Sunday Trading Laws

Why wouldn't I want to go shopping on a Sunday, either on way home from work or on way to work/after I've woken up.
Again it's not the entire retail sector, it's large stores. Large shops should be free to do what they want. It's not like all will implement it, not even all have gone 24hrs.
 
Swifty55 said:
That's my point. You've got 6 other days...

It's all rather silly don't you think?
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Silly?
So you never go, I feel like going buying some food? Were a 24/7 society apart from one little sector.
What is silly is an old religious law, that is still in place due to political nonsense. It's the only reason groups voted against Tories rather than the actual law or in SNP case self interest.

What's also silly, is the absolutely stupid arguments of some who work in retail of why they should be protected, while loads of their brothers aren't protected. Again garages, small shops, entertainment(cinemas, restaurants) etc all open.
Even large supermarkets remain heavily staffed after they shut to restock, often use to work on, on Sundays after finishing on checkout.
 
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Glaucus said:
Silly?
So you never go, I feel like going buying some food?
What is silly is an old religious law, that is still in place due to political nonsense. It's the only reason groups voted against Tories rather than the actual law or in SNP case self interest.

What's also silly, is the absolutely stupid arguments of some who work in retail of why they should be protected, while loads of their brothers aren't protected.
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Personally I tend to take into account the times they are closed and plan around it as much as possible.
 
Rroff said:
Personally I tend to take into account the times they are closed and plan around it as much as possible.
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:confused: what has that got to do with it? So you never thought I would like, or realised you didn't have x.
Laws should only be in place for a good reason, there's no reason why a sub-sect of retail should be dictated to, when no other company or industry is.
 
Rroff said:
Personally I tend to take into account the times they are closed and plan around it as much as possible.
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Tbh sunday is often a time when ive litrlw to do and sort stuff out and its arpund the late afternoon that i end up going "oo could do with x...oh shops are shut".


Rest of the world operates on 24/7 now except for big shops which seems bizarre.


Theyre the same as any other business really.
 
Glaucus said:
:confused: what has that got to do with it? So you never thought I would like, or realised you didn't have x.
Laws should only be in place for a good reason, there's no reason why a sub-sect of retail should be dictated to, when no other company or industry is.
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That's why smaller local shops are open 24/7.

It's all biased on a personal inconvenience...

Hence why it's silly.
 
Tefal said:
Tbh sunday is often a time when ive litrlw to do and sort stuff out and its arpund the late afternoon that i end up going "oo could do with x...oh shops are shut".


Rest of the world operates on 24/7 now except for big shops which seems bizarre.


Theyre the same as any other business really.
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Local shops aren't shut though! ;)
 
Swifty55 said:
That's why smaller local shops are open 24/7.

It's all biased on a personal inconvenience...

Hence why it's silly.
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Smaller stores are more expensive, less range etc. Yay local shop which sells bigger all. Unless I want processed rubbish at twice the price.
It's not just based on personal incontinence. It's based on ideology, that giver,ent should not interfere unless absolutely needed. It costs jobs, it cost the economy. It causes traffic jams.
It is far from being just a personal inconvenience.
That is what is silly, the only reason people can give for keeping it, is they don't want to renegotiate their contract, that's it. One silly reason.
 
Glaucus said:
:confused: what has that got to do with it? So you never thought I would like, or realised you didn't have x.
Laws should only be in place for a good reason, there's no reason why a sub-sect of retail should be dictated to, when no other company or industry is.
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Nope very rarely/can't remember the last time I've been inconvenienced by it.

While in some respect I agree that these days it is increasingly arbitrary as far as law goes in general I don't think 24x7 society is necessarily a good thing and while some industries and services are essential I'd like to see more of a breakup of the working week not less.

Years ago weekend working if required, unless you actually wanted to do it, was generally on a 1 in 3 rota which was a far better compromise IMO whereas these days many companies try to treat Saturday/Sunday as just another day of the working week.
 
For lots of industries it is a normal working day, it comes with progress. Things can no longer just be left till Monday.
Be it infrastructure or an IT breach, basically every industry needs people to work 24/7
 
I really don't understand the aversion to it from the 'well I just go during the rest of the week' group. Great, carry on. I could understand indifference to it all of it doesn't affect you but actively objecting to allowing a service provider to provide a particular service (but only if it's big enough) for more than 6 hours on an arbitrary day is absolutely bizarre.

Why does it bother people so much that others might want to go to Tesco at 8pm on Sunday that they actively don't want them to be able to do that? You can have your family time and rest days etc. while a shop is open, so I don't understand those arguments either.

I can half see the perspective of some employees that have seemingly been employed on such awful terms that they would supposedly be forced to work 12 hours a day 7 days a week with no rest but I question the likelihood of the conditions being so bad it needs to remain illegal for a shop to open more than 6 hours.
 
Swifty55 said:
Yeah gathered. 24 hours Monday to Saturday and 8-6pm Sundays. ;)
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Which other aspects of peoples lives do you want to restrict purely to suit your personal preference?

Why should we allow shops to open for more than 3 hours on a Wednesday? Back in the 60's you used to get 'Early Closing' on Wednesdays, lets bring that back!
 
I've never wanted to buy something on a Sunday, but then again I have a brain that works half of the time and realise I can buy things on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday! Maybe it's confusing for zombies. If I had my way, all shops would be shut, trust me, you can survive and even thrive without shops for 24 hours.
 
Tosno said:
I've never wanted to buy something on a Sunday, but then again I have a brain that works half of the time and realise I can buy things on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday! Maybe it's confusing for zombies. If I had my way, all shops would be shut, trust me, you can survive and even thrive without shops for 24 hours.
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Why not shunt them Monday or friday?
Suit me better that's usually the days I have off.
 
Tosno said:
I've never wanted to buy something on a Sunday, but then again I have a brain that works half of the time and realise I can buy things on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday! Maybe it's confusing for zombies. If I had my way, all shops would be shut, trust me, you can survive and even thrive without shops for 24 hours.
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Why do you feel the need to restrict what other people choose to do? It doesn't affect you, why do you even care?
 
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