he thought the people in his department had been managing on 34-37 hours every week. For that he had no answer. I don't understand why they don't cut the hours across the board, say five percent from everyone, instead of five hours from the people doing the grunt work and 30 minutes from the people pushing paper. Or, have you ever met someone who is getting overtime and told to be quiet about it? Another favorite is the personnel department. Some of those people are getting forty plus hours every week and there is a hiring freeze on! Love the integrity there, don't you? So maybe I can get over the fall funk I get every year. It's a lot more likely than Wal-mart stumbling across some integrity.Go ahead, ask your personnel manager how many hours were cut last week, and from whom. You'll thank me later.