Sunday Trading
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Having gone from living in the UK to Ireland - where there is no real restriction on Sunday trading - I haven't really noticed any negatives, only positives.
Gone are the days when I've been working on the car on a Sunday and need to get to Halfords for a tool by 4.00-4.30pm!
Going to Dunnes (think Tesco) during the night on a Sunday was very convenient if you are hungry or forgot something, even though it was essentially run by skeleton staff. However, this isn't really anything different from going to a 24 hour Tesco during the week.
I don't know anyone working in retail over here, but I haven't heard much noise about disruption of family life on Sundays or similar. In fact even in the suburbs, Sunday is pretty sleepy until the Church rush.
Gone are the days when I've been working on the car on a Sunday and need to get to Halfords for a tool by 4.00-4.30pm!
Going to Dunnes (think Tesco) during the night on a Sunday was very convenient if you are hungry or forgot something, even though it was essentially run by skeleton staff. However, this isn't really anything different from going to a 24 hour Tesco during the week.
I don't know anyone working in retail over here, but I haven't heard much noise about disruption of family life on Sundays or similar. In fact even in the suburbs, Sunday is pretty sleepy until the Church rush.
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I think the roads will still be dead. There's an Asda at the end of my road that's open 24 hours a day through the working week. It's on a very busy main road, and the road is mostly dead past a certain time.
Most people on a Sunday night will home in bed due to working 9 to 5 I reckon.
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As our "everything right now" society moves away from the concept of Saturdays and Sundays being different to the "weekdays" how long will it be until the 9-5 mon-fri job becomes almost extinct?
I for one don't like this, and that's not just because I work in retail. Participation in sporting activities is falling due to more people working weekends and this will simply get worse. Some people need to remember that we work to live, not live to work.
I for one don't like this, and that's not just because I work in retail. Participation in sporting activities is falling due to more people working weekends and this will simply get worse. Some people need to remember that we work to live, not live to work.
It already is - I've recently changed to 3:45pm starts due to "needs of the business". They even tried to get one of the teams - mostly older people and mothers onto 4am starts... that didn't go down well.
I think it would be better if we got rid of weekends, some more flexibility would be beneficial...
What has it got to do with this thread? Have i mentioned religion in this thread? No! You are trolling!
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I think it is a good thing overall, I don't have time over the week to shop as I am always back late, but shopping on a Sunday would be great, instead of the sudden rush on Saturday.
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Anyone can opt out of working Sundays if they so choose anyway, can they not?
Yes, just in retail expect only to receive 4 days work instead of 5.
You'd need to face the reality of the sector you have chosen to work in. Not many people would be employed in the first place without the expectation that they would work every Sat or Sun or both.
The two busiest days of the week are Sat and Sun probably making up half of their sales, if you chose not to work them, expect to simply loose that day from your pay packet if not more.
But as I have already pointed out, abolishing Sunday trading law would only make a 10-4 day into a 9-5 day for most retailers. It's only your big supermarkets where that would actually change and on a Sunday they would have staff working all morning / night after closing anyway re-stocking shelves, doing deliveries, .com orders, bakery etc
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How long is that going to last with the new laws coming in though :S
Do kind of agree with the general point though that its kind of naive going into a retail or retailed linked job and not expecting some weekend work.
What has it got to do with this thread? Have i mentioned religion in this thread? No! You are trolling!
Just because I'm saying something you don't like, doesn't mean I'm trolling. As I've said, it's very clear that the Bible tells you what your views are, and to claim "Family Life" is being "destroyed" is certainly to do with your Bible influenced opinions.
I think it would make Saturdays less busy though. Some shops are heaving on a Saturday because people choose to go then to avoid the rush on a Sunday, thus creating another rush!
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To be fair even during the week if I end up in Tesco for some reason at 3am there's literally only one person about, and they're manning the self-service checkouts.
You are talking out of your rear!
I have not mentioned religion in this thread! You are assuming i quote because of religious beliefs. You are trolling buddy!
Midnight and onwards is my favourite time to go to a supermarket anyway.
It's really quiet, and a lot of the new stock will have been brought in, and be in cages or on pallets ready to go on the shelves.
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Great for when the weathers good and you fancy a last minute bbq.
Only problem is that if a shop changes from shutting at 4 to 8pm, their shelves will be very poorly stocked of an evening.
Only problem is that if a shop changes from shutting at 4 to 8pm, their shelves will be very poorly stocked of an evening.