Whine, bitch, whine... how dare you not open on Boxing Day!

[Lace Neil Singer]

*supermarket* has a rule regarding petrol stations and supermarkets opening on Boxing Day; if the store doesn't bring in a certain amount of money, then it won't open. The supermarket opened one year on Boxing Day and didn't bring in enough money to break even, let alone fit the criteria so after that year, never again. The petrol station opened on Boxing Day last year and didn't fit criteria, so this year it's going to be closed on that day.

You would not believe how much bitching and whining we've gotten off SCs when we tell them that. -.- It's like they don't plan to go to the petrol station on that day (seeing as they didn't bother last year, otherwise it would have fitted criteria) but want us there on the offchance. FFS, you're not going to die of starvation just cuz the place is going to be closed for two days.

[PepperElf]

... hell that's when you go to one of those self-serve card stations where you don't need to bug the cashier to get your gas.

[Lace Neil Singer]

No such thing in England as far as I know; at least, not round my neck of the woods.

[raw456]

I seem to remember when i was a kid that EVERYTHING was closed on Christmas/Boxing Day. And we seemed to manage just fine.

Why is it that people seem to go into major panic mode at the thought of a store being closed for a day or 2???? Here's a hint folks = Stock up on what you need on Christmas Eve

[crazylegs]

Quoth Lace Neil Singer

No such thing in England as far as I know; at least, not round my neck of the woods.

My local <supermarket of a different brand to Lace> has one with pre pay pumps now.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Quoth crazylegs

My local <supermarket of a different brand to Lace> has one with pre pay pumps now.

If they leave the pre-pay pumps turned on. We have some service stations near me that have pre-pay pumps, but they are turned off after hours.

Meaning, every other Wednesday morning when my check hits the bank at 2:01 a.m. (unless we're lucky enough to have 1/4 tank) we have to get gas for the car on my way to work (along w/the stop at MCD's for breakfast.)

I pass by a Wilco, 2 Shells, a Texaco, a BP and two Kangaroos. None of them have anyone inside before 6 a.m. (and I'm inside and clocked in before 6 at the Litter Box.)

So how far do I go to get gas? Either WM or travel all the way over to the corner diagonally across from the Litter Box to Great Stops.

[Mike Taylor]

Quoth raw456

Here's a hint folks = Stock up on what you need well before Christmas Eve.

Let's expand the time window there.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Quoth crazylegs

My local <supermarket of a different brand to Lace> has one with pre pay pumps now.

That's gotta make life easier. Tho I bet it still has SCs. -.- No escaping them.

Quoth raw456

I seem to remember when i was a kid that EVERYTHING was closed on Christmas/Boxing Day. And we seemed to manage just fine.

Why is it that people seem to go into major panic mode at the thought of a store being closed for a day or 2???? Here's a hint folks = Stock up on what you need on Christmas Eve

Exactly. -.- I don't remember anyone starving to death cuz they couldn't get to the supermarket at Christmas. People are really dumb now, it seems.

[wagegoth]

The pumps require electricity and most gas stations want someone on site to keep an eye on the pumps, so it's unlikely that any station would just leave the pumps on when they are closed.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Quoth Mike Taylor

Let's expand the time window there.

Easily said. Had a woman looking for a tablecloth this morning.

We don't carry tablecloths. Maybe some grocery stores do, but I haven't seen any. Apparently the dollar store next door didn't have any either, so I suggested WM closest to us.

I know, three days and counting 'til christmas and she needs a tablecloth. Well, it's easy to say she should've gotten one before but sometimes if the money isn't available until the last minute, then what does one do?