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17. How does that work? Easy. Not everyone has family to eat with on Thanksgiving

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 12:17 AM

Nov 2015

Equating big box stores with restaurants is your first mistake. Claiming that those who are arguing that big box stores shouldn't be open are saying no one should have to work on Thanksgiving is another one. No one ever said that no one ever worked on Thanksgiving until Big Box stores came alone. Mistake number three.

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so shopping on turkey day bad, but eating thanksgiving meal in restaurant is ok? [View all] dembotoz Nov 2015 OP

I hate places that stay open on Turkey Day, but my Starbucks better be open.... NightWatcher Nov 2015 #1

she and i will be pissing an moaning bout her having to work while stuffing our faces dembotoz Nov 2015 #2

Some people living alone have no other place to connect on holidays katsy Nov 2015 #3

If you can afford it, double the usual tip for those that have to work. -none Nov 2015 #4

Yes, and in cash Warpy Nov 2015 #5

Cash to avoid paying taxes? Nt Logical Nov 2015 #15

Cash so they have a choice Warpy Nov 2015 #21

How GOP of you! Nt Logical Nov 2015 #24

You go ahead and bitch about the $2.33 per hour earner getting one over on you. That seems a little Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #28

Let me know how much per hour is ok to avoid taxes, i will see if i can.... Logical Nov 2015 #32

You've obviously never worked for tips. How elitist of you. Warpy Nov 2015 #40

Let me know if I can avoid taxes also. nt Logical Nov 2015 #41

Tips are taxable income, cash or not Retrograde Nov 2015 #42

How about the folks working at Gas stations? They are all open. nt madinmaryland Nov 2015 #6

Not all are open csziggy Nov 2015 #8

And somebody better be working the Lions and Cowboy games! NobodyHere Nov 2015 #7

There are many jobs which have people working on Thanksgiving. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #9

It used to be was that the only restaura open were run by people that did not celebrate the holiday. alphafemale Nov 2015 #10

Well, blogslut Nov 2015 #11

yes dembotoz Nov 2015 #13

i'm used to working weekends/holidays too, but T-giving is where i draw the line TheFrenchRazor Nov 2015 #14

I would add that employees who work holidays blogslut Nov 2015 #18

thanksgiving day is an artificial construct. millions of people prefer to do something else so why msongs Nov 2015 #12

True! It is a silly argument! Pilots, airports, trains, hospitals, etc! Nt Logical Nov 2015 #16

How does that work? Easy. Not everyone has family to eat with on Thanksgiving kcr Nov 2015 #17

People have to eat TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #19

More annoying than shopping on Thanksgiving is when anyone Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #20

Some people have far more colorful names for the day.... MADem Nov 2015 #29

why may I ask? lunasun Nov 2015 #33

Uh oh, does Bill O know about the WAR ON THANKSGIVING???!!!! yellowcanine Nov 2015 #35

the issue is more that the big corporate businesses DO force people to work JI7 Nov 2015 #22

Airline workers, hospital workers, police, firemen, stadium (football) workers, television workers, cwydro Nov 2015 #23

The IT workers who'll keep the internet servers up and running while we complain (n/t) Retrograde Nov 2015 #43

I can understand why someone eating on Thanksgiving, yet not shopping would confuse you. LanternWaste Nov 2015 #25

"Constituency?" cwydro Nov 2015 #31

My family lived in a campground in the middle of Missouri during thanksgiving 2004. It was Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #26

Some work by choice Kilgore Nov 2015 #27

i fear not many dembotoz Nov 2015 #30

Who is "we"? I don't get your complaint. yellowcanine Nov 2015 #34

a number of do not patronize stores open on turkey day posts here on du dembotoz Nov 2015 #37

For those of us that have no family, Mugu Nov 2015 #36

Here. Have a couple drumsticks on me. randome Nov 2015 #39

I'm in the middle of a business trip FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #38