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"I really feel sorry for the people that have to work at the gas station on Christmas morning. They have to sell cigarettes and coffee to the people that work at the video store..."

Amen.

With some lines of work (EMS, Fire, Law Enforcement), weekends and holidays come with the territory, and I'm sure most go in with eyes wide open.

However, I can remember back in the '50s and even '60s that holidays like Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas just about shut down everything else.

Nowadays, even some of the "big box" stores are open, dragging their $8.00/hr employees in away from their families.

I don't think it's had a positive impact on our culture, and I don't think it's too much to expect that the coffee, cigarettes and videos be picked up a day or two before Christmas.

"I really feel sorry for the people that have to work at the gas station on Christmas morning. They have to sell cigarettes and coffee to the people that work at the video store..." Amen. With some lines of work (EMS, Fire, Law Enforcement), weekends and holidays come with the territory, and I'm sure most go in with eyes wide open. However, I can remember back in the '50s and even '60s that holidays like Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas just about shut down everything else. Nowadays, even some of the "big box" stores are open, dragging their $8.00/hr employees in away from their families. I don't think it's had a positive impact on our culture, and I don't think it's too much to expect that the coffee, cigarettes and videos be picked up a day or two before Christmas.

I couldn't agree more with you both. I have to work holidays, but it's necessary and I DID know it going in.

The idea that folks are torn away from their families on Christmas/Thanksgiving/etc. so I can get a Wii at 15% off, or a movie because I'm bored makes me sick. As an absolute rule, I don't patronize businesses those days. Don't want to reward that kind of anti-social behavior.