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| Thread ID: 98910 | 2009-04-12 17:41:00 | Why do shops close on easter? | Ninjabear (2948) | PC World Chat |
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| 764329 | 2009-04-13 12:47:00 | I've got a good idea. Those that come from overseas should just do what what would be customary in their own country, or State of the said country. In other words any immigrant from Somalia could feel it is their right to board a Cook Straight ferry and hold the passengers and crew for ransom for example. "But I didn't make a mistake because I was brought up as a pirate." All Americans can drive on the right hand side of the road in NZ because that is within the rules there and the people born here just have to get used to such behaviour. Do I look down the road and see a vehicle coming toward me on the side of the road *I* am used to and assume that is an American so I will cross over now! I believe there should be one set of rules for all NZ citizens and that is it! I also think that when in Rome you do as the Romans do regardless of where you were born. I am not a Maori but when visiting a Marae I would try to respect the customs. As to employment then you can still join a Union or sign a Contract and I am fully aware if you don't sign there is a fair to middling chance you won't get the job you were after even if offered. The shops close at Easter ( Good Friday ) and ( Easter Sunday ) because that is what the Law is at this time. Or they don't close and risk a fine. There is also the matter of forethought for the general shopping public. Most people who have been living in NZ know the rules so don't expect to get down to the butcher on Good Friday for a lump of steak because you get an unexpected vistor or ten. You won't starve that day because service stations are often open and they sell pies and bread and biscuits and heaps of other things. Any person who moans can always join a lobby group and try to get the current laws changed. I am now thinking that I should be totally a world citizen so that I can take advantage of all the holidays which would come my way. Sarcarsm mode OFF! |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 764330 | 2009-04-13 14:59:00 | So just because people from other parts of the world have experienced different ways of doing things which maybe better, we shouldn't try and lobby for them to be implemented in NZ? I mean in that case we should still have everything closed on Saturdays and Sundays. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 764331 | 2009-04-13 19:09:00 | Yes I'd like to know how many days (if any) shops have to close in some other countries. Eg USA, Europe, Hongkong, Singapore, Dubhai, Qatar, Kabul etc. (Personally I thinks its nice to have two or three days a year when all the shops and malls are closed - not so much for the shop staff, but for the general public's sanity !) |
Digby (677) | ||
| 764332 | 2009-04-13 19:14:00 | When in Rome, ... ;) | Myth (110) | ||
| 764333 | 2009-04-13 20:09:00 | I agree with a few enforced days off, Tough crap if people can't shop. If thats all you have to moan about then your in a very privileged position. | Metla (12) | ||
| 764334 | 2009-04-13 21:46:00 | I agree with a few enforced days off, Tough crap if people can't shop. If thats all you have to moan about then your in a very privileged position. Hear hear. Having the last few days off has done wonders for me personally. I could think properly this morning when I woke up. Very unusual for the first working day in a week. :p |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 764335 | 2009-04-13 21:53:00 | Pretty sure Hong Kong and other European countries open on Sunday unless the last time you visited there was 1904 or something. Pretty sure your wrong on all accounts!! Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia just to name a few all close their shops on Sunday, the only place you can get anything on a Sunday is usually the local train station. Was there just over a year ago, Hong Kong Just over 6 months ago. |
porkster (6331) | ||
| 764336 | 2009-04-14 00:11:00 | Pretty sure your wrong on all accounts!! Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia just to name a few all close their shops on Sunday, the only place you can get anything on a Sunday is usually the local train station. Was there just over a year ago, Hong Kong Just over 6 months ago. Indeed, you are right. Jeez, sucks to be them! |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 764337 | 2009-04-14 00:14:00 | Pretty sure your wrong on all accounts!! Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia just to name a few all close their shops on Sunday, the only place you can get anything on a Sunday is usually the local train station. Was there just over a year ago, Hong Kong Just over 6 months ago. The Netherlands also. Belgium does open on Sunday. |
shermo (12739) | ||
| 764338 | 2009-04-14 01:08:00 | Well I don't think it should be law to be closed on any given day/s. A business should be allowed to be open whenever they want to. Or they need to update the law to include on-line businesses as well. Why should TradeMe be allowed to continue operating when other business have to shut? Also having the law to force businesses to close means that they don't legally have to pay workers who would normally work on those days. If they want to be paid as normal then they are forced to take an annual leave day. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
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