It saddens me to see all this acrimony between us Freepers. Sure, nurses and firemen have to work 365 days a year. They knew it coming in. But retail? Come on! In this country Thanksgiving was copied from Europe-celebrating the end of the harvest. It’s beautiful(to me). The fact that employers will try to one-up each other by moving Black Friday to a holiday would suggest that the ultimate form of capitalism is the ability to OWN another human being.
This is when people start turning to the government. If adults could solve this issue there would be no need for Democrats.
In Japan there is a time at the end of the year when the entire country shuts down. No one would accuse them of being lazy. 3 NFL games on Thanksgiving? It’s a distraction when we should be enjoying our family company. There are more important things than making a buck and I think that one or 2 days a year we should all take the time to agknowlege it-mandated if that is ones choice.
Thank-you. I never suggested people run to the government and it is, though not abusive”, less than nice policies that like Walmart’s new one that gives unions a foothold to step in. What will Walmart be when workers turn to the unions to get a set schedule?
Good post.
Don't listen to some of these AH's. They'll do everything in their power to convince all it's perfect fine for these Communist product pushers to be open Christmas, Thanksgiving etc.
When it comes to profits, nothing is sacred.
Thank you DIRTYSECRET. I had to read 185 posts but you finally said what needs to be said.
Retail selling is not emergency work, medicine, or the armed forces. Ever earlier department store hours on Black Friday and now Thanksgiving are driven by greed and oneupmanship. It disgusts me. No one can tell me the person who buys the video game on Thanksgiving evening would not buy the same item on following day at 10:00 am if the store wasn’t open on Thanksgiving. Ditto for being open on Christmas. Normal retail should not be open those days.
Business owners who do not honor our AMERICAN traditions just to make a quick buck should be shunned by the public.
dittos!
What acrimony? A Freeper is obviously unhappy with his working conditions. I suggested a solution.
Retailers didn’t “move” Black Friday to a holiday. It developed organically over time as unionized workers and most especially government workers demanded and got the Friday after Thanksgiving as a paid Holiday creating an artificial 4 day weekend for 1/3 of the workforce.
With schools and government offices and unionized manufacturing closed, they went shopping and retailers simply responded to the demand.
I remember when we used to go to school on Friday.