I love it

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

One lady last December asked if we were open our normal hours on the 25th. I said "No, we'll be closed on the 25th. We'll also be closing at 4 instead of 7 on the 24th, so be sure to plan accordingly." She screamed "But I'm JEWISH!!!eleventy!!" and stormed off, leaving me bewildered and slightly amused.

Yeah. So what?

Stores have the right to set their own hours and be open or closed whenever they want.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

"What if I need something!?"

Good thing these people weren't born 100 years ago. You know, before everything was available all the time. Back then, I'm assuming people shut the hell up and dealt with things.

They did. Towns rolled up their streets at dusk.

And there were NO cellphones . . .

[Soulstealer]

I said "No, we'll be closed on the 25th. We'll also be closing at 4 instead of 7 on the 24th, so be sure to plan accordingly." She screamed "But I'm JEWISH!!!eleventy!!" and stormed off, leaving me bewildered and slightly amused.

Tell her she should move to Israel if she wants things set up for her holidays then.

And to be thankful that she doesn't live in India. Way more public holidays, the government is closed for all of them and everyone else picks a few.

[Monica]

What the funniest thing of all is that we close for three weeks. The last two weeks of december and the first in january.Just one time I want to come and sit in the lobby and watch the idiots hit the door and yell.

You know what, you should. That's what I have done every year and still do even though I don't work at the store anymore. It's neat seeing the managers turn them away. They then go to the Dollar General across the plaza, which is only open an hour later then the store, and then when that closes...

It can be entertaining. I even started going down on the day of the actual holiday and watch people try to get in with no luck.

[depechemodefan]

I'm surprised more people don't complain "what if I die because I needed something from your store and you weren't open!" I personally know of one time when a trip to the 24 hour drug store was made and the person still died. If people are so afraid of "OMG, if I don't get that x from the store, I will die!", then go to the ER! Fork over the $150-$1500 co/pay if you are so sure you will die!

[smileyeagle1021]

oh, how I hated those people... the only thing that is worse is now working at a hotel that NEVER closes the people who will come up "oh, it must suck working on the holiday, harharhar"... actually, no it doesn't, I'm single, my family is over 500 miles away (at the closest), with my graveyard schedule for work and morning schedule for school I don't really have a social life anyway, so sense everything else is closed and there's nothing else to do anyway I don't mind working... thanks for making me realize this asshole, enjoy your stay...

*smiley is not looking forward to the holiday season*

[thehippie777]

oh, how I hated those people... the only thing that is worse is now working at a hotel that NEVER closes the people who will come up "oh, it must suck working on the holiday, harharhar"... actually, no it doesn't, I'm single, my family is over 500 miles away (at the closest), with my graveyard schedule for work and morning schedule for school I don't really have a social life anyway, so sense everything else is closed and there's nothing else to do anyway I don't mind working... thanks for making me realize this asshole, enjoy your stay...

*smiley is not looking forward to the holiday season*

Aw, Smiley, I understand! Although, I do take at least one holiday off, because we are allowed one off every year. I don't have a life either, though. At least you have school. I just have a boyfriend I live with. I guess no matter what we don't win. With the "How do you work nights? It is hard????" to "Wow, they have someone here on Holidays???" to "Wow, I didn't think anyone would be here at this hour!". I don't know if we will ever win... If someone wasn't at a hotel like ours every single hour, guests would eat eachother. lol

[smileyeagle1021]

yeah, Hippie, you pointed out my other pet peeve, the people who will be in the lobby in the morning who saw you the previous night asking things like "wow, did you realy stay up all night"

yes, yes I did, and it's not that big of a deal... this is my normal schedule now... I don't see anything unusual about being up all night.

[Misanthropical]

And whats funnier is we are a candy shop no one needs candy.

Yes, we do. You don't want to see me or my daughter if we don't have chocolate.

[Broomjockey]

It really gets me that people think that stores and the like should be open on Holidays. It wasn't that long ago (less than 20 years) that storeds closed for christmas, Thanksgiving, New Years, and even on Sundays for some of them. There was no such thing where I grew up as a 24 hours grocery store.

I dunno about your area, but around here they were closed those days because of laws saying no one could be open Sundays or holidays. Eventually it was changed to "only open X number of hours a week" which was why they were open shorter times on Sundays. They just shaved a few hours of the other days to make up for it. Then they eventually dropped it altogether.

Not excusing her behaviour, but to play Devil's Advocate for a moment....she does have a little bit of a point. Not everyone is Christian and celebrates those holidays. (I get weird looks sometimes when I ask for, say, Samhain or Yule off.) I'm just sayin'....

Just to play Devil's Advocate to your Devil's Advocate, no, she doesn't have a point because someone else's religion should have no appreciable impact on how someone else runs a business, unless the business is directed to a religion (a Christian bookstore being closed on Passover, a Jewish holiday, for example, would be odd.) And now I ask anyone who wants to continue this interesting line of thought to create a thread on Fratching

[StarsAreFixed]

My store closes 3 days a year, Easter Sunday, Christmas Day and St. Stephens Day. Almost every other shop closes on New Year's Day but not us! Only in the last 10 years have shops here opened on Sundays and Bank Holidays, people will still say 'Ohh you shouldn't have to work today!'....Time and a half, €14.22 a hour, I love it. I love New Year's Day, people should be at home recovering from the night before, not shopping and giving out hell that there's no manager for another 10 minutes..it's a public holiday damnit! Same with people on Patrick's Day..why.are.you.shopping.