I prefer to buy local, but when I go to a local store and find it closed after 5 pm on a Saturday, and a sign saying you’re closed on Sundays, how the hell are shoppers supported to buy from you? You have a wonderful Xmas store front, but why bother if you’re not at least going to be open when most people are out shopping? You’re one of the stores that keeps trying to promote “buy local” but your business practice isn’t cutting it. My friends and I ended up buying gifts elsewhere. —ConfusedConsumer
This article appears in Dec 9-15, 2010.
Buy local bugs me too.
What really pisses me off is when you walk into a really touristy spot, like peggies cove.
All the damn ‘tourist gifts’ are made in f’in China …what the fuck, over ?!?
Don’t make me Provincial dictater any time soon, That’s one of the first things I’d change, you want a Nova Scotian souviner, its going to be made in Nova Scotia by a person/people here !
Someone want to tell me why the big box stores sell garlic grown in china ?
Jesus ! there are farms out here where I live that grow excellant garlic, its fresher, tastes better & ok, it may be a couple cents more, but your getting a BETTER PRODUCT !
Then there’s that huge coffee chain here that makes their donuts in Ontario… & the sheeple/zombies line up to buy that trash ! It truely boggles my mind every day I drive past them !
try the gateway market on the number 7 hiway. they are usually open at 8 am.m, and close at about 9 p.m.,and they are open sundays too, til about 6 or so. they have all local brands, plus store brands, and did i mention that the prices are way better than anywhere else in this area?
The problem with local stores vs box stores (which are open late and sundays) is that the local stores are operated by the people who own them, and they want a day off.
LOL remember the days when…
so… maybe they should be taking mondays off… like other places that require a lot of public support. A lot of bars and hair salons and shit get mondays off because it’s so vital they stay open for everyone on weekends.
Taking Mondays off would make more sense as most people are working weekdays. If ‘local’ stores want to make money, the least they can do is have hours where people can get in and shop. Otherwise, good riddens to the store.
More – the Chinese ship over some spectacular cat-nip, my 3 shitrats go berserk after a couple of toots.
Picture 3 black haired, hairy stoners rolling on their backs trying to give themselves an enema.
Fuck off OB. As far as I’m concerned a business owner has the right to open and close when they wish. You don’t like it then too fucking bad.
As for buying local, if they can’t compete, they’ll lose. The Big Three automakers learned that the hard way. They pumed out inferior more expensive cars and if not for the taxpayer would have went under. For many people the few extra cents over time means surviving or not.
Shut up, Sebastian.
http://www.newyorkerstore.com/november-8-2…
I can understand the OP’s complaint if they are locked into working Monday to Saturday themselves, 8 hours a day all 6 days, during the day. *And* they work in some remote shithole. If that’s the case, sure, there are some stores that they are going to have problems accessing. If that’s *not* the case, then it sounds like they’re complaining that not everyone keeps the same hours as Walmart.
Tough shit.
I think this sign has got it right.
http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/business_ho…
ok reaaallllly? first off is that on sundays stores have always been closed and dont try and change that because its the day of rest and second are you really that lazy to write Christmas!!! really tho!! Christ is the ONLY reason we have Christmas and dont try and take him out of it
Maybe you should try to start a real business before freaking out and looking like a misinformed negative nancy. Pathetic OB, drive a bike!