Why do most shops open 9 till 5

[chaparral]

Maybe i wrong on this but i always thought if i owned a shop i open something like 2pm till 9pm as most people can't get to shops that open 9 till 5 as there working

Maybe this is one the reasons why supermarkets do so well as just about all of them open till around 8pm or 9pm

So why does most shops open 8am or 9am till 5pm (or 5.30pm) ?

 

[chaparral]

Tradition,

I wouldn't be surprised if this is one the big reasons why there dying as people like myself that work 7am till 6pm have no choice but to order most are stuff off the internet as shops are close outside are working hours

Maybe am wrong but ain't there far more people that work 8am or 9am till 5pm then any other time

 

[chaparral]

But they're are a lot open on Sunday now

Apart from the shops i need at the moment

Shops that sell beds and house furniture and Clothes shops I got wait till i get a week off work

 

[chaparral]

Shops open 9 til 5 is because they also open weekends and late on Thursdays. If you work 9 til 5 you can go on a Thursday or the weekend. A lot of their weekday customers will be students or people who are on their lunch breaks, tourists, etc. There is no need for them to open late every day.

Here shops don't open late on a Thursday some even close on a Thursday or Thursday afternoon

Closing or not working Thursday is an old Tradition here that some shops and work places still do
(same as my last job 11 years ago we didn't work Thursday afternoons)

For Example

MILLARD & CO LTD
9-11 VICTORIA ROAD
ST PETER PORT
GUERNSEY
GY1 1HU


OPENING HOURS:
Mon - Fri: 8.30am - 5.30pm
Saturday: 8.30am - 4.00pm
Sunday AND Thursday: CLOSED

Model & Toy Shop

Opening Hours
Mon: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Tue: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Wed: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Thu: 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
Fri: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Sat: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Sun: Closed

 

[chaparral]

No wonder the traditional high street is also dieing

Yes the amount of times i order online in the evening after work is unreal...No shops are open so it far more easy to just order online..

But there lots of stuff i don't what to order online like Beds, Large TV's, Garden stuff, etc but the shops are already closed when i finish work Same as i want to buy 2 new PC cases but all my local computer shops are closed when i finish work..

 

[chaparral]

You couldn't buy anything on a Sunday and football wasn't allowed on TV on a Sunday. I still think it's strange when I see shops and petrol stations open on a Sunday.

I still remember moaning all the time because garages and most shops & places were closed on a sunday

But these days i really miss Sunday being that very special day were most places were closed....Now it mainly feels just like another normal day

That saying comes to mind "You don't realise what you had till it gone"

 

[chaparral]

1) But shop workers should work all the hours? (The point of this thread)

Over here in guernsey whenever there a job going for working in the shop on a garage forecourt for evening work there loads of people that apply for them jobs....
Loads of people here have 2 jobs (Full time & a part time job)

Maybe it different in England and people there no want to work in the evening or it just much cheaper to live in england so you no need to work so many hours ..

 

[chaparral]

Probably best if they did 11am-8pm

That way they still catch the lunch trade and give the after work people time to get there, while avoiding the 10pm drunkards.

Or even till 7pm as that would catch all the people that want to pop to the shop on the way home from there 8am till 5.30 jobs..