Calgary Openings, Closings, and Developments

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

I bet you felt a nice tingling when you aroused yourself to write this, then put your fingers to keyboard. Are you as moist as you hoped?

Moister now!

[Ozy_Flame]

Sounds about right with all the hot air that comes out of your mouth.

[PepsiFree]

Nice one, dude. Sick.

[PaperBagger'14]

[BlackArcher101]

When's the CP meet-up with laser levels?

[bob-loblaw]

Chick-fil-A is coming back to the city. Opening later this year, somewhere on MacLeod Trail.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10306104/...ng-to-alberta/

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by bob-loblaw

Chick-fil-A is coming back to the city. Opening later this year, somewhere on MacLeod Trail.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10306104/...ng-to-alberta/

Remember, they're not open on Sundays

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Remember, they're not open on Sundays

were they open on Sundays at YYC?

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Remember, they're not open on Sundays

That's a win for workers rights and they don't even need a union to get the company to give them a guaranteed day off on the weekend. Their Sunday policy should be celebrated.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

That's a win for workers rights and they don't even need a union to get the company to give them a guaranteed day off on the weekend. Their Sunday policy should be celebrated.

LOL if this was 1982, or Salt Lake City.

Imagine closing down on one of the most busiest days for a fake god.. hahha

[AC]

The Old Spaghetti Factory should close on Sundays so that the staff can take time to worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by AC

The Old Spaghetti Factory should close on Sundays so that the staff can take time to worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Thats the Beauty of it.

They worship the flying Spaghetti Monster all day, every day by remaining open!

Pastafarians know what they're about.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Locke

Thats the Beauty of it.

They worship the flying Spaghetti Monster all day, every day by remaining open!

Pastafarians know what they're about.

R'amen brother

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by AC

The Old Spaghetti Factory should close on Sundays so that the staff can take time to worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Pretty sure it's Wednesdays. Sundays is for all to worship the NFL Pigskin Beast.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

That's a win for workers rights and they don't even need a union to get the company to give them a guaranteed day off on the weekend. Their Sunday policy should be celebrated.

You say that, but workers are probably expected to be attending church and putting in God's duties on their Chick-fil-A day off.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

That's a win for workers rights and they don't even need a union to get the company to give them a guaranteed day off on the weekend. Their Sunday policy should be celebrated.

Is it, though? What about people who would rather work on a Sunday? Not everyone values it as some special day because it says so in an old book. Maybe they prefer Sunday work because traffic is slow, and they'd prefer a week day off to go skiing or something wen it isn't busy. If every business was closed Sundays, that's 1/7th less employment available. Is that a win?

Skuterud (2005) performs a difference-in-differences study of the deregulation of the retail industry in Canadian provinces and finds that the relaxation and elimination of Sunday trading laws increased employment in deregulated industries by 5% to 12% between 1980 and 1998.

https://www.researchgate.net/publica...etail_Industry

[PepsiFree]

Guys, there’s no way the “win for workers rights” comment was serious.

[greyshep]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Guys, there’s no way the “win for workers rights” comment was serious.

Well a few people seem to be getting turned into knots over it, lol. I really don't care either way but if they chose to close on any other day of the week would people freak out?

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by greyshep

Well a few people seem to be getting turned into knots over it, lol. I really don't care either way but if they chose to close on any other day of the week would people freak out?

My barber closes on Mondays. I think he is a monster because of that and I give him an earful every time I visit but he does a great job at a good price so I keep coming back.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by greyshep

Well a few people seem to be getting turned into knots over it, lol. I really don't care either way but if they chose to close on any other day of the week would people freak out?

I guess you don't know why Chik-Fil-A is closed on Sunday.

It's literally so people can attend church services.

This is right on their own corporate website:

Chick-fil-A’s Corporate Purpose is “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us. To have a positive influence on all who come into contact with Chick-fil-A."

They've had this policy in place since 1946. They've since padded it with diplomatic context about spending time with family, DEI, and other more moderate tones, as society has shifted that way. But they pissed off conservatives along the way, especially as their former CEO Dan Cathy was a right-wing nutjob, particularly demonizing LGBTQ rights and they've since become 'woke' in their eyes.

But before that, and most of this time, it was never about labor rights. It was, and still is to some extent, about services to God, of which your Sunday is work by another means.