AIBU to think supermarkets should close earlier on bank holidays?

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Glad I’m not working in food retail anymore.
Have/had friends and family who work/worked for supermarkets across England and Wales - to have the same problem.

Every bank holiday without fail, the supermarkets stayed open til 9pm or 10pm and it always goes quiet from 3-4pm The same goes from opening the store to 11am. It’s boring.

Then come the day after bank holidays, it’s busy as “I didn’t know you were open yesterday”. Look at the opening hours!

Why can’t supermarkets look at their sales figures for each hour and close the stores at 5pm?

Even now I was in a supermarket this morning and overheard two shop assistants moaning about there is no need to stay open on Monday.

I loved bank holidays when I worked in a supermarket! I did a 14 hour shift (8am-10pm) and got paid time and a half for it. It had busy times and quiet times but on the whole it was a decent day, there was always something to do I wasn’t bored!

Not fussed about Easter, but I think all large stores should be closed on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day in addition to Easter Sunday and Christmas Day. As for other bank holidays, it should be Sunday hours.

If you know in advance, you can plan for it.

Yes. I used to work nights in a supermarket, Saturday and Sunday evenings were the best as they were the only nights we didn't have to consider working round customers (24 hr store)