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pan6467 · 07-15-2004, 06:57 AM

Why?

Do you honestly think every single worker would have taken Sunday off?

And so what if they did?

50 years ago just about everyone had Sun off.

I remember, as a kid, some 25 years ago, when the local mall decided to open on Sundays even for only 5 hours (12-5), it was a big deal and they had to fight city laws over it. Many people at the time thought the mall was getting greedy and it was shameful. Now people cry because they close earlier.

Most malls and stores have shorter hours on Sundays anyway.

I just personally believe there should be laws protecting workers from having to work 7 days.

Look, Bush is doing away with OT for what 8 million some workers or something.

Laws always tend to go forward and take a long time to go backward. So using that tradition, eventually all overtime may someday be taken away, in which case companies will be expecting workers to work 7 days a week.

I know I sound extreme and radically paranoid about the future, but I tend to see laws, as not what they will impact on today (as it actually takes awhile for the laws to really start getting enforced) but what that law will do in the future and what laws that possibly can be born from that idea.

07-15-2004, 06:57 AM	#14 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Why? Do you honestly think every single worker would have taken Sunday off? And so what if they did? 50 years ago just about everyone had Sun off. I remember, as a kid, some 25 years ago, when the local mall decided to open on Sundays even for only 5 hours (12-5), it was a big deal and they had to fight city laws over it. Many people at the time thought the mall was getting greedy and it was shameful. Now people cry because they close earlier. Most malls and stores have shorter hours on Sundays anyway. I just personally believe there should be laws protecting workers from having to work 7 days. Look, Bush is doing away with OT for what 8 million some workers or something. Laws always tend to go forward and take a long time to go backward. So using that tradition, eventually all overtime may someday be taken away, in which case companies will be expecting workers to work 7 days a week. I know I sound extreme and radically paranoid about the future, but I tend to see laws, as not what they will impact on today (as it actually takes awhile for the laws to really start getting enforced) but what that law will do in the future and what laws that possibly can be born from that idea. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"