The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

Why do stores close early on Saturday and Sunday? That is just about the single most moronic thing I can think of about our society.

The majority of people get weekends off from work, and this is usually quality family time when parents are more likely to spend money on their kids and on family necessities. Does it not make sense to stay open on Saturdays and Sundays so that the general public can shop?

You can tell that they would benefit from staying open by looking at stores about 15 minutes before closing time and seeing how many cars are still in the parking lot. Where I live, the lots are plumb full of cars at 5:45 pm on Saturday, but those people have to leave in the next 15 minutes because the store's closing.

Why, oh, why don't they want to serve their customers? Why, oh, why don't they want to make more money by staying open later?

People typically can't make it to the store after work during the week, so the weekend is the only chance they get, but the weekend is their time to sleep in.

Saturday and Sunday are, for many people, days to sleep in and then go out to enjoy a leisure weekend. Shopping is a leisure event. Hence, since people sleep in, they get a late start on the day, which means they need more time to shop.

For example, if I were to get up at 10-11 am rather than the usual 7 am for work, I'd get ready and leave the house after lunch, or perhaps I felt like lounging around before getting out for the day. Therefore, I got a late start on the day, which means I may need a store to be open past 6 pm for me to be able to get anything accomplished.

I really hate being pushed out of a store at their closing time when I would have been spending, perhaps, hundreds of dollars if I were able to stay.

Maybe you're asking why I don't just get up earlier if I need to get stuff. My answer, I'm sure as heck not getting up early on my one of only two days of rest from my hectic working schedule. I'm not farm folk who get up at 5 am everyday; I'm city folk, I have a city life, and I keep city hours.

The only problem is that city hours end before I want them to.