Or don't.
If you've ever worked retail and/or graveyard ... just no.
All they'll do is employ people to work horrible night shifts questioning their lives for peanuts in pay.
And the people who come in at 2am.....
Ugh
I loved shopping at 2 am. It was basically me, nighttime truckers, and people who worked weird shifts stopping by after work. When I shop in the day the aisles are congested and shelves occasionally need a restock, and checkout lines out take forever (looking at you costco)
If one is in your area, Winco is your friend then. 24hr grocery shopping. They are also worker owned and have a great bulk goods selection, so they are a better food shopping experience at roughly the same price point.
I miss WinCo. Had one in the town my college was in. I used to get a cart full of groceries for like $80. That place was the jam
The nearest winco to me is a country away ;_;
I wish I could shop at a unionized store or a worker-owned place but none exist near me for groceries.
I lived across the street from one for awhile and loved going grocery shopping late at night to avoid everyone else.
The best time to go. Free entertainment that late too from some of the customers.
I’ve always heard stories of shit going down at walmart, but I’ve never seen it.
Dennys, on the other hand…
nothing to see here :)
I don't live in the US but I'm guessing people working at Walmart
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don'tlive in the USbut I'm guessingpeople working at Walmartat 2 am isnot getting paid enough
It stopped during covid and never started back up
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There it is.
That would be a dream for autistic people with heavy sensory issues. Mine are usually manageable, but it sure would be convenient either way. I've never seen any 24/7 supermarket over where I live; I guess it's just not a thing in my country (or Europe in general, from my experience).
Labour laws are too good over here.
We in Finland have great labour laws and great unions, but still have some 24/7 stores.
The secret ingredient is extra pay.
We used to have them in the UK pre-covid. My local Tesco and Asda were all 24 hour, except for Sunday trading. Now, barely any are open around that time.
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As a person who doesn't like big groups of people, sounds great
Surely there are some people that prefer the night schedule. The problem is capitalism and wage labor, not the fact that there are "inconvenient" schedules for most people.
The problem I have is there isn't a 24 hour pharmacy in my town anymore, and sometimes you suddenly need to by immodium at 3 AM.
We have one 24hr Walgreens left, and I think that's it. Feels like the town used to be full of 24hr stores before covid, now it's just that one Wallgreens.
I don't think any of our Walgreens stores are 24 hours anymore. Since I was a kid, I watched Kerr Drug go out of business, Eccard's (or however it was spelled) merged with Rite-Aid and then Rite-Aid was bought by Walgreens and half of them shut down. Meanwhile Wal-Mart and Harris Teeter both now close at 11. So if Sheetz doesn't have it you can't buy it after 11 pm.
Yeah our healthcare facilities close by 8. Which sucks since it forces everyone to the also underfunded and understaffed ER a 30 minute drive away after dark.
Are they not 24-hours anymore? I've not shopped at Walmart for probably a decade now. Shopping late at night was the best; you never really realize just how much other shoppers slow you down until you have the whole store to yourself.
Please no. Let’s not normalize burnout again. Few good things out of Covid was humane working hours
Unless you worked night stock. Then it got even more insane.
Currently awake at 3:49 am, night shopping sounds so calming but I've never done it before.
It's quiet. Nice if you have social anxiety.
But stock is sometimes lacking.
I used to just walk da fuck out of my house as a teen and go to wmart 2 miles away at 2 am when I was bored. Would have given my parents a heart attack if they knew. I was stupid and confident in my ability to run away if someone attacked me lol.
We'd go to Ralph's at 2am and buy a carton of half & half for $0.69 and pay with a check.
Far out, man
Do they not? When I was a high school senior I liked going there and McDonald's and driving around all night, but I'm an old man now so I don't leave the house past January
I used to work two jobs and the middle of the night was the only time I could shop and I still don't want them to go back to that.
Around Lancaster, PA you’d have a group of Amish teenagers wandering Walmart at that time of night, alongside meth heads.
I had a late shift job that was 6pm - 2am. I'd usually run to walmart or other 24hr grocery stores to do my food shopping for the week after my shift. It was always a breeze not having to deal with lines or traffic. The caveat being some crackheads just doing normal 2am crackhead things in front of the store.
The real reason:
Walmart ain't got enough staff to enforce shit at 2AM
Nah forcing workers to survive mimum wage is hard enough. Don’t force them to work at the middle of the night.
Have a “petrol station/corner shop” open for emergencies.
They still have stockers and cleaning done overnight. It's just not open to customers.
Don’t force them to work at the middle of the night.
What if they want to work in the middle of the night. I miss night shifts.
They’ll still be jobs hiring. Like corner stores in my example.
But I’m willing to bet big money more people are forced to work night shifts they’d rather not work, than wish they were working night shifts.
Not to mention the societal costs and burden it brings on as it heavily impacts various health risks.
Shift work has been a thing forever
Not sure why retail is any different.
Your walmart closes?
All the ones near me close at 11pm.
Nah... Walmart can't force folks to work 24 hour shifts anymore.
The only 24h shop near me was a gas station. That never resumed post-pan. I'm guessing this is the same with Wally World.
