howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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21 November 2010
13:2080967in town this morning i got to thinking about why shops open on a sunday.
about half(or less) are open on sundays in dover, i had a browse in the ones that were open and was surprised how few customers were in them, even fewer outside carrying bags of purchases. maybe they liven up in the afternoon?
it was a pleasant morning weather wise and with only 5 weeks to christmas expected everywhere to be busy.
with staff wages, heating and lighting costs i cannot see how it can be profitable to stay open, a lot of the stuff sold would have been purchased by people during the rest of the week.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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21 November 2010
14:0680971In fact I thought people flocked to the Saturday market so as not to do the shopping on the following Sunday.
Keith Sansum1
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21 November 2010
15:3780976Always supported the view that you should have one day a week as a rest day
but there you go its law shops open on sundays and people forced to work
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Brian Dixon
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21 November 2010
16:2880990kieth,carrot,stick syndrome.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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21 November 2010
16:3580991sadly for many they dont get a choice
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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21 November 2010
16:4480995the younger members of staff seem to do the most sundays, whether that is by choice or not i do not know.
the problem is that the maximum hours they can do is 6 and with the lousy sunday bus services some have to get there early and may have a long wait after work.
if you go along the main stretch between 9.30 and 9.45 on a sunday morning there are always staff members hanging around outside.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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21 November 2010
16:4680997your correct with regards youngsters but there is also a lot of others to many forced to work sundays
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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21 November 2010
18:1481009And all for tuppence!
Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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21 November 2010
18:2981010i was in the shop today because i am so busy at the moment, had lots to do and Dad was hanging some pictures for me!
But it was tottering along, it wasnt insane but i did see a few people, it really depends what you want...
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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22 November 2010
08:4181078Maybe the public are not aware that the shops are open, so go to the bigger out of town stores in other areas.
Perhaps a DBS article in the local paper could advise which shops will be open on the following Sunday, but it would need someone to talk to the local shops; the more shops that are open, the better for all of them - if they're not open, they can't trade. It would also mean of course that DBS would be allowed to have that article, which will never be the case.
Roger
Jan Higgins
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22 November 2010
09:1181083My brain is not working this morning, no comments please,
what does DBS stand for? I think I can get the first word.
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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22 November 2010
09:4981090I would guess it means Dover Business Support but Roger has caught us out with that one.
Sunday shopping has been one of the big retail successes here in the UK, so it is hugely successful. Businesses rake in lots of money, but yes as Roger says there, it tends to be the big retail complexes where people can go, generally park free, and shop at leisure. The entire family can do it together on a sunday...then go for a pizza.
Dover is a ghost town on a sunday. Perhaps closer to Christmas it will pick up. Its a brave effort for the shops to open but it cant pay. By the way the saturday market here wouldnt supply anyone's needs, it gets ever smaller. All the guys that worked on it initially are gone..Roger, Cameron Macsween and Alan Shirley...it appears rudderless.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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22 November 2010
10:0081092Thanks Paul, all I could think of was Dover Book Shop/Store which did not really work.
I think most town centres are fairly quiet on Sunday, the Sunday shoppers go to the places like Bluewater. I can think of very few worse punishments to infict on myself than Sunday shopping.
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22 November 2010
11:5381111I am surprised by the concern about the Sunday opening of shops. The majority of the population these days do, in fact, work on Sundays - nurses, Doctors, police, army/airforce/navy, paramedics, bus drivers, call centre operators, dock workers of all descriptions, hotel, restaurant and bar workers.... need I go on? Why should these people not have the opportunity of nipping into a shop when they are out anyway. It is also a good time for people who find the shops too crowded at other times.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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22 November 2010
15:3281148ok sod those forced to work sundays whether they have religious beliefs, or as some say family values
got the message
shame
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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22 November 2010
15:3481149kieth,allways liked working sundays,double pay and all that.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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22 November 2010
15:3881151sadly brian many industries have also done away with double time etc and sunday has just become like any other day.
please dont let me hear about thre break down in family values on here in the future
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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22 November 2010
15:4081152kieth,working sundays boosted my family values.
