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From: zougas@me.utoronto.ca (Tom Zougas)
Subject: Re: Sunday shopping
Message-ID: <1989Dec30.145732.7086@me.toronto.edu>
Keywords: maybe cynical surprisingly workable
Organization: Mechanical Engineering, U of Toronto
References: <25999616.7242@telly.on.ca> <1989Dec29.113120.6892@me.toronto.edu> <69184@looking.on.ca> <1989Dec29.231135.20412@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <259CE18B.5769@telly.on.ca>
Date: 30 Dec 89 19:57:32 GMT

In article <259CE18B.5769@telly.on.ca> evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes:
>I suppose the PST could be raised a percent or two on Sundays. The
>mechanisms wouldn't be too difficult to implement. And while I'm not
>really in favour of it, I could live with it as a compromise.

So could I.

>
>Perhaps in the short term every store will think it's necessary, 'cause
>they have no idea how much potential business there is. But if, as the
>anti-Sunday proponents suggest, many people value their day together and
						   ...which is precluded
if one of them is working
>won't spend it shopping, then some stores won't see it that profitable
>and the pendulum will swing closer to the middle.
...resulting in a status quo which is above all, fair to each and every
individual in this great land of ours :-)

>	[a description of the Bramalea City Centre flea market]
>
>It didn't last, but not because of the law. The amount of Sunday business
>over the long term (not just around Xmas), didn't justify it.
Don't forget that Flea Market can be equated with Garage Sale. Otherwise,
it is not a Flea Market.

I don't deny that forcing a store to be closed on Sunday is unfair
to the store owner. But until I can be sure that spending a day off
with my family will not be hindered by Sunday shopping how can I 
support Sunday openings? (My wife works in retail)

Tom.
p.s. I used to work in a restaurant and found that with waiter's hours
I socialized with other restaurant staff exclusively. Forget about
spending a day with anyone who was not a waiter/ress, including my
family. I had to work Sundays or I didn't work. No law protected me.
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