Working on a Sunday
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I actually volunteered to work Sundays at my place. I love working them - it's quieter than weekdays, everyone seems to be in a pretty good mood, and it gets me out of Sunday lunch with my family, which usually turns into an argument. I'm not a religious person. My dad is, and has no objections to me working on Sundays.
To use a christian argument against banning work on a sunday...
Jesus Christ himself was confronted by the Pharasis (a sect of jewish priests) about healing people on the sabbath (holy day), they claimed that this was a sin. However Jesus retorted that the sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.
My interpretation of this is that Jesus said that the whole idea of a holy day was to make sure that everyone had time to rest, so employers were not allowed to over work thier work force (Aswell as giving people a spescial time to pray, contemplate God, go to temples/churches/synagogues and here sermons from priests)
Jesus Christ himself was confronted by the Pharasis (a sect of jewish priests) about healing people on the sabbath (holy day), they claimed that this was a sin. However Jesus retorted that the sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.
My interpretation of this is that Jesus said that the whole idea of a holy day was to make sure that everyone had time to rest, so employers were not allowed to over work thier work force (Aswell as giving people a spescial time to pray, contemplate God, go to temples/churches/synagogues and here sermons from priests)
Is this even an issue?
I mean, I enjoy doing nothing over the weekend because I'm lazy. But if people want to or need to work on Saturdays or Sundays they are more than welcome. Personally I like that I can rent a movie on a Sunday but it's up to the store owner really. I don't care when the weekend is but seeing as we do it on Sat/Sun now I see no particular reason to change that. It also enables people who want to attend church if that's their fancy. Would be a bit of a problem if we took our days off on Tuesday and Wednesday.
I don't see any reason to interfere with whatever people wanna do on a Sunday.
A bit of an issue could come from management of the staff hours as it may be a bit tricky to make sure everybody has some time off, but it's hardly a problem that a clever person can't solve (or make even worse if he's to clever for his own good).
I mean, I enjoy doing nothing over the weekend because I'm lazy. But if people want to or need to work on Saturdays or Sundays they are more than welcome. Personally I like that I can rent a movie on a Sunday but it's up to the store owner really. I don't care when the weekend is but seeing as we do it on Sat/Sun now I see no particular reason to change that. It also enables people who want to attend church if that's their fancy. Would be a bit of a problem if we took our days off on Tuesday and Wednesday.
I don't see any reason to interfere with whatever people wanna do on a Sunday.
A bit of an issue could come from management of the staff hours as it may be a bit tricky to make sure everybody has some time off, but it's hardly a problem that a clever person can't solve (or make even worse if he's to clever for his own good).
cept that's for working on a Saturday since that is the Sabbath in the Jewish faithMadshaw said:
it doesn't apply to sunday
the whole thing about forcing places to close on a sunday is discriminatory. the fact is that sunday is only the sabbath of one religion and by the definition a kosher Jew can't have a business open from sundown on friday to sundown on saturday, muslims it's sundown on thursday to sundown on friday
not so much about religion, but it is common understanding that working "24/7" is stressfull, so i think politicaly it was a good move to make at least 2 days of rest for people.
wich in itself is stupid because if someone really needs the money they get payed the same working in those 2 days as if it were any other way, in my oppinion they should earn more
i am talking of course of what i know to be true here in Mexico. (and not everywhere in Mexico, just the places i know of)
wich in itself is stupid because if someone really needs the money they get payed the same working in those 2 days as if it were any other way, in my oppinion they should earn more
i am talking of course of what i know to be true here in Mexico. (and not everywhere in Mexico, just the places i know of)
Supermarkets will never shut on a sunday, despite it being the 'day of the lord' They make too much money from it.
Besides I like working sundays, its easy work and extra money. (time and a half to be precise)
Also im not religious, so if I wasn't in work, I wouldn't be in church.
Besides I like working sundays, its easy work and extra money. (time and a half to be precise)
Also im not religious, so if I wasn't in work, I wouldn't be in church.
I couldn't give a mummer's fart about Sunday and its religious connections. That's extra hours that will be taken away, when my hours are already being cut as it is. If people want to take Sunday off, that's their freakin business.
I think having weekends is a good idea. Everyone having a weekend at the same time does leave little to do, you know, except socialize. Not being able to shop or go out on a weekend would be a pretty lame situation though. Sunday in and of itself isn't necessarily the sabbath. Some people have their "day of rest" as saturday, or even during certain weekdays.
Solution, don't enforce a set weekend. Maybe default to Saturday and Sunday, but let people choose to work otherwise if they want to.
Flex schedules are a really good option too. I'd prefer 4 10's and a three day weekend every week. Or alternating bi-weeks with 8 10's and four-day weekends.
Solution, don't enforce a set weekend. Maybe default to Saturday and Sunday, but let people choose to work otherwise if they want to.
Flex schedules are a really good option too. I'd prefer 4 10's and a three day weekend every week. Or alternating bi-weeks with 8 10's and four-day weekends.
The sabbath is a word used in both christianity and judaism (I wouldn't be shocked if islam uses it too, or a very similar word) somewhere it got lost in translation and so the catholic church moved the sabbath to sunday (and so as all christian denominations stem from there they all are sunday aswell)cleverlymadeup said:cept that's for working on a Saturday since that is the Sabbath in the Jewish faithMadshaw said:
it doesn't apply to sunday
the whole thing about forcing places to close on a sunday is discriminatory. the fact is that sunday is only the sabbath of one religion and by the definition a kosher Jew can't have a business open from sundown on friday to sundown on saturday, muslims it's sundown on thursday to sundown on friday
SO yes this applies to sunday
and yes my poin was that it is wrong to force places to close, they should have the option of having a day off, it shouldn't be a sin to work on any which day
Restaurants should be open, everything else can choose. Me, My Sunday brunches make a killing, so I work every Sunday. If someone on my crew wants the day off due to religious reasons, they get it. If not, they're working.