dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) (05/18/85)
In article <826@mnetor.UUCP> sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) writes: >It seems to me that the obvious solution to this problem is to make it illegal >for car dealers to be open more than 6 days a week while leaving the decision >of which day to be closed up to each business. I like this idea. In Ontario, at least, both Saturday and Sunday are much less pleasant than they should be, and laws requiring Sunday closings are a major contributing factor. Sunday is a day of legally enforced boredom. Saturday is hell, because it's the only day that most people can shop, so everybody is forced to endure the joys of searching for a parking space (or standing room only on the buses), waiting in line for service in the stores, and store employees who are barely polite (not that I blame them -- Saturday's an ordeal for them, too). Allow the shops to choose which day they close, and they will almost all choose some weekday. The crowding of shopping centers on Saturday will probably not be halved, because those with religious objections to Sunday shopping will prefer Saturday, but at least the rest of us will no longer be forced to join them in their suffering. -- Copyright (c) Last Thursday, David M. Canzi No rights reserved except the right to reserve rights.
rcj@burl.UUCP (R. Curtis Jackson) (06/03/85)
> Sunday is a day of legally enforced boredom. Saturday is hell, because
There is a city law here in Greensboro, NC, which forces businesses
to close between 10:30am and 1:00pm on Sunday. My, what a convenient
time for (Christian) churchgoers! This is done for the usual reasons;
everybody needs a day off, unfair to make everyone stay open for
competitive reasons, etc. HOWEVER, people who go to church like
to eat dinner out after they get out of church. It is very hard for
a restaurant to gear up within 5 minutes and have lunch ready at 1:05,
even if the churchgoers were willing to wait that long. So, naturally,
restaurants are exempted; with the explanation that some people can
only eat in restaurants etc. etc. Gas stations, however, are NOT
exempted and must close (i.e., it isn't very far to your neighborhood
church). Our neighboring small town of High Point last year struck
down a similar law; it can only be hoped that Greensboro will do
likewise.
Watching them take the 'free' out of enterprise,
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...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcjtim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) (06/06/85)
Yeah, Curt, that Greensboro blue law is a real pain. I got burned by it enough times myself when I was going to school there. One of the more amusing times, a worker at a 7-11 actually crouched down and hid behind the counter when he saw us pull up -- I guess he was too embarrassed to tell us in person that he couldn't serve us.... (No, the store wasn't being ripped off, unless the first thing they stole was one of those stupid plaid shirts....) -=- Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University, Networking ARPA: Tim.Maroney@CMU-CS-K uucp: seismo!cmu-cs-k!tim CompuServe: 74176,1360 audio: shout "Hey, Tim!"