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.
Burn them all down instead.
There it is.
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.
We really have no work-life balance in this country.
5-8 here in Florida. Some places open as late as 9, but don’t count on it.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Your walmart closes?
All the ones near me close at 11pm.
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.
I don’t live in the US but I’m guessing people working at Walmart at 2 am is not getting paid enough
It stopped during covid and never started back up
Honestly, in a sea of underpaid jobs, it’s just nice not having to deal with customers, and some people are just night owls
I’m a night owl and working 2am-11am in retail had me driving to work with my seat belt off hoping a drunk driver would hit me.
Hate to say but I don’t think that job was for you then
I didn’t start off on that shift. The job itself wasn’t bad, it was the hours.
Due to working in retail in general or was the night shift even worse than the day/evening shift?
It was the night shift. I started on the day shift and things were fine then.
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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 no longer live in the PNW. I miss Winco.
What state are you in, if you don’t mind me asking? I just moved from Dallas to Los Angeles and there are Wincos in both, just kind of out of the way.
Illinois now. Winco has yet to penetrate the Midwest!
Sounds like a Debbie Does Dallas spinoff: Winco Does Wisconsin
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…
