Some people think they are special and should be protected by law. No one else is, makes no sense.
Sunday Trading Laws
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Some people think they are special and should be protected by law. No one else is, makes no sense.
How about buy some groceries for dinner at 7 PM on a Sunday, as you were called away on a sudden business trip abroad the weekend before?Yes, it's absolutely outrageous that I can't buy a TV at 2AM on a Monday morning.
If having big stores open on sundays put smaller shops out of business, then perhaps those smaller shops should think about a more viable business instead of having to have laws that inconvenience shoppers and big companies just so they can do what they want. They should be giving the consumer the freedom to shop when and where they want, or stores to offer their goods when they want, not artificially impose limits.
Or worked sat night and slept most of the day.
Yes, it's absolutely outrageous that I can't buy a TV at 2AM on a Monday morning.
LOL. If one was in such dire circumstances they could try the internet. Might take a few hours to get delivered though. Either that or wait until 8am and go to Tesco.
Here's some suggestions :
1) Keep food in the freezer.
2) Find a local takeaway.
3) Try Tesco Express. They're open later.
This exactly. The 'small shop' will never die if they offer something to the consumer, and many do - special/rare cuts of meat, handmade luxuries, great cheeses etc. The problem is with crap small shops that are selling packs of Rich Tea biscuits that are past their 'best before' date for £20. I hope they all die.
If you work in an office you start at 9 and finish at half 5... Most shops open at 9 and close at half 5...
Alternatively shop workers should exert their rights more. Say no to working weekends if you don't want to, say no to working more than 5 days if you don't want to. You don't have to work 7 days a week, if the company insist they do then move companies as they are not someone I'd want to work for...
Great thinking! Why don't we just open the shops one day a week - everyone could just plan for that, right?
This, totally this. There are LOADS of jobs up for grabs.
You already can. It's called Tesco Metro and Co-op.
That's a genius idea. Give all the office workers that day off to go shopping. All hail chairman PMKeates.
Why can't I go to a supermarket instead? The market should be free to determine what it wants and what can be provided cost effectively.
Most shops like my four local 24 hour supermarkets, the retail parks open until 8/9pm and the Trafford Centre open until 10pm?
Tesco Express is a supermarket. OK, so they might not stock your preferred brand of foie gras but they'll have all the essentials for those times you've not been a good boy scout.
You can't make a decent meal with ingredients from their. Tesco express doesn't even do fresh veg.
Co-op is expensive and again severely limited of goods.
More to the point, why should Sunday trading laws exist. I haven't seen one good argument why they should stay.
The we should have one rest day doesn't stand up. So many of us already work shifts, weekends etc.
Or the I don't want to work Sundays argument. Then don't, many many people choose not to work weekends and they aren't protected by laws.
And religion should not influence laws IMO. Not that all religions agree on Sunday. Many religions day of rest is Saturday.
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People with no managerial experience of retail fail to grasp the stresses and strains which 24/7 trading puts on businesses and people. Or the additional costs it adds. You don't generate more income, you just spread it out over more hours, which means higher costs.
Having said that I now think this country should have shops open 24/7/365, because many people are too challenged by everyday life to be able to organise their time, and others have a psychological defect which requires them to be able to shop around the clock.
Having said that I now think this country should have shops open 24/7/365, because many people are too challenged by everyday life to be able to organise their time, and others have a psychological defect which requires them to be able to shop around the clock.
So? It's upto the company if they open 24/7 removing the law doesn't force them to open any longer.
Stress? Rubbish. Loads of industries work 24/7
Exactly. Some people seem to think that if a store is open every day then they will be forced to work sundays (which they wont), and if the law is removed that stores will have to be forced to be open on sundays (again, they wont). It just gives stores the OPTION, where as right now they don't have a choice in the matter when they are restricted by laws.
In the same way that not even shop is open 24 hours a day now Monday to Friday, not every shop will open substantially longer on a Sunday. They will respond to customer demand, likely by opening slightly earlier than they already do, and staying open slightly later.