Sunday Trading

Freefaller · 7 Jul 2015 at 14:50

MookJong said:
Saturday is for shopping, Sunday is for hobbies, family and quiet time.

Life shouldn't be all about work...guess I am just old school

Join the club!

Rroff · 7 Jul 2015 at 15:04

MookJong said:
Saturday is for shopping, Sunday is for hobbies, family and quiet time.

Life shouldn't be all about work...guess I am just old school

Pretty much of the same opinion - I hate it when all the days are the same.

Sunday afternoon/evening is often when I've got to doing hobbies far from a "miserable" day for me.

MichaelAwkward · 7 Jul 2015 at 15:06

Haggisman said:
The little local stores are 1/10th the size of the supermarkets, so it's pretty obvious they're not going to have the same range of products!

No, but they have everything you're likely to need that you've missed when shopping earlier in the week.

Haggisman · 7 Jul 2015 at 15:13

MichaelAwkward said:
No, but they have everything I'm likely to need that I've missed when shopping earlier in the week.

Fixed

Monkeynut · 7 Jul 2015 at 15:15

I work sunday nights til 11pm in a convienience retailer. Makes me laugh when people who work for ASDA are moaning they might have to work later on a sunday.

Doesn't seem to bother you that I have to do this? No because it benefits you.

MichaelAwkward · 7 Jul 2015 at 15:18

Haggisman said:
Fixed

Not really. As I said, I never shop at the weekends so this doesn't affect me. I'm organised enough to manage my shopping during the week.

Haggisman · 7 Jul 2015 at 15:42

MichaelAwkward said:
Not really. As I said, I never shop at the weekends so this doesn't affect me. I'm organised enough to manage my shopping during the week.

Great if you meticulously plan every detail of your culinary life in advance, not so great if you decide to have an impromptu BBQ with a few mates of a Sunday evening

My local Tesco express doesn't sell Saffron, Chorizo, steak, decent burger buns, paella rice, mussels, lumpwood charcoal...

Just a couple of things off the top of my head which I could have done with recently

fatiain · 7 Jul 2015 at 15:43

MichaelAwkward said:
Not really. As I said, I never shop at the weekends so this doesn't affect me. I'm organised enough to manage my shopping during the week.

I always find we've run out of toilet roll/washing up liquid/tea/coffee/bread/cheese (delete as appropriate) at 16:02 on a Sunday afternoon, despite having been sent to the shop at least 3 times on Saturday and twice on Sunday!

Freefaller · 7 Jul 2015 at 15:56

You guys just need to be more organised

.Lethal · 7 Jul 2015 at 15:57

Freefaller said:
I have to say I kinda miss quiet Sundays where nothing is open and it is all about spending time with family and friends.

Still, I guess in this modern fast moving world it isn't a bad thing for most people.

It's not the end of spending time with family and friends, most of us will continue to work Monday - Friday and spend time with family over the weekend, the only difference being that access to services will be available throughout the weekend.

You can always move to a quieter part where I'm sure local villages/communities will continue to remain as they have for many years

spudbynight said:
I agree. Sunday trading means people working. Is it really that much of an inconvenience to have one day of the week where people don't have to work. People working on Sundays splits families up.

I find the majority of people who are in favour of Sunday trading don't work on Sundays.

Probably not, most people work 9-5 Monday to Friday but for the vast majority this is about convenience and having access to goods and services that many have wanted.

I'm old enough to remember what it was like when everything closed early and there were good reasons for it, but I am happy that this change is being made.

Freefaller · 7 Jul 2015 at 15:59

I plan on doing that as I hate Living in London. Ultimate goal is to move back to the Med... One thing at a time!

.Lethal · 7 Jul 2015 at 16:02

Freefaller said:
I plan on doing that as I hate Living in London. Ultimate goal is to move back to the Med... One thing at a time!

Then you'll be old, less organised and complaining why the shops aren't open

Danthus · 7 Jul 2015 at 16:05

A closed shop costs money to tun.

Lets not pretend that this is anything other than a way for people to make money.

Freefaller · 7 Jul 2015 at 17:01

.Lethal said:
Then you'll be old, less organised and complaining why the shops aren't open

Doubtful.

MookJong · 7 Jul 2015 at 17:06

"It's good for the economy..." is the mantra of our age.

I feel a bit sad for future generations who will know nothing but the homogenised 24 hour consumer bombardment society.

Nevakonaza · 7 Jul 2015 at 17:08

Brutos said:
Good news but not for anyone who works in retail

This...goodbye week ends. :mad:

Sunday afternoons is the only time i feel people actually get to relax..Now that's gone out the window.

All that crap about it bringing in more jobs is a load of...All the retailers will do is make you do less hours each shift and make you do an extra day to get your contracted hours in...they're not stupid.

thep02 · 7 Jul 2015 at 17:13

kaptainmarc said:
Im guessing at wages? normally get double time or time+½

Non of the shop workers I know get Sunday premiums very few of them get more than 30 hours per week work and Sunday is a normal day.

koolpc · 7 Jul 2015 at 17:22

Its a pity. I feel sorry for the people contracted to work on sundays, maybe through no 'choice' of their own or, who's shops are thinking of opening on sundays. I am old enough to remember when nothing was open on a sunday!

Haggisman · 7 Jul 2015 at 19:27

Freefaller said:
You guys just need to be more organised

I guess you missed the word "impromptu"?

Nevakonaza said:
All the retailers will do is make you do less hours each shift and make you do an extra day to get your contracted hours in...they're not stupid.

So where will the extra hours come from? :confused:

thep02 said:
Non of the shop workers I know get Sunday premiums very few of them get more than 30 hours per week work and Sunday is a normal day.

Surely better to get out of bed early to get to work for a decent shift than for a couple of hours?

OpenToSuggestions · 7 Jul 2015 at 19:36

Makes total sense to ditch Sunday hours.

- Gives those you won't do overtime due their benefit threshold the opportunity to work the extra hours (like absolutely everybody else) to make up their wages of their cut benefits.
- Relieves pressure on Saturday shopping (some supermarkets are bursting at the seams).
- Eliminate extra pay for Sunday retail staff. In the US Wallmart gets around $1 extra an hour for Sundays (friend worked there until 2014).
- Might lose the Saturday craziness in any retail environment.

Brutos said:
Good news but not for anyone who works in retail

Working in retail really is just a temp/student job. If the retail workers don't like it, then gain a skill and move onto somewhere with better pay/conditions.

I worked at Tescos (7 as I often did temp work and then transferred a lot during study) and found it fine.
Those who were there pre-2000 were still on the juicy double Sunday pay. I got 1.5x pay for Sundays, with people starting literally weeks after me in 2006 on 1.33x pay.