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restlesssurfer97 said:And then what about the places where they actually have plenty of people? What are we supposed to do with them then?
restlesssurfer97 said:There’s nothing deep about it, honestly, it’s just basic math at the end of the day.
If all those hours people aren't working on Sundays don't get paid, you really just have to crunch the numbers.
Just to make it super easy to wrap your head around, let's say you have a local grocery store with six employees. If you pass a law banning Sunday shifts, you've basically wiped out six shifts from the schedule, which means one whole worker becomes redundant because their weekly hours just vanished.
It's a simplified way to look at it, but it gets the point across perfectly.
Did you seriously think you could just pass a law to screw over small business owners and expect them to maintain the exact same payroll costs while their revenue takes a hit?
restlesssurfer97 said:The direct fallout from banning Sunday shifts is going to be thousands of people losing their jobs.
It’s honestly on the same level as messing with the federal minimum wage.
Most people just don't seem to wrap their heads around how much this actually impacts real lives.
Jessica Gonzalez said:It’s not like working on Sundays is banned, so how would people get to church? Are you saying they’d choose money over Jesus?
Jacob Morgan said:If that's how you're playing it, I guess you're basically arguing that America should just open its doors to thousands of immigrants, right?
Jessica Gonzalez said:In Japan, plenty of shops stay open 24/7, so I guess that doesn't necessarily mean they aren't smart. It seems easy to just cherry-pick an example that fits your point. At the end of the day, stores are private businesses, and it's really up to their own leadership to decide if those hours make sense for their bottom line.
Elizabeth Mendoza said:Yeah, staring at a fridge full of yogurt and picking out apples is definitely the peak of weekend boredom.
restlesssurfer97 said:It’s honestly kind of hilarious when some interviewer asks a cashier on TV if they’d prefer to have Sundays off just to hang out with their family, and you can tell they’re totally stuck because, obviously, what else can they say without sounding like a total rebel? Like, they have to play along and say they’d love to take the kids to church in the morning and then spend the whole afternoon cooking up a big family feast together.
But deep down, in the back of your mind, you’re thinking that people should just keep working through Saturday and Sunday, because let’s be real, those are basically the only days my husband actually touches a spatula, and besides, once the house gets loud and chaotic, you can't even hear yourself think, so I'm sitting there wishing for a Monday off instead, just so I can enjoy a quiet, empty house all to myself.
Jessica Gonzalez said:It might not matter, but you don't seem to want to see it. Restaurants, gas stations, movie theaters, national parks, hotels, toll booths, police, firefighters, a huge chunk of the healthcare system, water utilities, power plants, airports, anything involving flights or ships, buses, trucking, telecoms, media—you name it. Thousands of people work on Sundays just so everyone else can relax in peace because the infrastructure supporting that lifestyle is running. Grocery stores aren't special; clearly, there's demand for them every single Sunday. It's not my issue if someone feels they have no choice but to work for peanuts behind a register on a Sunday. My wife does similar work and occasionally works Sundays, but she’s working toward moving away from that. It’s the same thing with doctors and nurses right now; nobody forced them at gunpoint to enter those fields. Every job has its pros and cons, and I guess I don't quite have the energy or interest to feel bad for everyone's situation. I also know what it's like to work through the night while others sleep—like if I had to call Ribić for security?
On weekends, folks watch five different games on ESPN or wherever (many people follow the NFL and NBA during the late hours too), and I suppose they think the commentators recorded their voices on Saturday.
Laura Chavez93 said:I generally try to steer clear of grocery shopping on Sundays if I can help it... I often find myself auditing what I already have on hand—checking what absolutely needs to be used up—just so I might avoid a trip to the store altogether
Jessica Gonzalez said:I feel like this whole debate about Sunday store hours is just more political theater. Honestly, if you’re against stores being open on Sundays, maybe just don't shop there on those days and let the market decide. If enough people actually stick to that, I guess businesses will pivot pretty quickly. Still, it’s probably fine to have shops open just in case, right? People online love to cry about what happens to cashiers, but they rarely mention all the other workers who are also on the clock on Sundays—and there are plenty of them. I can't think of a single person in America who hasn't picked something up from a store on a Sunday before.
restlesssurfer97 said:Well, look on the bright side, the Coronavirus basically forced you to finally take those vacation days😂
restlesssurfer97 said:Prika, look, the US is huge, and if you aren't feeling the vibe under the current boss, you just pack your bags and head somewhere better, because none of those Sunday work bans or minimum wage nonsense is going to save you.
Amanda Evans2 said:Have you ever actually held down a job somewhere?
restlesssurfer97 said:They ask you about signing an employment contract. What are you even talking about?
Amanda Evans2 said:I couldn't disagree more.
We shouldn't be banning work; we should be paying for it properly.
If we follow that logic, should we just ban everyone else from working too? What makes retail employees so special that they shouldn't work on Sundays, unlike nurses, police officers, or journalists?...
To me, banning any kind of labor is utterly senseless.
Matthew Young35 said:Am I allowed to repair excavators on a Sunday?
I am.
So why is retail being prevented from operating on a Sunday?
Matthew Young35 said:In Germany, even crooked crises are banned. Is that really what you want?
Amanda Evans2 said:Bigger crowds on Saturdays
How exactly do you explain why they pushed this through right now, specifically when the crowds are at their worst?
Especially since we're seeing people finally heading back to their weekday jobs from Monday to Friday...
As far as I'm aware, that law dates all the way back to 1956.
2020 minus 1956 equals 100.
Bravo...