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sunday realy did used to be a day off from the daily grind for the majority.
now you all seem willing to be owned seven days a week.
they'll find a way of creating an eigth day before long and conning you into working that one as well.
but the problem is if your contract stipulates that you will have to work sundays and you really dont want to but you really need the job especially if your a parent to younger children both the adult and kids are going to miss out because of your need for a full-time job, so many will be pressured into working sundays and sacraficing a day with the kids
In my experience, i have two days off in which to get things done that i can't do during my working week, i.e. food shopping, bank visits, taking the kids out etc. etc.
For me, having Sunday as a longer trading day would cut down the rush of having to cram these tasks in.
At our place over half the Sunday shifts are overtime. They always get filled, the company offers the overtime the staff take it. Not the companies fault.
Then again I dont have children or a partner or whatever. Maybe my attitude would be different if I did.
at school we were told that an age of technology was coming ...meaning people would have to work less and less.
all people would have more leisure.
what happened?
since i left school they even managed to put the words leisure and industry together!
But my question still stands. If Sunday is generally one of your days off, surely it is beneficial to you to have this day open as one in which you can get the mundane tasks of life done?
Money still make the world go round Mr Roll, and we're also part of a global economy. If people aren't working then they're not earning. Granted, technology has removed the necessity for a lot of hard manual labour, but in its place new jobs and the requirement for people to maintain the techonolgy has appeared.
It would be nice to be able to pop into Tesco in town on the way home to get a drink when I've finished at 6 on a Sunday though...
Agreed.
If people are willing to work it, especially at an increased rate of pay, it would certainly be advantageous to me also.
Actually, Supermarkets are more likely to have kids working weekends anyway, because they can pay them less. I wouldn't be against legislation which entitled parents to one weekend day off a week, if they wanted one, however. But I would probably prefer more of an individual employer/employee agreement, since I'm not really in favour of the government poking it's nose in all the time.
If you have the luxury of two Tescos in your town then that is certainly one way of resolving the problem, though i wouldn't say it was ideal.
I don't really see the issue of longer opening hours on a Sunday. If someone wants to open their business for longer then why shouldn't they be able to?
Whose brightness are you calling into question? Also, was it strictly necessary?
Unfortunately the Tesco and Sainsbury's in town are both normal Sunday opening hours. Which is MIGHTY annoying when I'm walking home at 6 on a Sunday .
Crikey, wrong side of bed this morning?
Stargalaxy's naturally, and to be honest, I'm not too bothered if it were entirely necessary right now, I could have been quite a bit nastier and still been within the tone of some of the posts that are common on this board.
Anyway, back to the topic, it's the hours of opening that are limited, not when you can be open. For some reason most shops go for 10-4, I don't know why, because people I know like to lie-in and mince around on a sunday before having lunch, which leaves a gap from 2-4 to shop in.
ETA: shut up stargalaxative. You constantly voice comments that are deeply in error.
We were just having a pleasant discussion though. Also, while i agree that P&D often decends into chilidsh abuse, it hasn't happened this time.
Still, i don't understand the necessity for opening hours to be limited, let alone made illegal. Different people have different scedules and for me later and longer opening would be an advantage.
I'm sure it would also be an advantage for many other people too. I guess i just don't see why Sunday is special. I'm sure that plenty of people would appreciate the increased pay rate. Moreover, if your days off are on days other than Sunday then you'd have to work a full day's hours on each day anyway.