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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... Walmart can't force folks to work 24 hour shifts anymore.
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.
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.
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.
Shift work has been a thing forever
Not sure why retail is any different.
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.
They still have stockers and cleaning done overnight. It's just not open to customers.
Pretty sure they're still working.
Just focused on cleaning and stocking shelves.
But at least not dealing with customers!
Maybe in the US. Where I live basically all retail ends between 5-7pm.
That sounds positively awful to me. If I'm home by 6, finish eating by 7 then I can't do anything at night.
In my culture we eat dinner more like 9pm.
Also “doing things” is usually not shopping. The abundant supermarkets next to the train stations let you do all needed errands on the way home from work.
5-8 here in Florida. Some places open as late as 9, but don't count on it.
We really have no work-life balance in this country.
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.
Burn them all down instead.
There it is.
Currently awake at 3:49 am, night shopping sounds so calming but I've never done it before.
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.
It's quiet. Nice if you have social anxiety.
But stock is sometimes lacking.
Life's short, do weird stuff!
There's no where to do it anymore
good. employees need time off too.
I worked at a 24h WM. it fucking sucked working 2p-11p then 7a-2p over and over again.
Your walmart closes?
All the ones near me close at 11pm.
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
Is it that bad? Worked nights at petrol station and...honestly, one of the best jobs I had. Paid shit, but was chill and somewhat inline with my internal clock so...
One of my closest friends nearly committed suicide because of how miserable Walmart made his life.
My condolences. Seems to be less so night shifts and more so Walmart itself then. I know people who aren't of the night-time is wake-time type are immensely drained by night shifts...never imagined it could be this bad.
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.
I forgot a Sheetz opened here recently. 7 Eleven might open soon too.
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.