I live in a country like this and believe me, it's refreshing. Yes it's an inconvenience some times, but the alternative is 24/7 hell: once the expectation is that you can get anything you want, whenever you want then you start to compromise the lives of everyone because someone has to work those shifts, and if companies have to man those shifts they damn well will make profit-which is usually at the cost of staff pay. And then when you're in line at 2am getting peanut butter and packing foam you realize the Karen in front of you yelling at the cashier because they don't have chocolate croissants, is a product of this cycle.

[–] Pilon23@feddit.dk 8 points 1 month ago

I'm also a big fan of most things being closed on Sundays. It's so much more peaceful outside. Good for the soul to not have 24/7 consumerism stuffed down your throat. I also don't like that it's always the people with the shittiest jobs/salaries who suffer because Karen needs chocolate croissants at 2 am

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

wut? do you think all stores everywhere in other countries are just... always open?

they don't, they open at like 07 and close around 22, and on weekends and holidays they have more restricted opening hours and less staff because fewer people shop then anyways.

you'll generally have at least like 3 guys who are fine with getting overtime pay for working times like those.

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 3 points 1 month ago

I live in a city of millions and there's a handful of 24/7 supermarkets around. The few times I've ever needed them in emergencies, it was creepy quiet not angry karens.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago

I'm sorry you misunderstood my point of view as an American who has emigrated out of the US (lived overseas in various places throughout my career but have finally been able to land in one spot to call home).

I have, however, lived in some very large international cities which skew perspective because they have shops open 24/7.

The town we live in all the large markets are open on Sunday in the summer, but that's out of necessity because we go from about 65k residents to 350k. They are open shorter hours, but man it's busy.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Nothing hits quite like a 2:00am spoonful of the silky top layer of a freshly opened peanut butter jar

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mine would be mostly the same as yours, but with the added:
Shame about not being able to buy alcohol between 10pm and 10am...

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Scotland?

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Edinburgh specifically, but yeah.

Edit: thought I was replying to a reply to a comment I made on a picture of a sunrise in Edinburgh, yeah, first full day up here was a shock. "What do you mean it's 30 seconds past 10 and the till won't let you make the sale?"