Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!utegc!utai!ubc-vision!watmath!looking!brad From: brad@looking.UUCP Newsgroups: can.general Subject: Re: Sunday openings Message-ID: <710@looking.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Dec-86 22:02:58 EST Article-I.D.: looking.710 Posted: Thu Dec 4 22:02:58 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Dec-86 09:41:21 EST References: <2819@watdcsu.UUCP> <708@looking.UUCP> <605@ubc-cs.UUCP> <709@looking.UUCP> <3725@utcsri.UUCP> Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Distribution: can Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 29 >I don't like to be personal, but I will: How many children do you have, >Brad? If you do have children, do you stay home with them (when they're >sick, for example) or does your wife? If it's you, then I congratulate >you on "reconciling your job and your desire to be with them". Otherwise >your wife -- like mine -- is caught in the usual bind, and the only dif- >ference between you and me is that I'm not willing to tell her she deserves >it. >Jim Clarke -- Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Toronto, Canada M5S 1A4 As usual, I forgot that most people have forgotten the definition of the word "force," and thus drop to personal comments. Nobody will be forced to work on Sunday, as I said. Being forced to work on Sunday is *not* the same as having willingness to work on Sunday as a job requirement. It isn't the same, but some might argue it's a fine line. The fact remains that most of the workforce doesn't even work Saturday right now. Even fewer will be working Sunday. If you claim that the situation is "work on Sunday or you won't work anywhere," then you must realize that by all accounts Sunday opening will increase the number of jobs in that sector, lessening the unemployment problem. You can't scream "Sunday opening will force us to work Sunday or be replaced by the unemployed" and "Reduce unemployment" at the same time. I don't have kids, and I do usually work Sundays. And Saturdays. And at 10 pm on Thursdays and most other times. -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473