Open 'Half Day': Shouldn't businesses, schools, open for a 'half-day' on Saturday (or for bad weather) open later?

Some people like to sleep in, or get our personal business done, in the mornings -- this means clients, shoppers, employees. When a business is only open from 7 or 8 in the morning until noon, there is a big rush to get there between eleven and noon. A small faction among us (Jews, Sabbatarian-practicing Christians) even worship on Saturday morning.

Doesn't it make sense to let people sleep in or come into work later, like twelve, and get off an hour earlier, like four, than give us the worst of both worlds -- getting up early, opening shop early, have poor business in the morning (few customers) then a last-minute (hour) hectic rush with long lines waiting at closing time? And what about schools that open late due to bad weather? Does it make sense to throw them out there on the ice and snow at the crack of dawn during rush-hour, when the snow and ice may be gone by noon?

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Our (former) culture has an actual tradition behind that one. And my own dad participated in it. He grew up on a farm down the road from here in La Verne.

I can show you where the pump was and where the massa's house was, but the orange groves are long gone. They worked 5 1/2 days a week because SUNDAY was the "Sabbath" (I know "sabbath" = 7th day. ) Saturday was, therefore, the day of doing the work to prepare for going to church on Sunday, one task of many being taking a bath.

Now my dad took a bath once a week whether he needed it or not. And he explained that the process was get the tub, take it outside to the pump and fill with water, bring it back to the kitchen and put on the stove, heat, remove, bathe, dump water, hand off tub to next sibling. When you have five or six siblings, this can take a while .. .

Like all afternoon. Thus, the shopkeeper works M-F, and then on Saturday he'll open at the same time as M-F but close early because he has to go get ready for church the next day. This became such a solid part of the American culture, so many people doing it this way so many weeks, year in and year out, that it became The-Way-To-Do-Things.

You correctly note, , that folks don't seem to be thinking about why they do this anymore when prepping for church is a five minute shower Sunday morning. "Because we've always done it this way! " No you haven't..

1 The Time Warp! I feel bad these days that there are no real holidays for workers - even our big ones like July 4 and New Years and Easter stores are open. In my neighborhood, a commuter neighborhood, there are stores open from 9-5 - which is exactly when commuters are not in the community - and they complain no one shops locally - hummmm.It is very hard for many people to get their errands done.

My husband has only mid-week 'weekends' and it is a joy to shop, go to the park, etc. Sort of a different twist on things. We live in a 3 shift world and that is a big issue, especially for the service fields where you cant really take off as you would like. The issue about schools has upset me for years: parent teacher meetings are held mid-day for the convenience of teachers.

If no one has noticed, two parents work in households these days.To be there for events relating to your child that occur in the day, you may even have to put your job in jeopardy to take off. I wrote to schools for years when I was in HR begging schools to recognize but the teachers' union is very strong. There is another issue that comes up which is why places try to keep to set work schedules - many parents need to pick kids up from school or day care - if the hours at work shift, they can meet their kids on time.

I have ridden a commuter train for years - when the trains are cancelled, etc. Kids are left alone outside schools waiting for their parents to eventually arrive - because school personnel sure go home. Or they need to relieve a baby sitter - the list goes on.It is very hard for the working person and the economy is only part of it. Sorry for the rant.

The Time Warp! I feel bad these days that there are no real holidays for workers - even our big ones like July 4 and New Years and Easter stores are open. In my neighborhood, a commuter neighborhood, there are stores open from 9-5 - which is exactly when commuters are not in the community - and they complain no one shops locally - hummmm.It is very hard for many people to get their errands done.

My husband has only mid-week 'weekends' and it is a joy to shop, go to the park, etc. Sort of a different twist on things. We live in a 3 shift world and that is a big issue, especially for the service fields where you cant really take off as you would like. The issue about schools has upset me for years: parent teacher meetings are held mid-day for the convenience of teachers.

If no one has noticed, two parents work in households these days.To be there for events relating to your child that occur in the day, you may even have to put your job in jeopardy to take off. I wrote to schools for years when I was in HR begging schools to recognize but the teachers' union is very strong. There is another issue that comes up which is why places try to keep to set work schedules - many parents need to pick kids up from school or day care - if the hours at work shift, they can meet their kids on time.

I have ridden a commuter train for years - when the trains are cancelled, etc. Kids are left alone outside schools waiting for their parents to eventually arrive - because school personnel sure go home. Or they need to relieve a baby sitter - the list goes on.It is very hard for the working person and the economy is only part of it. Sorry for the rant.

2 I've certainly commented enough times that when you work "banker's hours" it's awfully hard to get in to see your banker. I can also see that saturdays create an awful conundrum: half of us want the store to be open at the crack of dawn, so we can get in there and pick up supplies for our weekend project, and if the store doesn't open until noon, we're spinning our wheels for a half-day. The other half of us want to sleep in on saturday (I slept in clear until 6:30, myself) and if the store closes at noon, it puts us in an awful rush.

Problem is, the people who work in the store would much rather work in the morning and get the afternoon off, than have the morning off, but have to be ready to work in the afternoon. I think that we should have a "national day off" where NOBODY goes to work except emergency services-related people. No restaurants, shopping malls, or other venues are allowed to be open.No financial business is allowed (no interest on loans, and due dates are postponed) honey-do lists are strictly forbidden.

Once the national economy recovers, we may even have a federally funded barbecue mandate. That said, perhaps the weekend short-day stores could have an 8-10 shift and a 2:30-4:30 shift.

I've certainly commented enough times that when you work "banker's hours" it's awfully hard to get in to see your banker. I can also see that saturdays create an awful conundrum: half of us want the store to be open at the crack of dawn, so we can get in there and pick up supplies for our weekend project, and if the store doesn't open until noon, we're spinning our wheels for a half-day. The other half of us want to sleep in on saturday (I slept in clear until 6:30, myself) and if the store closes at noon, it puts us in an awful rush.

Problem is, the people who work in the store would much rather work in the morning and get the afternoon off, than have the morning off, but have to be ready to work in the afternoon. I think that we should have a "national day off" where NOBODY goes to work except emergency services-related people. No restaurants, shopping malls, or other venues are allowed to be open.No financial business is allowed (no interest on loans, and due dates are postponed) honey-do lists are strictly forbidden.

Once the national economy recovers, we may even have a federally funded barbecue mandate. That said, perhaps the weekend short-day stores could have an 8-10 shift and a 2:30-4:30 shift.

3 Abusiness owner, I would never adjust my business schedule for lazy people. Businesses have been using those hours on Saturday for longer than people have been sleeping in. If you need something from a store, drag your butt out of bed at an appropriate time like the rest of us.

Abusiness owner, I would never adjust my business schedule for lazy people. Businesses have been using those hours on Saturday for longer than people have been sleeping in. If you need something from a store, drag your butt out of bed at an appropriate time like the rest of us.

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