As I watched the commercials on ATV this past two weeks, I'm shaking my head! 300 TD Banks across the country are now open on Sundays. After hearing that, some memories came back to me of an incident that took place before the 2004 Sunday shopping plebiscite, when I went to my local bank and Sunday shopping came up.One teller thought it was the greatest thing to be able to shop on Sunday. However, another teller asked her if she wanted to work on Sunday. The funny part about that conversation was that she never answered that question. She dodged it every time she was asked.."do you want to work on Sundays also"?
I have always believed two wrongs never make a right and I would not wish this on any families that work in banks who would rather be home on Sundays. I have to wonder about the old saying " What comes around goes around". Has this come to bite those who work in banks that wanted Sunday shopping? It's sad to see that it obviously has come back to bite them and with greed in the picture, more banks will follow suit.
I was just reading an article titled " Sunday banking decision reflection of our busy times" by Joe Belanger of the London Free Press. People today have it pounded in their heads that we are rushed so bad that we don't have enough time to get everything done.This is a crock of BS is being feed to the general public. I know several cases of people complaining about stores being closed on holidays also. One gentleman wanted to shop on a Thursday and he couldn't. It was his day to shop! This same gentleman was shopping on a Wednesday before a major snow storm. He certainly made time the day before when he knew a storm was coming the next day. The majority of people shop the day before a storm and stay home the day after. Why can't they do it on Sundays? Folks it's a line being used by the media to get you to accept shopping hours and now banking hours on Sundays. I can see all the red faces in these banks that support and shop on Sundays. Sadly it has come back to bite you.
