FabSwingers.com forum: Should shops be closed on a sunday?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Here in spain they are. I think it is good to have a day like this, do you?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They should be closed on Sundays, Boxing Day, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Shopping has become a national obsession

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

I do shop sometimes on Sunday, but I used to love the enforced, sleepy, day of rest for (nearly) everyone and approved of it, but I doubt we'll ever go back now.

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

From someone who works in retail, yes they blooming well should!!

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By *llfoursWoman
over a year ago

north east

I used to work in retail. Not sure about every Sunday’s, but Boxing Day, no matter what day it falls on, they should shut!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd like them to be, yes. The retail sector will never have it though. There'd be war if it were suggested to them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well as I work 6 days a week Sunday is often the only time I get to go to a shop, so I'd have to say no they shouldn't...

Although I often do most of my shopping online...

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By *ikeC2012Man
over a year ago

Peterborough

"From someone who works in retail, yes they blooming well should!!"

This is why yes.

I've no particular problem with them being open, but I do feel strongly that people who work in retail should have a weekend too.

Maggie thatcher lied to us. She told us that we'd be doing what the rest of Europe does. In fact, very few shops in Europe are open on Sundays

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By *utie91Woman
over a year ago

Hitchin

No... it makes it a pain in the ass when working a Sunday night shift and you have to food and the only place open at 2am is maccies.

Also... if I have to work every weekend, why shouldn’t everyone else.

Sorry.. just ranting

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

I think shops being open every day makes sense.

Not everyone works a traditional week and the religious reasons for closing on Sunday, seem rather out of touch with society in general.

Nita

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"I think shops being open every day makes sense.

Not everyone works a traditional week and the religious reasons for closing on Sunday, seem rather out of touch with society in general.

Nita"

Nonetheless it was nice for everyone to have a day of rest on the same day, everywhere was so quiet and sleepy it was lovely.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I am in favour of giving more employees control upon their working conditions, including not having to work on any of the 7 days in a week.

Whilst quiet towns can be a lovely refreshing break from when they are busy, the UK already has problems with many town centres nearing death, because people have been pulled out of town. OK, they could all have restrictions.

I don't think there is the political or public motivation to change things in the UK.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Here in spain they are. I think it is good to have a day like this, do you?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Here in spain they are. I think it is good to have a day like this, do you?

Are there no corner shops in Spain? Ours open Christmas day too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For those in favour of shops shutting, what would you suggest to replace the lost revenue the business make or the taxes raised?

The traditional working week is a thing of the past.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Close the shops sundays

Back to a day of rest instead of living and working like robots

What they don't realise is .......work on a Sunday ruins your Saturday night as you have to stay in stay sober and go to bed early (in most cases)

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By *laytimenowMan
over a year ago

Essex

I worked in retail for years

Sundays were always the best days to go to work

6 hours of work for an 8 hour day, lunches always paid for , 2 days off in the week to go & enjoy anywhere i wanted , never having to cue up or be surrounded by massive groups of bored people who need to go out shopping on there weekends off.

#KEEP SHOPS OPEN ON SUNDAYS

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For those in favour of shops shutting, what would you suggest to replace the lost revenue the business make or the taxes raised?

The traditional working week is a thing of the past.

What you say make a sense, but we've created this 24/7 culture with little value on family/people time?

May be people would spend more on recreational pastimes with more time giving balance? Of course that's speculative but I think it's a shame. No wonder families are so fragmented and distant.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For those in favour of shops shutting, what would you suggest to replace the lost revenue the business make or the taxes raised?

The traditional working week is a thing of the past.

What you say make a sense, but we've created this 24/7 culture with little value on family/people time?

May be people would spend more on recreational pastimes with more time giving balance? Of course that's speculative but I think it's a shame. No wonder families are so fragmented and distant."

Working weekends works for me.

And as the poster above you says, I’ll work 24 hours over Saturday and Sunday but have days off during the week.

During that time it’s quieter to go do what I want because the people who moan shops should shut on a Sunday are at work, even though the people who work Sundays are out enjoying time off during the week when places are quiet.....funny really

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s about choice, surely, just because a shop is open on a Sunday doesn’t mean you have to use them. I really don’t see what the big deal is. They’re there for those that want to use them, those that don’t can stay away from them.

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By *rabbitMan
over a year ago

london

Yes shops should definitely shut on a Sunday staff at shops need time off as well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

People who work Sundays get a day off in the week.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yes shops should definitely shut on a Sunday staff at shops need time off as well."

They get Monday off.

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By *ookingforlustMan
over a year ago

northants

"People who work Sundays get a day off in the week. "

I don’t

very rarely have a day off. And my job is driven by the retail industry.

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London

Yes. Let people have a day off constant consumerism.

I lived in Austria for four years and Sundays was a down day, was nice for everyone to chill out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think shops being open every day makes sense.

Not everyone works a traditional week and the religious reasons for closing on Sunday, seem rather out of touch with society in general.

Nita

Nonetheless it was nice for everyone to have a day of rest on the same day, everywhere was so quiet and sleepy it was lovely."

Ahh but not everyone does get a day of rest do they? Who would look after the elderly in care homes (or in my case do my butlins bit lol), who would do the emergency operations in hospitals? What if there was no emergency services because Sunday was a day of rest?

Unfortunately it’s the norm now for everything (or almost everything) to be open on a Sunday, if you work in retail then like a vast majority of other sector workers, weekend work is mandatory (unless you are our housemate and she works in a supermarket and point blankey refuses to work a Sunday).

Geeky x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No, for God sake no, I can't go back to everything being shut on a Sunday boring as hell, it's an archaic notion based on christian belief, I'm in no way shape or form religious and although I respect other people's beliefs I don't see why they should be forced on me

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By *wisted2000Woman
over a year ago

under my rock cleethorpes

As someone working 13 hours in one today, I’m going with yes they should

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No, for God sake no, I can't go back to everything being shut on a Sunday boring as hell, it's an archaic notion based on christian belief, I'm in no way shape or form religious and although I respect other people's beliefs I don't see why they should be forced on me"

And I do realise the irony of the first line of this post, and my religious beliefs

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley

Not only were shops closed on sundays pubs closed at 2 in the afternoon too also most towns had half day closing mid week .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why should they be? If you don’t want to go shopping on a Sunday, then don’t go shopping.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s a vicious circle the longer people work the longer shops need to stay open as time goes on we will see every service industry become 24 hour, 7 days a week industries

Greed is all that drives this 24/7 commercialism

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For those in favour of shops shutting, what would you suggest to replace the lost revenue the business make or the taxes raised?

The traditional working week is a thing of the past.

Shop on line or a days holiday or rates and rent or be allowed to trade longer hours Monday to Friday of the shop owner wants too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not only were shops closed on sundays pubs closed at 2 in the afternoon too also most towns had half day closing mid week ."

Half day Wednesday I remember that ..and open till 12 Saturdays

The good old days

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We still have Wednesday half day closing. Some of the old ways are good. Time is the most valuable commodity not money.

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By *ilk_TrayMan
over a year ago

Hampshire

Some people only want weekend work due to whatever is going on in their life during the week.

As someone who worked in retail for a long time I’m in favour of shops being open on a Sunday.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No! Shut for what?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Personally speaking, I've worked in hospitality for all of my adult life. Weekends off are a rare thing.

I currently work in a hotel and we never shut!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not everyone in the UK is a Christian who treats Sunday as a "day of rest" it's just another day to many of us.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They should stay open, it's only 6 hours on a Sunday, so nowhere near normal opening times for most of them. Some people work all week and want to shop Sunday's. Also some shop workers need overtime pay. It's the year 2018 not the 60,s.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Here in spain they are. I think it is good to have a day like this, do you?

Are there no corner shops in Spain? Ours open Christmas day too."
Yes there are few corner shops, even they are closed and as well everyday between 2pm and 5pm when it is siesta time, the roads and side walks are empty the time, which is nice when you are going out for a walk

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Good ones everyone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Here in spain they are. I think it is good to have a day like this, do you?

Kind of different culture in Spain

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