Sunday trading laws during lockdown
Discussion
If they were able to relax Sunday trading laws during the Olympics, why the f
k can't they do it now? Has nobody else thought this would be a good idea?
I visited my local M+S store this afternoon, arriving there just before, about 3:45pm. It's a large store that also sells clothing and home etc. I approached the entrance and it turned out there was a queue of about fifty fking metres through the INSIDE of the store! Not sure who thought what was a good idea but it kind of flies in the face of all these social distancing efforts. Why was the queue so long? Because no doubt it was the usual last minute rush to buy dinner or whatever during the limited Sunday opening hours of larger stores such as these. Perhaps go earlier? Well, it's just as busy on a Sunday at more or less any time!
Needless to say, I did a u-turn and headed to the large Sainsburys a couple of miles down the road. Guess what? It closed at fking 4pm, just as I arrived! Ok, maybe it usually closes at 4pm, I wasn't sure because some of the supermarkets around here are open 10am to 4pm, while others open from 11am to 5pm.
I decided to go another few miles along the road to the large Tesco because I know that one is open until 5pm. Guess what? It was fking closed as well!
fk it, I rode about another five miles to the BP Garage that has an M+S food. I had to queue to get in but at least it was open and I bought some stuff for dinner.
There we have it, a 20 mile round trip on the motorbike and four different stores visited just to get some dinner. This would normally be a two mile round trip! Are front line shop workers heroes? Are they fk! All I've seen in recent weeks is stores closing early to 're-stock'. Well, if they're all heroes, how about putting in a few extra hours of overtime - unpaid - to ensure shoppers aren't negatively affected by this situation - that's when I'd start to consider your efforts heroic. Perhaps do what many everyday professionals have to do while still working from home by doing a few extra hours, unpaid. Go above and beyond, rather than just clocking off before the shop has even closed like the security guard at my local Tesco did this afternoon.
Anyway, isn't it time these draconian Sunday Trading laws were axed to ease the pressure on supermarkets? Apparently there have been talks about this already but "unions opposed the move". Great...
k can't they do it now? Has nobody else thought this would be a good idea?I visited my local M+S store this afternoon, arriving there just before, about 3:45pm. It's a large store that also sells clothing and home etc. I approached the entrance and it turned out there was a queue of about fifty f
king metres through the INSIDE of the store! Not sure who thought what was a good idea but it kind of flies in the face of all these social distancing efforts. Why was the queue so long? Because no doubt it was the usual last minute rush to buy dinner or whatever during the limited Sunday opening hours of larger stores such as these. Perhaps go earlier? Well, it's just as busy on a Sunday at more or less any time! Needless to say, I did a u-turn and headed to the large Sainsburys a couple of miles down the road. Guess what? It closed at f
king 4pm, just as I arrived! Ok, maybe it usually closes at 4pm, I wasn't sure because some of the supermarkets around here are open 10am to 4pm, while others open from 11am to 5pm.I decided to go another few miles along the road to the large Tesco because I know that one is open until 5pm. Guess what? It was f
king closed as well!f
k it, I rode about another five miles to the BP Garage that has an M+S food. I had to queue to get in but at least it was open and I bought some stuff for dinner.There we have it, a 20 mile round trip on the motorbike and four different stores visited just to get some dinner. This would normally be a two mile round trip! Are front line shop workers heroes? Are they f
k! All I've seen in recent weeks is stores closing early to 're-stock'. Well, if they're all heroes, how about putting in a few extra hours of overtime - unpaid - to ensure shoppers aren't negatively affected by this situation - that's when I'd start to consider your efforts heroic. Perhaps do what many everyday professionals have to do while still working from home by doing a few extra hours, unpaid. Go above and beyond, rather than just clocking off before the shop has even closed like the security guard at my local Tesco did this afternoon. Anyway, isn't it time these draconian Sunday Trading laws were axed to ease the pressure on supermarkets? Apparently there have been talks about this already but "unions opposed the move". Great...
Chicken_Satay said:
If they were able to relax Sunday trading laws during the Olympics, why the fk can't they do it now? Has nobody else thought this would be a good idea?
I visited my local M+S store this afternoon, arriving there just before, about 3:45pm. It's a large store that also sells clothing and home etc. I approached the entrance and it turned out there was a queue of about fifty fking metres through the INSIDE of the store! Not sure who thought what was a good idea but it kind of flies in the face of all these social distancing efforts. Why was the queue so long? Because no doubt it was the usual last minute rush to buy dinner or whatever during the limited Sunday opening hours of larger stores such as these. Perhaps go earlier? Well, it's just as busy on a Sunday at more or less any time!
Needless to say, I did a u-turn and headed to the large Sainsburys a couple of miles down the road. Guess what? It closed at fking 4pm, just as I arrived! Ok, maybe it usually closes at 4pm, I wasn't sure because some of the supermarkets around here are open 10am to 4pm, while others open from 11am to 5pm.
I decided to go another few miles along the road to the large Tesco because I know that one is open until 5pm. Guess what? It was fking closed as well!
fk it, I rode about another five miles to the BP Garage that has an M+S food. I had to queue to get in but at least it was open and I bought some stuff for dinner.
There we have it, a 20 mile round trip on the motorbike and four different stores visited just to get some dinner. This would normally be a two mile round trip! Are front line shop workers heroes? Are they fk! All I've seen in recent weeks is stores closing early to 're-stock'. Well, if they're all heroes, how about putting in a few extra hours of overtime - unpaid - to ensure shoppers aren't negatively affected by this situation - that's when I'd start to consider your efforts heroic. Perhaps do what many everyday professionals have to do while still working from home by doing a few extra hours, unpaid. Go above and beyond, rather than just clocking off before the shop has even closed like the security guard at my local Tesco did this afternoon.
Anyway, isn't it time these draconian Sunday Trading laws were axed to ease the pressure on supermarkets? Apparently there have been talks about this already but "unions opposed the move". Great...
Gonna quote this before the OP deletes it k can't they do it now? Has nobody else thought this would be a good idea?I visited my local M+S store this afternoon, arriving there just before, about 3:45pm. It's a large store that also sells clothing and home etc. I approached the entrance and it turned out there was a queue of about fifty f
king metres through the INSIDE of the store! Not sure who thought what was a good idea but it kind of flies in the face of all these social distancing efforts. Why was the queue so long? Because no doubt it was the usual last minute rush to buy dinner or whatever during the limited Sunday opening hours of larger stores such as these. Perhaps go earlier? Well, it's just as busy on a Sunday at more or less any time! Needless to say, I did a u-turn and headed to the large Sainsburys a couple of miles down the road. Guess what? It closed at f
king 4pm, just as I arrived! Ok, maybe it usually closes at 4pm, I wasn't sure because some of the supermarkets around here are open 10am to 4pm, while others open from 11am to 5pm.I decided to go another few miles along the road to the large Tesco because I know that one is open until 5pm. Guess what? It was f
king closed as well!f
k it, I rode about another five miles to the BP Garage that has an M+S food. I had to queue to get in but at least it was open and I bought some stuff for dinner.There we have it, a 20 mile round trip on the motorbike and four different stores visited just to get some dinner. This would normally be a two mile round trip! Are front line shop workers heroes? Are they f
k! All I've seen in recent weeks is stores closing early to 're-stock'. Well, if they're all heroes, how about putting in a few extra hours of overtime - unpaid - to ensure shoppers aren't negatively affected by this situation - that's when I'd start to consider your efforts heroic. Perhaps do what many everyday professionals have to do while still working from home by doing a few extra hours, unpaid. Go above and beyond, rather than just clocking off before the shop has even closed like the security guard at my local Tesco did this afternoon. Anyway, isn't it time these draconian Sunday Trading laws were axed to ease the pressure on supermarkets? Apparently there have been talks about this already but "unions opposed the move". Great...
egor110 said:
Why wait until gone 3 then decide you need to get food ?
Often people have things to do that can only be done during the day e.g. garden maintenance, fixing a car, whatever. They don't want to waste their day by going during prime day time, especially not on a Sunday when there are more important things to be getting on with!Chicken_Satay said:
egor110 said:
Why wait until gone 3 then decide you need to get food ?
Often people have things to do that can only be done during the day e.g. garden maintenance, fixing a car, whatever. They don't want to waste their day by going during prime day time, especially not on a Sunday when there are more important things to be getting on with!
Chicken_Satay said:
egor110 said:
Why wait until gone 3 then decide you need to get food ?
Often people have things to do that can only be done during the day e.g. garden maintenance, fixing a car, whatever. They don't want to waste their day by going during prime day time, especially not on a Sunday when there are more important things to be getting on with!You seem to have poor time management skills .
Chicken_Satay said:
egor110 said:
Why wait until gone 3 then decide you need to get food ?
Often people have things to do that can only be done during the day e.g. garden maintenance, fixing a car, whatever. They don't want to waste their day by going during prime day time, especially not on a Sunday when there are more important things to be getting on with!Get real
The Spruce Goose said:
Do your shopping in the other 6 days, I mean its not like Sunday trading hours have been there for 26 years?
He can't he's super important and busy working from home 24/7 seemingly.Still at least he's nice and safe tucked away at home whilst those keyworkers in the shops are having the public coughing/sneezing over them
HighwayStar said:
I just can’t help but laugh at your predicament. Supermarkets have been closing at 4pm on a Sunday 1994!!! Wakey wakey. Plan ahead.
Not in Scotland. My 40 mile round trip to Tesco currently takes place between between 6.30pm and 8.30pm every Sunday. Mentioned it to a London based colleague and she was shocked about our Sunday opening hours.
Sheepshanks said:
egor110 said:
But like i said 99% of the population manage to find a slot once a week to go and buy 7/14 days worth of food .
Apparently the current situation has really screwed a lot of people as they were used to going to the supermarket every couple of days.
I'm one of those. I used to go, I guess, every 3 days ish for a quick small shop. Unpredictable work hours/locations meant it wasn't really feasible to plan ahead more than that.
Now I'm reliably at home every single day I've managed to adapt to once a week pretty damned easily though....not entirely sure why people are struggling with that....
Sheepshanks said:
egor110 said:
But like i said 99% of the population manage to find a slot once a week to go and buy 7/14 days worth of food .
Apparently the current situation has really screwed a lot of people as they were used to going to the supermarket every couple of days.I don't have a big freezer. Or much storage space. I work 2-10 shifts and prior to lockdown would often shop on the way home from work for the next 2-4 days.
Now I find myself using half of a rest day each week shopping, and use about two hours before work once a week to top up with fresh produce.
I won't bother with a rant about being expected to walk around the whole of Tesco with a crowd of people to buy a loaf of bread and some eggs.
valiant said:
‘Unions oppose Sunday trading’
Hmmmm, that mighty union that is USDAW can bring the entire retail world in the UK to a halt with a click of their fingers....
Op leaves it to the last minute and complains of queues of other people who also left it to the last minute.
I think you're missing the point. If the trading hours were longer, there would be fewer shoppers condensed into the opening hours as they stand on Sunday and any other day of the week for that matter. I don't see how cutting down on queues and reducing the density of shoppers in stores can be a bad thing given the current climate. Are you in support of the Church of England for imposing this BS law on all of us?Hmmmm, that mighty union that is USDAW can bring the entire retail world in the UK to a halt with a click of their fingers....
Op leaves it to the last minute and complains of queues of other people who also left it to the last minute.
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