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That says more about a society that still gets fast food on thanksgiving rather than sharing a homemade meal with their families.
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@Bobaganusche88, I found out that this year we're doing our Thanksgiving dinner at Golden Corral...
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@Bobaganusche88, my guy, I don’t have a family…. I usually go get fast food…
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Same reason I got out of retail, when black Friday takes me away from my family on Thursday something is off
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@Mantis Tobaggan, When I was working walmart full time, my normal days off were Mondays and Thursdays. I always had Thanksgiving off.... until they started doing that damned sale. Then I had to work it and didn't get a different day off that week
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@TheGrizzlyPhantom, I was a mid-level manager for walmart about a decade ago and not only did we have to come in Thanksgiving morning to work 7-11am, but we had to be back to work 8pm-whenever the higher ups decided we could leave that night for all the black Friday sales. That usually meant about 7am the next day
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Easiest way we can get companies to stop doing this, is to not shop there at these times. They only stay open because they know you'll go there and spend money.
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@Depressed Retail Guy, this is the problem, but the fact is some people who are travelling to or from family gatherings will want some kind of food for the road.. especially with picky kids. Having worked at KFC around xmas, you'd be amazed at how many people eat chicken in the middle of turkey season
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@Depressed Retail Guy, plus, people always say, "Store shouldn't be open, Thanksgiving is for families!", then show up at 9:30 am to get in line for some no name TV.
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@Suicide Squad Sucks, The worst part is when they come in the day of a holiday and say "I can't believe you're open today!" And then proceed to fill a cart up and spend a bunch of money.
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@Depressed Retail Guy, I always felt those people deserved a bjtch slap
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Why is everyone quitting our minimum wage high stress jobs?!?!?
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@CocoasBro, my favorite part of that is, you told people to better themselves, many did when they got laid off. Coding classes and a few other online classes were being taken by a sh!tload of people, and they got a better job. Now you're mad because there aren't as many people to make you're big Mac lol
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Whenever i worked on Thanksgiving i always made at least time and a half, sometimes double time depending on where i worked. I was always glad to have an excuse to not go to the family Thanksgiving thing. I know this might sound crazy, but some people like to work on the holidays, either because they don't care much for family gatherings or because they like money.
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I dunno, as a teenager I really enjoyed earning Triple time working on Christmas day at Maccas. Was still able to do the family stuff too. Probably be different if I was in the States tho.
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@teekay421, absolutely different in the states. Instead of triple time, they let you keep your job.
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@teekay421, it definitely is
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@teekay421, when I worked at mcds they tried to get me to work a full shift for my usual 8 bucks an hour and a free meal. I told em to stick it up their ass
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@JoeJoestar, I'd say that's a fair response an would've done the same. It'd be 1.5x for normal Sunday. 2x for a public holiday. 3x for Christmas. Then from memory after 8hrs you'd get extra shift loading. Thank you relevant retail union and collective award bargaining agreement.
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They usually do split shifts so some people have an early "dinner" and others get the real one
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@twopotatoes, yeah, no, fvck that lol
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Not to mention mask and vaccination mandates
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Ignoring the experimental jab ultimatum does make the situation confusing.
I worked at Burger King, and people would always ask if we were going to be open on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Seriously, to all those people, I'd like to send out a heartfelt "F*ck you!"