our government has always insisted in bringing back family values...so should we bring back... work monday to friday ..saturday for shopping and sunday off to church .....of course hospitals etc cant close on sunday and how can we go shopping on sarurday with no staff in the shops.but why do we need to work so much. to buy time saving gadgets and spend no time with our kids............do you need house insurance on a sunday or a new 3 piece suite....cant it wait one more day....why do you need to work 7 days a week....finaly do you work to live ? or live to work?
2007-07-01 23:52:06 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
I can honestly say that I "work to live". When I was a kid, Sunday was truly a day of rest. You didn't feel guilty about sitting down to read or play a game or read a newspaper or just veg, because you weren't able to do anything anyway. No shopping, couldn't get gas for the car, etc. We went to church in the morning and came home to a nice family breakfast and really enjoyed each other all day. Then a wonderful family dinner. I loved that it was just a family day. I believe that if we had those days again, there wouldn't be as many broken homes and troubles for kids. No matter how busy the week would get, you always knew that you could look forward to Sunday and being together as a family again. It was a constant in my life.
2007-07-02 00:02:32 · answer #1 · answered by Funny Girl 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many people find that working 7 days a week..6 usually is required when having to support a family in today's market. The cost of the "American Dream" is much higher than even an upper middle class family can often aford and many are actually steeped in debt. This image that is portrayed of people having it all often gets implanted in our heads from the infancy of our career oriented lives. So I guess my answer is that we do not only work to live but we work to create the illusion that we are alive when at the basic nature of this outlandish system we are only fueling a more primitive psyche and following the greater mass of consumer indulgence. In any light of this whole Sunday business what is the point? Could one not worship on any other day and who says Sunday is the best day for worship? In many religions and at the base of Christianity Saturday was and is the Sabbath. I do ,however, see the direct correlation between the slipping path of our youth and parent child dissasciation. The constant take has been steadily corroding any "values" or virtues anyone may even hope to have creating a cut-throat, take whatever you can social structure that has no realization of a greater good. I'm not saying the world is going to total crap ,but materialism has sucked away any hope there ever was at the human race being in any way superior to any other. Of course materialism hasn't increased all that much, just shifted towards a more decadent angle. If anyone were to tell you that today's society is more capitalism aimed than it was before, they would be most dilluted in their reception. Our greatest problem is that we've been given the idea that everyone should be somehow able to have the best and most expensive things out there and we've ruled out any such self Social Darwinism. The bottom line is if you don't have the money for something and you won't die without it there's no reason to use credit to kill yourself down the road.
2007-07-02 07:11:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I try to treat Sunday as a day of rest. I won't do laundry and hang out washing on a Sunday, cut the grass or use any other noisy garden machinery, make any business type telephone calls, do mail order or shop on the internet either. There is nothing on the TV so it is bliss to curl up with a good book, think contemplative thoughts and attempt serenity. All this is nothing to do with religion. It's just nice to have Sunday as different from the other six days, a day of peace and quiet.
There is no need to work or shop 7 days a week, it's only our insatiable greed for 'must haves', over-priced low quality, so-called 'designer' clothes, things with plugs on or needing chargers, you know what I mean! Mostly superficial rubbish, most of which will end up on stalls at car boot sales next year in order to make room for this year's stuff etc.
2007-07-02 07:06:54 · answer #3 · answered by Ladyfromdrum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surely everyone can do what they need to do for 6 Days a Week and have a Sunday to spend with family. I don't agree with Sunday Trading at all. why can't we have Mon - Wed 0800 - 1830 , Thu & Fri 0800 - 2200 and Sat 0800 - 2000 that gives us a total of 144 Hours of shopping or why don't we have 24 Hours Mon - Thu and 0800-2100 Friday and Saturday. How did we go on before August 28 1994? Come on lets all call on the Government to allow 24 hour opening 6 Days a Week and Sunday No Trade
2007-07-02 12:45:28 · answer #4 · answered by Chill 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it shouldn't.
If you want to rest then fine, rest, but don't try to tell me it should be a day to go to church.
Time is a MAN-made concept so that we can keep track of things. God did not make hours, days etc. They are merely measurements like centimetres or ounces.
Oh, and we 'work so much' to provide a better standard of living for ourselves.
In fact, you probably wouldnt have a computer to type this question on if the economy hadn't got to the point where PC's are affordable to the majority of the country. Think about it, if you shunned the worlds productivity by 1/7th, we could go back quite a few years in advancement.
EDIT : and are you simple minded? why do you think that working on a Sunday means working 7 days a week? have you never heard of SHIFTS?
2007-07-02 06:57:11 · answer #5 · answered by zeppelin_roses 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fortunately I am in a job now where I don't have to work Sundays. But I did so for many years. Yes I believe that Sunday should be a day of rest. Those people in jobs that need covering such as Doctors/ nurses etc should be on a rota system-they may well be already.
2007-07-02 06:55:41 · answer #6 · answered by Birdman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunday used to be a day of rest "in the old days", until the major retailers requested Sunday trading. This was in Maggie Thatcher's reign (I believe) and the whole country was driven to earn more and be more self sufficient etc. etc. This generation has been brought up with these values. Blame the government for this, not the folks themselves.
2007-07-02 07:07:30 · answer #7 · answered by Blugirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Sunday reverted to being a day of rest, many Yahoo! Answerers would be bitterly complaining about the Christians getting their way and managing to stifle normal everyday activity on a Sunday for everybody else
2007-07-02 07:01:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you completely. I can still remember when Sundays were respected as a day of rest, just as Wednesdays were always half-day closing for most businesses. As the UK is still regarded as a mostly Christian country, maybe it is time to seize the high ground and demand our Sundays back.
Opening up superstores and shops from 10am to 4pm is not repsecting Sundays, it is just one more step towards a 24/7 society that most people, if they were honest with themselves, would not want.
2007-07-02 07:00:44 · answer #9 · answered by Norman W 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it should not. Some people can't get all their errands done during the week. Also, so many shops are just opened during working hours during the week. If you need to go there, when are you supposed to go, especially if your Saturday has been spent at practices or the like? Finally, our government doesn't care about family values. They say that to get people to vote for them.
2007-07-02 06:57:48 · answer #10 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋