Limited Trading on Sundays

stephen77

eezer wrote: »

I wonder if the anti opening brigade ever go out for dinner on a Sunday, watch TV, fill the car up, buy a paper on a Monday morning etc etc. These all rely on Sunday workers to make your lives a touch easier/better. If you object to shops opening then surely everyone should do absolutely nothing on a Sunday.

What is the real problem with large shop opening? They seem to be full of staff anyway cleaning, stocking etc. It really is no big deal to allow them to open as normal. It's a 24 hour society now, times have changed, family life and work patterns have changed. Time to move on.

I've just changed jobs having spent the last 18 years working every other Sunday. Wasn't a problem at all. Much rather have a day off in the week and family life didn't suffer in the slightest.

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But they choose to work shorter working day on sundays. Your wanting to increase the hours they work.

I have no problem with people working for a newspaper on sunday as when they choose to work in that profession sunday was a normal working day for them.
Working in a large shop after 6:00pm (clean up time) is not a normal working time.

its not a 24 hour society 7 days a week. Just for 6 days a week.
Nothing wrong with the country having some quiter time.
I and many other people manage perfectly well.

giraffe69

and what with browsing time as well

If the Sunday Trading laws were repealed then this nosense of "browsing time" would immediately disappear.

Lots of people are happy with the market as it currently stands.

And plenty believe that this set of restrictions have no place in a modern day society.

If it is not broken why fix it?


But it is!

lucylucky

Freddie_Snowbits wrote: »

Alas, the Fork Lift Driver gets not protection, possibly works for an agency, if he does not work the Sunday, he gets no work on the Monday!

The driver will be able to do his shopping after he finishes his work on the Sunday.

KxMx

You know there is a thing called personal responsibility, ie get enough milk so you don't run out and find the shops shut on a Sunday. Millions manage with the current system!

I feel sad some people can't cope with the current level of 24 hour open shops during the week.. I know work patterns can be strange but then again just have a store cupboard and you're sorted.

Mark_Hewitt

I just wish more shops would open on Sunday at all, just for the 6 hours. So many shops on my high street (maybe half) are completely closed on Sundays. Quite often I want to buy something I have to get in my car and drive 5 miles down the road whereas I could have bought locally if the shops had been open.

Then they are closing down complaining there isn't enough trade - well open your shop then!

twinmom04

sorry but sunday working has put pay to families having any quality time together. yes you may get a day off in the week but this is a school day when children of that age are in school. there are six days in the week with 24 hour opening. For you to shop on a sunday means that someone has to work the sunday. Having worked in Tesco the pressure put on staff to work Sunday's is unbelievable. Do your shopping during the week you dont work 24hrs a day!!!

jillie1974

if shops are going to open then banks, GP,dentists, builders, plumbers etc should all be made work sundays too and not just because of an emergency

lucylucky

jillie1974 wrote: »

if shops are going to open then banks, GP,dentists, builders, plumbers etc should all be made work sundays too and not just because of an emergency

Shops are not "made" to open on specific days they do it for commercial reasons. Many trades offer services seven days a week.

hoyles10

I tend to find that i'm able to do our shopping and get anything we need between 6am on a Monday through to 5pm on a Sunday without out the need to go out shopping after 5pm on a Sunday evening..... Surely 153 hours out of 168 per week is enough to get any amount of shopping done (Even more if you live near a corner shop of 24 hour petrol station with shop).

stephen77

giraffe69 wrote: »

And plenty believe that this set of restrictions have no place in a modern day society.

Either way. Have a vote on it.

But what is so wrong with the way it stands.
My quality of life did not increase by having shops open on a sunday. I used to manage fine back in the 90's.
I will go to them because they are open. But if they were closed I would just go at other times.
Either way I do not feel that later openinig on a sunday will be of that much benefit.