Whether you like it or dislike it, 24 hour and 7 day shopping is hardly the
measure of progress or civilisation. I would have thought, it was a
convenience which some groups or countries value more than others.
"Miguel Cruz" wrote in message
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> Reidİ wrote:
> > Following up to Go Fig
> >> Unless its for travel, Germany's millions can do very little shopping
on
> >> Sunday and restricted on Saturday.
> >>
> >> Decidedly a poor quality of life measurement for me.
> >
> > unless you work in retail, what some americans don't seem to get
> > is that one mans convenience is another mans inconvenience.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> miguel
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