On 2014-03-02 10:44 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 3/2/2014 10:22 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-03-02 10:15 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> People who want Sundays off really need to find something to do
>>> besides retail/restaurant jobs. That's just reality.
>>
>> My suggestion is to open up everything on Sundays. We have rejected the
>> common day off for everyone else, so let's do it for everyone. All
>> banks, government offices, businesses, constructions and schools should
>> be open. No one can argue that they need a common day off because we
>> have already rejected for retail.
>
> That's just silly. Why should companies have to maintain hours
> on the weekend when they are not involved in customer service.
> They would have to pay for heat and lights, their electric bill
> would go up. For what? Nothing.

Why is it silly? They are involved in customer service. Stores have to
pay more for lighting and heating to be opened Sundays and overnight.
They also have to pay staff to be there. They don't sell any more in 7
days than they do in 6.

Schools were traditionally open 5 days a week in sync with the business
world. Kids only spend 5-6 hours a day in class, so schools sit empty.
They bring in a shift system and double up. The school buses could bring
in kids from one zone for the morning shift. The same buses could pick
up a bunch of kids for the afternoon shift when they come to pick up the
day shift.
>
> They should also be open until 2am, by that logic, because bars
> and restaurants often have crazy hours and they should be open in
> solidarity.

Open in solidarity?? Are you suggesting that only those two sectors
should be in solidarity? It seems to be that true solidarity would
mean that everyone does it.