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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
I'm not sure if some random ones are but I travel a good bit and since covid I have not seen a single Walmart open past 11pm. They are one of a TON of businesses that got rid of overnight operations for covid and never brought it back.
That's a real shame. Just one more L for us night-shifters.
Yep no more overnight Walmart. Damn shame Covid plus Trump ruined everything.