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From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi)
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.religion,net.politics
Subject: Sunday closings and Saturday suffering
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Date: Sat, 18-May-85 04:58:14 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 18 04:58:14 1985
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Summary: 

In article <826@mnetor.UUCP> sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) writes:
>It seems to me that the obvious solution to this problem is to make it illegal
>for car dealers to be open more than 6 days a week while leaving the decision
>of which day to be closed up to each business.

I like this idea.  In Ontario, at least, both Saturday and Sunday
are much less pleasant than they should be, and laws requiring
Sunday closings are a major contributing factor.

Sunday is a day of legally enforced boredom.  Saturday is hell, because
it's the only day that most people can shop, so everybody is forced to
endure the joys of searching for a parking space (or standing room only
on the buses), waiting in line for service in the stores, and store
employees who are barely polite (not that I blame them -- Saturday's
an ordeal for them, too).

Allow the shops to choose which day they close, and they will almost
all choose some weekday.  The crowding of shopping centers on Saturday
will probably not be halved, because those with religious objections to
Sunday shopping will prefer Saturday, but at least the rest of us will
no longer be forced to join them in their suffering.

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