Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!stewartw From: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) Newsgroups: ont.general Subject: Re: Sunday shopping Message-ID: <7784@cognos.UUCP> Date: 21 Dec 89 22:23:32 GMT References: <656@crk56.bnr.ca> <19425@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) Distribution: ont Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 38 In article <19425@watdragon.waterloo.edu> daford@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Daniel Ford) writes: >Many people already are required to work on the day called "sunday". >Such as the police, the fire department, jail guards, doctors, nurses, >utility employees, air crews, airport employees, televison and radio >station employees, bus drivers, newspaper employees, computer operators, >cinema employees, actors, taxi drivers, waiters, cooks, hotel maids, subway >drivers, weather persons, train crews.... Actors? >It will never be possible to "guarantee" a common day off, there are too >many "critical" jobs. I take it that you feel that having "The Bay" open on Sunday is a critical job. Or are you just suggesting that all jobs should be fair game for Sundays. Remember that the job you do might be next. Would you mind working Sundays now and in the future? Would you like to be married to someone who works on Sundays? Do you know what most people in stores are doing? I bet you think they are shopping. Turns out that many of the people who walk into a store are just there to look around ... basically entertaining themselves. The majority of people who would go into a store on Sunday are not IN NEED. They would simply find Sunday more convenient. I would argue that we have plenty of extended shopping hours already. The disruption that it causes to families can not be justified by the extra convenience that would be provided. Stewart -- Stewart Winter Cognos Incorporated S-mail: P.O. Box 9707 VOICE: (613) 738-1338 x3830 FAX: (613) 738-0002 3755 Riverside Drive UUCP: uunet!cognos!stewartw Ottawa, Ontario "The bird for the day is .... nanday conure." CANADA K1G 3Z4