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From: glee@cognos.UUCP (Godfrey Lee)
Newsgroups: ont.general,can.general
Subject: Re: Sunday openings
Message-ID: <277@cognos.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5-Dec-86 14:15:02 EST
Article-I.D.: cognos.277
Posted: Fri Dec  5 14:15:02 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Dec-86 11:12:58 EST
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Reply-To: glee@northstar.UUCP (Godfrey Lee)
Distribution: can
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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Xref: dciem ont.general:241 can.general:492
Summary: 

This whole thing is very strange to me, a person who grew up in a metropolitan
city (Hong Kong) that does not have hangups about religion (Sunday). Stores
there open when they want, as long as they want, which means shopping becomes
more of a family event.

Most of the large stores still only open 6 days a week, they pick a weekday to
close (some pick Monday, some Wednesday...), and they close at a decent hour at
night, like 9pm, not because they have to, but it just makes sense economically.

The stores that are owner operated, small ma & pa shops, tend to open for long
hours, because that gives them a competitive edge, just like corner stores
here does.

So, I think that arbitrary decision that Sunday is a day of rest is stupid, and
not in keeping with a modern day metropolitan city, where in most families both
parents have to work, and have no time to shop during the week. It would make
more sense, if you are going to control store openings, to force them to close
on Wednesdays!

I think a more reasonable thing to control is the number of hours that a store
can be open, actually probably the number of hours an employee can be forced to
work, plus mandatory overtime even if he is willing to work more hours. The
market place will sort out the rest.
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