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Sunday: Day of rest or shoppers delight?

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Poll Started 22 June 2005 Sunday Trading: Retailers are asking the government to extend Sunday Trading Hours so they don't have to close at four. Which of these is closest to your view?
A. No change: current hours are fine
B. Increase hours: it should be the same as other days
C. Close shops on Sunday: return to the old days of closed shops
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A. No change: current hours are fine
B. Increase hours: it should be the same as other days
C. Close shops on Sunday: return to the old days of closed shops
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I say this for two things. First it is so anoying to have to get all the shopping done before 4 on a Sunday if you work on a Saturday. And second Sunday isn't a 'day of rest' any more (anyone who has been in B and Q on a Sunday will know so
All other stores should close by 4pm, or they can stay closed all day Sunday for all I care :rotfl:
sunday mornings are definately the most beautiful time of the week - get up at 6am and watch the sun rise forgetting abuot all the dross drug comatosed from the night before
Would we all go mad if shops were closed on a Sunday ?
just some thoughts
Luiz
Learn from the mistakes of others - you won't live long enough to make them all yourself.
We have 3 shops between a 5minute and 25 minute drive away from us open 24 hours a day Mon - Fri (Sat close at 10pm, Sun 11-5pm, open from 8am Monday) and yet I wouldn't be surprised if they would be 24/7 if it was allowed. How much time do people really need to shop?
Two problems with Sunday opening times (extended or not) 1. Families choosing their time to shop instead of do something else together. Sunday is actually one of the busiest shopping days in our area with people doing full trolley food shops! 2. The workers of these places. At some point they will have to work on a Sunday for the same wage as any other day - where's their family time? They haven't even got the benefit of getting extra for doing it.
There are lots of shops already open on Bank Holidays, Good Friday, Christmas Eve and Boxing day - so how far behind then will be 'well lets open on Easter Sunday and Christmas day'. The arguement that 'we have a multi-religion society to cater for and it is therefore discriminating against religions other than Christian to close on these days' will probably be used.
Of course I am a total hypocrite because, although it isn't a regular thing, I do occasionally go into shops on Sundays - although it is only for 'bits'. But the last thing I want to do on a Sunday is drag two children around Asda and I could live without doing it.
'Spend your life with eyes open, sleep only to dream of what to do next'
Yeah, the great unwashed masses down South live in a place where pubs close at 11pm too :beer:
Very handy to be able to go to (example) B&Q to get that item you need to get on with a job around the house at 9am, instead of kicking your heels until 10 or 11
In many cases it helps if you say where you are - someone with local knowledge might be able to give local specifics rather than general advice