Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Today, Kris went to work at 8am cos his boss finally granted him an hour off in the morning, after working late last nite. And the weekend where he had to work till midnite on Saturday & come back again on Sunday morning, the boss personally came in to serve them lunches & dinners... and even gave him a Monday off, which was wise, cos if he hadn't we won't have groceries for the entire week!! The retail industry down here is like in Sgp back when I was 5. I seriously can't remember when the last time was when the shops close on Sundays in Sgp!!Anyway, Perth recently had a poll for Sunday trading as well as late nite shopping every weeknite, like in all other major cities. A lot of people were in for it, but we still lost the polls!! And we realised why it was!!! Sources have it that more than 50% of the population are people working in watever little retail industry we have & they ruled out Sunday trading! These stupid people!!! They dunno how much more money they can make just by opening one day more or a couple of hours longer!!! And they are cursing & swearing at Asian shop owners who opted for a Sunday trading licence & are happily serving the neighbourhood on Sundays & PHs, the days when other shops are closed & days when people actually do have unexpected rellies dropping by for food!!
All I can say is, if u're lazy & can't be bothered to open late or open on Sundays & PHs, then don't go swearing & cursing at Asians who are actually bothered to work harder & serve the community!!! Without them, where are the people going to get that last minute can of baby food, or basic medications like paracetamol for that pounding migraine?!
