I love that place too, never go to it regularly like I was when we had to buy diapers and junk, but it's such a great place and you're right the hourly there is insanely good and totally explains why people there are so nice. If I got $20~/hr to put up with the trolls of retail I'd be happy too. And good on them for saying F U to retail stores opening at like 5pm on thanksgiving. Places doing that really I hope just eat a dick, and up boycotted, and maybe a few go out of business over it (clearly not chains, just one off places being rotten.)Originally Posted by wizardofwor1975
I saw this bar graph in the last week or two on a business news site that showed they looked at the data from the 2013 season and it's nauseating. The 3 highest points of sale last year were Thanksgiving night, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Stunningly the 5-7~ish hours they were open on Thansgiving made the most, Black Friday was the lowest of them at a 1/3 less profit and Cyber Monday was straight up in the middle of the two. That's why you're seeing it more this year than last, that disgusting little test run paid off big time so now more stores are going to fuck their employees making them show up early-mid afternoon on Thanksgiving to prep and open at 5pm in time for the dinner they won't be having with their families. -- Clearly I won't be shopping that night, it's not right. What's next, being open Christmas morning at 5am for those who forget a present or do gifts in the afternoon or evening? Or perhaps just being open all day like 5am to midnight on Thanksgiving?
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