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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 14 July | 105 comments (105 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

This is one of the things about the Continent which have always just made me shake my head in wonder. Stores do not exist for the employees but for the customers. There are surely people who want to work extra on Sundays, just as there are people who want to shop then. There is absolutely no reason to legislate problems into their lifes.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 09:33:10 AM EST
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If everyone works the exact same hours on the exact same days, when do they get the time to visit each other's businesses as customers?

The peak-to-trough part of the business cycle is an outlier. Carnot would have died laughing.

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 09:36:18 AM EST
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Currently, stores exist for the owners. They are the ones having authority in them.

And defining who "wants" to work on a sunday is pretty hard. Not accepting that usually means being shown the door.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 09:37:09 AM EST
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