Why do malls still open so late on Sundays?

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's nice that these places gives their employees the opportunity to go to church.

Nobody goes to church anymore.

You may not, but millions still do.
Just got home from my Sunday service where there were over 750 people in attendance.

And, I too, am happy that malls and many businesses don’t open until 11:00 or later.
And, while not all employees attend church, I am betting that enough do to make it difficult to have enough employees working prior to 11:00 or 12:00 - especially small businesses.

Chill out, OP. Take time to slow down and smell the roses.
The DC area is so crazy with people hurrying around all the time that it may benefit you, physically and emotionally to just slow down one day a week.

This has zero to do with retail staff needing to attend church thus creating a lack of employees available to open shop... It has to do with the cost of opening the mall/store too early and having to pay people to stand around for two hours while zero shoppers come into the store. You've never worked retail, have you?

If staff want off on Sunday for church those employees aren't scheduled to work, others are. It's not that difficult, there are plenty of college kids and people who need jobs happy to work.

Ok I'm going to post again. I DO work retail and my freestanding store is in the very close vicinity of the mall OP mentioned. Maybe it's container store.

Our montgomery county store is bustling with people every Sunday morning during the hours you imagine that "zero" shoppers are out. Full. Of people. Shopping.

Ok, and I work at Gap Chevy Chase and we are DEAD Sunday morning as are the other stores near us. Maybe your stores are in demand. Maybe your area is a strip mall. Maybe you open before 11am. Maybe your city is easier to get to than Chevy Chase. Not all stores are BUSY every Sunday morning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's nice that these places gives their employees the opportunity to go to church.

Nobody goes to church anymore.

You may not, but millions still do.
Just got home from my Sunday service where there were over 750 people in attendance.

And, I too, am happy that malls and many businesses don’t open until 11:00 or later.
And, while not all employees attend church, I am betting that enough do to make it difficult to have enough employees working prior to 11:00 or 12:00 - especially small businesses.

Chill out, OP. Take time to slow down and smell the roses.
The DC area is so crazy with people hurrying around all the time that it may benefit you, physically and emotionally to just slow down one day a week.

This has zero to do with retail staff needing to attend church thus creating a lack of employees available to open shop... It has to do with the cost of opening the mall/store too early and having to pay people to stand around for two hours while zero shoppers come into the store. You've never worked retail, have you?

If staff want off on Sunday for church those employees aren't scheduled to work, others are. It's not that difficult, there are plenty of college kids and people who need jobs happy to work.

Ok I'm going to post again. I DO work retail and my freestanding store is in the very close vicinity of the mall OP mentioned. Maybe it's container store.

Our Montgomery County store is bustling with people every Sunday morning during the hours you imagine that "zero" shoppers are out. Full. Of people. Shopping.

That store opens at 11 AM - which probably means employees are there at least 1 hour early to stock, set up registers, etc.

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Isn't Walmart open 24/7?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many places don't open until 10 even on weekdays! It's so annoying.

Very true.
World doesn't revolve around me, I know. But I drop off DD at 8. I have from 8-11 to do errands. I can't wait to start at 10 sometimes then be back by 1/ for pickup.
So I don't go. There must be others like me. People who get out early, ppl with flex jobs. I see them at grocery stores.
If only they opened at 9 or 9:30. Ah well.

[Anonymous]

Wow, I'm the OP and amazed this became a 4 page thread. I don't know why this is so controversial - as I said in my OP, we go to religious services & religious ed. On Sundays actually. But we also need to run errands, and waiting until 11am or noon seems bizarre, especially if the mall is already full of people (which has been true on the two occasions I've done this recently.)

We wound up at Tysons, later than I would have liked, desperately trying to find sneakers that would fit my 7yo's wide feet before he had a sports activity later in the day. I didn't get to return the skirt or ponder any home goods or buy a new eyeliner.

Personally I think these times are a throwback to an era when most women didn't work.

[Anonymous]

It's amusing to me that so many people think retailers are voluntarily giving employees every Sunday morning off for church when American retailers can't even find it in their heart to allow all of their employees to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner.

To the OP, I can only assume it's a cost-benefit analysis type thing. I've been to the Target off of 50 on a Sunday morning around the time it opened, and it was empty. Then again, I imagine it would be even more empty on a Wednesday morning at that time, though I have never been.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So many places don't open until 10 even on weekdays! It's so annoying.

Very true.
World doesn't revolve around me, I know. But I drop off DD at 8. I have from 8-11 to do errands. I can't wait to start at 10 sometimes then be back by 1 for pickup.
So I don't go. There must be others like me. People who get out early, ppl with flex jobs. I see them at grocery stores.
If only they opened at 9 or 9:30. Ah well.

There are people that work retail, work at restaurants/fast food, etc. Don't assume everyone works an office job of some sort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's nice that these places gives their employees the opportunity to go to church.

Nobody goes to church anymore.

You may not, but millions still do.
Just got home from my Sunday service where there were over 750 people in attendance.

And, I too, am happy that malls and many businesses don’t open until 11:00 or later.
And, while not all employees attend church, I am betting that enough do to make it difficult to have enough employees working prior to 11:00 or 12:00 - especially small businesses.

Chill out, OP. Take time to slow down and smell the roses.
The DC area is so crazy with people hurrying around all the time that it may benefit you, physically and emotionally to just slow down one day a week.

This has zero to do with retail staff needing to attend church thus creating a lack of employees available to open shop... It has to do with the cost of opening the mall/store too early and having to pay people to stand around for two hours while zero shoppers come into the store. You've never worked retail, have you?

If staff want off on Sunday for church those employees aren't scheduled to work, others are. It's not that difficult, there are plenty of college kids and people who need jobs happy to work.

Ok I'm going to post again. I DO work retail and my freestanding store is in the very close vicinity of the mall OP mentioned. Maybe it's container store.

Our montgomery county store is bustling with people every Sunday morning during the hours you imagine that "zero" shoppers are out. Full. Of people. Shopping.

These stores/malls are NOT opening late for religious reasons. Do you really think these companies care about anything other than money? It is business. Why do you think stores are open on Thanksging day? It's not to be mean to employees; it's purely to make money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a working parent and need to get my errands in on the weekends. I'm sort of baffled by the fact that major area malls don't open until 11am (Montgomery) or even noon (Tysons.) I know the history of blue laws, grew up in MA when they were in effect, and I'm totally supportive of religious observance - my kids go to weekly religious ed and services on Sundays. But noon just seems punitive. Last time I went without checking and Montgomery Mall was packed at 1030am full of people waiting to get into stores. And yes, I know I could go on Saturdays but w/multiple kids & sports & birthday parties, sometimes I need to do something useful on Sunday as well. Are there laws that still prohibit earlier openings?

What kinds of errands do you do that require going to a mall?

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, I'm the OP and amazed this became a 4 page thread. I don't know why this is so controversial - as I said in my OP, we go to religious services & religious ed. On Sundays actually. But we also need to run errands, and waiting until 11am or noon seems bizarre, especially if the mall is already full of people (which has been true on the two occasions I've done this recently.)

We wound up at Tysons, later than I would have liked, desperately trying to find sneakers that would fit my 7yo's wide feet before he had a sports activity later in the day. I didn't get to return the skirt or ponder any home goods or buy a new eyeliner.

Personally I think these times are a throwback to an era when most women didn't work.

I would find stores that aren't in a mall. I purchase all 4 of those things without going to a mall. There are plenty of stores - Dick's, Modell's, Sports Authority - that open before noon on Sunday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I wish all stores were closed all day on Sunday. It's not even about going to church. It's about a day when employees are allowed a day off. I think our country needs a day when we aren't rushing around trying to get stuff done. I stepped off that treadmill a very long time ago after spending a couple of years living in a tiny little town that completely shut down on Sunday. There were plenty of people living there who didn't go to church. They appreciated a slower day as well.

We need rest. We need at least one day a week when we don't need to do anything but be. If you can't do that, you need to examine your priorities.

I bet that tiny little town didn't have the high percentage of dual full time working parent families that the DC metro area does.