Keep Sunday Special......WTF?
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Evening all,
Sorry if this is really boring to everyone but I just have to have a rant about it and my wife refuses to listen to me any more
I've just seen a TV news clip (BBC Look East I believe) about people discussing whether Sunday opening hours should be extended or not. Hot topic, I know, but stay with me...
These two characters from something called "Keep Sunday Special" were arguing that Sundays should be reserved for family, relaxing, that sort of thing. The TV clip also had people of te opposite opinion, so I'm not saying it was biased. However, for some reason the "Keep Sunday Special" people wind me up intensely. What makes Sunday special to me - or indeed to anyone else - is none of their bloody business. If they don't want to go shopping they can stay at home. If a special Sunday to me happens to mean queuing up for 4 hours in IKEA to buy some tat (it doesn't but you get my drift), then so be it. What makes them think they have a right to meddle with that?
Having people trying to fit their idea of what I should be doing with my time on Sundays drives me completely nuts. Is it just me?
Rant over. Thanks a lot, I feel much better now.
Sorry if this is really boring to everyone but I just have to have a rant about it and my wife refuses to listen to me any more
I've just seen a TV news clip (BBC Look East I believe) about people discussing whether Sunday opening hours should be extended or not. Hot topic, I know, but stay with me...
These two characters from something called "Keep Sunday Special" were arguing that Sundays should be reserved for family, relaxing, that sort of thing. The TV clip also had people of te opposite opinion, so I'm not saying it was biased. However, for some reason the "Keep Sunday Special" people wind me up intensely. What makes Sunday special to me - or indeed to anyone else - is none of their bloody business. If they don't want to go shopping they can stay at home. If a special Sunday to me happens to mean queuing up for 4 hours in IKEA to buy some tat (it doesn't but you get my drift), then so be it. What makes them think they have a right to meddle with that?
Having people trying to fit their idea of what I should be doing with my time on Sundays drives me completely nuts. Is it just me?
Rant over. Thanks a lot, I feel much better now.
What a bunch of arse - Sunday trading hours are too short as it is. And the 24hr supermarket down the road closes at 10pm on a Saturday night because of the idiotic Sunday trading laws.
When I was out in California a lot of shops were open on Christmas day. Fact is there are a lot of people that were willing to work and a lot of people that wanted to shop.
When I was out in California a lot of shops were open on Christmas day. Fact is there are a lot of people that were willing to work and a lot of people that wanted to shop.
Spare a thought for those of us who work in retail who are being forced into fully flexible contracts which include all Bank holidays, Christmas and Sunday, when I first started Sundays were optional now they are becoming compulsory, great unless you have children. We were never expected to work Christmas Day or Boxing Day and Bank holidays were also optional.
there was also a bit on this on inside out in the anglia region.
what made me laugh was when they were interviewing a couple from the keep sunday special campaign in cambridge, the bloke asked them if they shop on sundays, and they looked a bit sheepish and said yes, but only for essentials, we wouldn't shop for furniture or anything........ok, so its do as i say, not do as i do then!
what made me laugh was when they were interviewing a couple from the keep sunday special campaign in cambridge, the bloke asked them if they shop on sundays, and they looked a bit sheepish and said yes, but only for essentials, we wouldn't shop for furniture or anything........ok, so its do as i say, not do as i do then!
wedge girl said:
Spare a thought for those of us who work in retail who are being forced into fully flexible contracts which include all Bank holidays, Christmas and Sunday
I do sympathise with this - my wife works for the NHS so I know all about not having weekends together. What winds me up about this is that people are trying to force THEIR views on what constitutes a "special" Sunday on me, that's all. I'll decide what makes my Sunday special, thanks very much. Maybe I need to go lie down in a darkened room for a while....
Presumably these KSS people don't use gas or electricity on Sundays, or watch television or listen to the radio, or call the emergency services when someone beats them senseless for doing 45 in a 60 on their Sunday drive?
Admittedly, I like a nice lazy Sunday as much as the next man, and its nice for everyone to get together without work getting in the way, however when I'm working weekends (2 every 6) I really couldn't give a stuff.
We live in a 24/7 society, we have done for a long time, everyone else is just catching up.
>> Edited by djfish on Tuesday 28th February 08:55
Admittedly, I like a nice lazy Sunday as much as the next man, and its nice for everyone to get together without work getting in the way, however when I'm working weekends (2 every 6) I really couldn't give a stuff.
We live in a 24/7 society, we have done for a long time, everyone else is just catching up.
>> Edited by djfish on Tuesday 28th February 08:55
It was only people interfering with other peoples lives that have given us Sunday opening and all the shit that goes with it. Sundays were much quieter and less stressful and it was business that wanted it. Obviously, so did some consumers, but no-one was actually asked; it was merely pressure brought to bear by a self interested groupm uch like the campaigners to bring some of it back.
Trust me, Sundays were a lot nicer in the sixties than they are now. Very few shops open and a lot of time to do sweet FA.
Trust me, Sundays were a lot nicer in the sixties than they are now. Very few shops open and a lot of time to do sweet FA.
wedge girl said:
Spare a thought for those of us who work in retail who are being forced into fully flexible contracts which include all Bank holidays, Christmas and Sunday, when I first started Sundays were optional now they are becoming compulsory, great unless you have children. We were never expected to work Christmas Day or Boxing Day and Bank holidays were also optional.
It's like any profession - you go into it with your eyes open, knowing what your conditions are. If you don't like it, get a new profession.
I understand that they do change the goal posts, but this happens in all walks of life.
Superb comment above about the KSS people using gas / electricity / emergency services - they'll be marching through the streets next waving banners threatening beheading and the like on Sunday consumers...............
wedge girl said:
Spare a thought for those of us who work in retail who are being forced into fully flexible contracts which include all Bank holidays, Christmas and Sunday, when I first started Sundays were optional now they are becoming compulsory, great unless you have children. We were never expected to work Christmas Day or Boxing Day and Bank holidays were also optional.
From a purely non-religious viewpoint I think it would do everyone good to slow down and chill out on a regular basis. We seem in Britian to be in such a hurry these days, for what I don't know.
Yugguy said:
From a purely non-religious viewpoint I think it would do everyone good to slow down and chill out on a regular basis. We seem in Britian to be in such a hurry these days, for what I don't know.
Some people view shopping as a leisure activity - personally I prefer hill-walking, but each to their own.
Parrot of Doom said:
I'd rather have the shops shut on a Sunday. Much quieter, more peaceful.
When I worked in retail we would have people queueing up every Sunday without fail, and this was a computer shop - so they were hardly out buying essentials. I would love it if shops were shut on Sundays families may actually do something together rather than dragging kids round DIY shops etc.richardlw said:
Trust me, Sundays were a lot nicer in the sixties than they are now. Very few shops open and a lot of time to do sweet FA.
HERE HERE! (although I wasn't around then I remember Sunday's in the past being more relaxing) scorp said:2004 GDP productivity for Germany pretty much the same as the UK GDP stats.
The global rat race, if we don't work hard enough then someone else will.
Yet shop opening hours in Germany are still much less than here...
I'm for relaxed Sundays. Crikey if you can't buy your new hoover or your microwave from a shop then do it online or wait until the next Saturday. If you're after groceries then plan ahead. Lazy, relaxed, quality, family Sunday's would do this dynamic, mass consumer/media driven country the world of good. It won't happen though.
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