Christmas trading hours

Whatever happened to the practice of getting enough supplies in to last over the Christmas holidays, because the shops were shut for a few days?

I'll tell you why.You don't need to do this anymore because the shops hardly close for the holidays. The shop I work in is closing Christmas Day and Boxing Day then re-opens it's doors on the Monday. The supermarkets are doing the same except some of them are opening on the Sunday. Great you say, I won't need to get a lot in because I can always nip to the shops to get some more.

But, and there is a but, we shopworkers miss the boat on this. The shops expect us to work these days, so the public can come in and shop and spend lots of money, but if the shops stayed closed for the bank holidays, everybody wins.

How?
1. The shopworkers get a decent break to be with their families.
2. The public will still shop and spend their money.
3. The shops won't have to pay a workforce for two days and will save on heating and electricity and they still get the customers spending the same, albeit two days later.

The main culprit in all this is the public. If they didn't expect shops to open all hours then they wouldn't. Pointless opening if you don't get any customers.

So if you would like to gain the respect of a shopworker and help them to have a decent break, stock up for Christmas and I'll see you in the New Year.