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As a Christian country were the majority of people don't atend Church, should Sunday be like every other day?
l used to have to work Sundays. l hated it, but liked having a day off in the week. When shopping is the new religon, and Super Markets are the new Cathedrals, should we not feel sorry for the people who work there, who if they have children won't see them, as schools do distinguish Sunday as being a day of rest? Or when most people work, is it good we can go shopping on Sunday?
l think it's a pity that for lots of people Sunday is a family day, but can't be for everyone because someones got to take their money.

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1/ I avoid church (except when going to the Stag).
2/ I avoid shopping 24/7.
3/ Individual choice as to wether you shop on Sunday or not.
4/ The People that work Sundays in shops understand that it is part of the job just as it is for nurses, police, Firemen, Landlords & bar staff, etc. etc.
5/ Why not feel sorry for people that work nights as well? or are shop assistants a special case?

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I don't mind working Sundays at all. Its only a 10-4 shift and everyone seems more relaxed on a Sunday - its a pleasant atmosphere.:)

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i never used to mind working sundays, i worked in a nursing home & it was only every other week-end, but mabe if sundays got back to what it used to be: when most of us DID GO TO CHURCH/SUNDAY SCHOOL mabe it would change the way some of the kids are now. who knows?.

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Believe in God but do not do churches.In Germany you have to pay a Religion tax.So i opted out and now find i would have to pay 700 pounds to have my daughters christened.Church is just a business to me.

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The only reason why people work sunday is for money. The same reason as people work through the week. So, if you don't have enough money, or you want more money then you have to work sunday, if it is possible. It really is as simple as that.

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l agree with a lot of comments, that people do have some choice if they work Sundays. l'm single so it was never really a problem, as l enjoyed the time off on a weekday, when it was quieter. l do however feel sorry for families that can't have a day together, children don't have a choice what day's off they get, yet!
Other proffessions like nursing, restaurant and pub workers have always had to work unsocial hours admitedly.Retail workers have a choice in theory if they want to work Sundays, but wouldn't rate there chances much if they refused, so far as promotion, overtime or any other perks.
There's no chance it will ever change now, we expect 24/7 services. l've been off line for a bit to do my shopping!:)

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Have to argue that I don't have a choice about working Sundays;it's in my contract "for the needs of the business" and if I opted out of it the other 2 keyholders would be mighty p***ed off and would have to do 1 in 2 instead of 1 in 3.Think my Area Manager might have issues with it too.

I certainly don't do it for the money and would much rather have the weekend off to spend with my daughter than some mid-week day when everyone else is at work.{and before you all point out "get another job" I am trying!

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I never really minded working Sunday.....or nights for that matter, even though at the time my daughter was only young. If I got a day off during the week it meant I could get so much more done, and you can do your financial stuff during the week.
Nights...well I used to love 'em......it was lovely coming home and going to bed when it was cold and rainy, knowing everyone was toiling their way to work. Even in Summer I didn't mind.....would spend some time in bed and then get up and spend some time in the sun.
I used to stand on the balcony at the end of the 1968 wing at BRI and watch the drunks rolling home along Bolton Rd on a Saturday night. Aaah those were the days!

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Oh, and the other thing about working nights was.....hubby was on permanent nights too......so we had some 'snuggle time'

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I really don't mind working Sunday, I have only had 1 weekend off since New Year as I am contracted to help staff the unit 24/7. I do my share of nights, I didn't mind them when I was in my early 20's, used to get up early afternoon and sunbathe in the summer. I find now that my body is less tolerant of night shifts and certain functions do not work the same..:o and I feel tired all of the time. Christmas day can be hard when your family are tucking into the turkey and you're at work running around like a headless chicken. Unfortunately we do not get double time for sundays, bank holidays and nights. The most we get paid for a shift is time and 2/3rds..

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Sunday + Lake District x Beer = :)

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The only time I have ever worked Sundays was years ago when I worked in a bank BC (and no that wasn't before Christ, it was before computers! :p ) Every financial year end we had to balance all the customers' accounts, then add the interest and then balance them again. All this done by manual calculations by one person and then checked by another. We sat there multiplying, adding and muttering for hours on end.

It was business as usual during the normal hours of the week but for the staff we worked evenings, sometimes beyond 10pm and weekends. By the Sunday I was like a zombie on auto pilot so my only memories of working on a Sunday are of being very, very tired.

These days I'm probably busier on a Sunday than I am during the week in some ways because I teach a sunday school class of 10 - 12 year olds. The experience I have of that gives me great admiration for ordinary teachers because 2 hours of that lot once a week drives me round the bend! I end up totally mentally exhausted. And I don't get paid anything at all!! :D

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I've been working today! I work for the Council and it's 24/7 I don't bleat about it, we also do bankholidays as well,it's part of the job and we are'nt on our own,loads of people work unsocial hours,as for going to Church,just cos you go to Church it does'nt always mean your a nice person,just make the most of your time off and be nice to others!

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True. l went to Sunday School and l turned into a little devil!

lt's an impossibility we can all have a day off together l know, buy wouldn't it be nice?

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Don't know about nights, only ever done a few during my working life, but the sunday working, done plenty of that, yeah double time, but that was when kids were small and money tight.

The modern trend seems to be do your shopping on sunday, look at Asda just like a normal day, take the likes of currys, pc world and all the others on that retail park, traffic can be backed up to the motorway roundabout with folk trying to get there. Ossy mills is another that crowded on sunday, more so if it's raining.Don't think any of the big stores would like to be without their 10 - 4 sunday trading.
I do however admire essential services sunday workers, without them we would be in trouble, the other is driven by bigger profits.

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Like Willow said family time can be any day, it's just managing to coordinate it, with so many busy lives.
50 years ago, we did have people working emergency services such as medics and landlords! But when Sunday was for the majority, considered a day of rest it must have been much easier to plan for it.

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50 years on and those emergency services are still working, not only on sunday but 24/7.
For the rest sunday is considered leisure time, that's why you see families in Asda or any of the other big stores that open on sunday, they are together spending a day of leisure, may be buying in, or looking for that new TV or Washing Machine or what ever. Visit places like Skipton or Settle on a sunday, it's probabaly one of their best days...........lots of visitors, families spending leisure time together.Visit any of these places during the week, and you will find them full of gentle retired folk, looking for a bargin, or just spending their well earned leisure time browsing round the shops.

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My parents used to give us money for the collection plate at Sunday School, but we never went.......we used to spend the money on toffee......or rather Beech Nut chewing gum and go and spend the time in Oakhill Park. I have to say it was a bit hit and miss, because we never knew what the time was so sometimes we would go home really early (usually when it was raining) and other times it would be going up for tea time.

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[QUOTE=park381]that's why you see families in Asda or any of the other big stores that open on sunday

Like l said earlier, the new 'Cathedrals'.

l wonder if in centuries to come they'll be run by the National Trust, and giving guided tours?

Open on Sundays, 12 Noon- 5pm, of course.

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It seems that those of us who go to church on Sunday are in a minority here. I need one day of the week which is totally free from mundane issues. How do you people cope who work/shop etc 7 days a week? Do you not find the lack of a day off to be extremely boring?

I wouldn't regard shopping with the whole family as a leisure activity. It would drive me insane.

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I can't stand to do my shopping on Sunday. If I do get a Sunday off I like to go out for the day, Lake District, Yorkshire or just to have a meal out somewhere or see friends for a catch up. I wish I got more Sundays off but unfortunately that is not to be.

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Point noted Lettie, from someone whose essential job involves, l imagine, loads of unsocial hours,is a refeshing one.

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I wouldn't regard going to church as a leisure activity. You try sitting for 2 hours listening to a sermon which is enough to cure most people of insomnia, and trying to control 2 bored children for that time. This church didn't have a kids Sunday School, so not a lot of choice in the matter.

The problem was, that I always found church deathly boring anyway, even when I was young.

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i work on sundays and its always proper busy but not as busy as saturdays.

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Working full time (sometimes not getting home until 7:30 or 8-ish), not getting a lunch hour most of the time, weekends are my prime time for shopping, etc. Sometimes I have something I want to do on a Saturday (lunch with friends, antique fair, etc) so shopping lands on Sunday.

There's also the cooking, the ironing, etc to deal with .... and currently I'm landed with the cleaning as well, since my lovely Pat is off sick.

I would LOVE to have a lazy Sunday, have the paper delivered (impossible in London), lounge around, late breakfast/early lunch out somewhere .....

.... and I'm with Less, the only time I visit Church on a Sunday is to go to the Stag!