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While most of Europe has embraced seven-day retail, Germany has largely stuck to its century-old ban—until now

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[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is only a disadvantage for everyone whos part of the working class and people need to hear it.

If shops are supposed to open on Sundays all infrastructure related to it has to open as well which means tons of peopme have to work on sundays. This hits people with children, meaning you either open child care on sundays as well which means those care persons will aso have to work on sunday.

It also means if you and your partners shifts collide you will not have a single regular day during the week when you see each other.

There is just so many many disadvantages and no real gain with sunday opening. it might be convenient sometimes i don't disagree but if you know stores are closed on sunday you can work around that by planning. You won't starve if you forgot to buy food, you won't die if you can't purchase new trousers for a day.

I know there are already a lot of people having to work on sundays, firefighters, police, museum workers etc. and i do appreciate then doing that but it's completely unneccassary to widen this group and it won't save the economy.

Btw is this economy really struggeling or is it the super reach not paying their part and hording more and more money rather than giving it back?!

[–] Ontimp@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I see the point about the regular day together, but so far this regular day cannot really be used effectively. On Sunday you have the time to go buy shoes for your kid or pick up that medicine from the apothecary - but none of them are open. So you end up doing it on weekdays anyway. My first instinct would actually be that this would make life considerably easier for families with two working parents.

[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

You cpuld use the day to go to the public pool, take a hike, visit a playground, learn to fish there is literally thousands of.great options to spend time.

This would make life harder for many.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

This is such a stupid argument.

Sunday will become like Saturday, and all the reasons you can't do it on Saturday will become the same reasons you can't do it on Sunday.

Families with two working parents GET FAMILY TIME TOGETHER currently. If you open everything up, you just kill family time.