On (11 Jan 03) Steve Asher wrote to George Pope...
 SA> Yep, as far as I know, there are no "bag your own"
supermarkets here,
 SA> but they will come, & people will need to be
"educated" in how to
 SA> use them, register to have their biometrics recorded to use in them,
 SA> etc etc.

in Oz, right?

It's coming -- you guys always copy everything else the Yank capitalists
come up with, right after we(Canada) do! :P

 SA> I don't know that normal time pays all that well here, but they do get
 SA> "penalty rates" for nights, weekends, public holidays.
Naturally, the

What's "penalty rates"? Is that a union negotiation, or is it a legal
thing?

 SA> large chains are pressuring for unrestricted trading hours, along with

Why are they restricted anyway?  Are you in a formerly high-religion
region? :P

(the area I grew up in had a no-Sunday-shopping byelaw, but it finally
got blasted out when NOBODY obeyed it!) :P

What a mess! I just don't understand how we, who supposedly, in Canada,
have no government interference in religion rules/rights, can have such
a blatantly Xian_Church-biased law even MADE!!! :P

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