Comments on: Sunday Shopping

By: Ned

Ned — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:07:05 +0000

Sunday hours are fine as they are I think, if you need something so badly, get it prior to Sunday or during the allotted hours. I don’t understand why people need to have stores open at all times so that they feel they can just go get whatever they need whenever they need. It’s convenience run amok. And the 24hr Wal-Mart’s are still only open 12-6 on Sundays, 24hrs the rest of the week.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:26:25 +0000

I have to donate my two Sunday-shopping cents to the discussion!
As someone who has developed a double-edged flair for working in retail,
being closed on Sundays is just out of the question. We seem to be in
agreement that stores being open Sundays, even if limited to 12pm-6pm,
is a good thing. As for the restricted hours, I truly, honestly don’t think it
matters. Please don’t see it as doing anyone any favours. There are
many people (high school students, ambitious 20-somethings, university
students, single parents, new Canadians, etc.) who are desperate to
work extra hours into their work week, and I have to remind you that
sometimes our luxuries are their best opportunities to earn extra cash.
It’s not a “blessing” for someone who’s looking to earn extra cash, that they
aren’t needed at their part-time job since a shift that starts at 11:30am
and ends at 6:30pm can be worked by just one person – making it unnecessary
to bring in two employees for the day.
I am on the fence about the issue. Nobody seems to making a stink of it here in Winnipeg (and it seems Winnipeggers like to make a stink of things they don’t approve of), so I must assume this is the status quo. You can shop on Sundays; however, it’s only during certain hours. Seems to work fine for everyone involved. But I do miss late night shopping on Sundays!!!
Here’s a question: how do the 24-hour Wal-Mart stores circumvent the rules? Because they are open 24-hours/365?
http://tinyurl.com/ylglehe

By: Will O'Neill

Will O'Neill — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:22:07 +0000

I’d like to live in a city that regularly closed down stores just to give myself any requirement of mental discipline therein. Like Dana said, there’s always something open in Toronto, so I don’t even tend to store supplies in that extended, pioneer kind of way.

There have been a few statutory holidays where literally nothing was open – not markets, restaurants, anything – and I had nothing in the fridge, and everyone I knew was visiting their families. You end up post-apocalyptically stalking the streets, looking for hobos with tins of ravioli, prepared to barter with violence.

But I just know that, if everything was closed on Sunday, it’d somehow get into my head to buy enough food to last me a week. Organized indeed.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:27:40 +0000

On a related note, try shopping on Remembrance Day if it falls on a Sunday. I remember that Nov. 11 is observed and that shops are open after than. I think the 12-5 Sunday hours are pretty civilized balancing off people who need extra work, and the convenience for consumers. Try living in Ontario where I freak out before every holiday weekend, as I need to check if my local gigantic grocerty store will be open on holiday Monday.

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:27:13 +0000

Sunday shopping hours were an adjustment for me when I moved back to Winnipeg. In Mississauga, I lived not far from a couple of 24-hour grocery stores.

I still have to remind myself than I can’t run off to Safeway at 9:00am on Sundays…

By: cherenkov

cherenkov — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:28:58 +0000

I remember having to buy Christmas presents at a 7-11 on Christmas day because I had forgotten all of mine back at home. That is a challenge, let me tell you.

Sunday shopping: I’m OK with the way it is. Some people need to work Sundays to make extra money, and I appreciate the ability to pick something up if I need it.