Thank you! So retailers have to pay time and a half for Sundays too? That's interesting.
To me, that's the very definition of "government interference". If I'm a business owner, no one should be able to tell me when I can be open. That decision should be solely mine to make. If I can't find employees to work the shifts or customers to shop when I want to be open, I either change my plans or go out of business.
m on thanksgiving and I know he's going to be working. Oh well, I'll just adjust when we eat. He cringed a little when he saw when they were opening, but then started getting excited about it. I think I made it clear in my post, I don't think this is what consumers ask for at all. The consumers are there because they want to be first when it opens no matter what time it is. If it is at 8 am in the morning, then that is when the consumers were there to get in first and get the "deals" before everyone else. It is the stores that keep opening earlier and earlier. If people think their holiday depends on getting the "deal" stuff, then they must be there earlier and earlier to be first in line when the doors opened. I view it as they want the deals and now they are forced to get those deals earlier. It is the stores that are scheduling when those deals are, not the consumer.pigletgirl said:
I will be the first one to complain then. I would never go to a restaurant on Easter, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. I fill my gas tank before the holiday so I don't have to stop there on the holiday so I am not one of the reasons those people are working. I don't go to the theaters pretty much any day let alone a holiday. I don't stop at convenience stores, or grocery stores on holidays. If I need something from those, I do it before the holiday. The only ones I feel have no choice because it is for the good of society is the emergency personnel. They are a necessity, none of the others are a necessity. No one is going to die if I was too stupid to remember to pick up Cool Whip for the pumpkin pie but people would die if they closed the hospital for the day.luvmy3 said:....I have yet to see one person complain that WDW and all the restaurants and stores in the parks are open that day. Or that the movie theaters, gas stations, convenience stores, restaurants, grocery stores are open that day. For some reason Thanksgiving is only ruined by Macys, or Walmart or TRU being open....
Last year, I was discharged from the hospital with my new born daughter. I am forever grateful for the pharmacy that was open and for Wendys being there to give us our Thanksgiving day meal.
If it wasn't for them, I would have spent the night in pain and hungry.
This year, my mother and I will be heading to Walmart at 6 for the sales that they have going on then. They have excellent deals on some things that we wanted to get for Christmas gifts. If we don't go then, they very will may be out of stock the next day. So, what do we do? Not go to prove a point and pay more on the things that we want later on?
And there's the rub. The greedy retailers have moved Back Friday to Thanksgiving Day to grab those bargain hunters and if you don't go along with it you feel that you will be left out.
And lets also remember: Not everyone HAS family nearby to spend the holiday with, and even if they do, not everyone WANTS to hang with their family all day.The happy family playing board games all afternoon scenario is NOT reality for everyone.
