Reidİ wrote:
> Following up to Miguel Cruz
>> I never understood this. Is anyone forced to work the night shift? The
>> people who would otherwise be working a second job to earn a little more
>> money could instead just be underemployed.
>
> we generally don't do second jobs.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nscl.asp?ID=6667
>> It seems the only beneficiaries of this are tiny shopowners who just don't
>> feel like dealing with the hassle of staying open past dinnertime, and have
>> managed to persuade the government to ensure it's not an option.
>
> Right, independent shops like good butchers and greengrocers
> forced out of business or work all hours. so we lose the best for
> the "convenience" of shopping in the middle of the night.
This seems like an imagined correlation between quality of butchery and
reluctance to hire night shift workers. Maybe it's the lousy greengrocers
who don't want to stay open later.
And if they're so good, why wouldn't their customers stick with them if
they're only open while the banks are? After all, it was good enough for
their customers before? Or is it that enough people actually prefer the
convenience, once they're finally given a choice?
miguel
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