Change.org recently sent out an email petition about Target store and making their employees work on Thanksgiving. Apparently the man that started the petition feels that it is unfair to make people work on Thanksgiving.
Now remember that Thanksgiving has not always been a holiday and that before (and after) it was, people worked on the last Thursday in November. Also remember that many of the people who are off on Thanksgiving don’t spend so much time with their families. They sit in front of the boob tube watching football and endless reruns of Elf and Home Alone. They vegetate as the booze that they have consumed slowly sends them to sleepy time. And then the very same people that complain about working on a holiday will be the first ones up at midnight heading to the stores to take advantage of all the Black Friday sales. They apparently only think that they themselves should be off.
Now if you read the email below you will see that the sad sack that created the petition would not have to report for work until the holiday itself is over. When I was a security guard there were many years when I had to work Thanksgiving day and the day after, as well as Christmas and New Year’s and Independence Day and Arbor Day. This petition is a prime example of the problem with America. It’s not just the politicians; it’s the people that voted for them.
There are so many people out there who cannot find work and wouldn’t mind working on Thanksgiving if it meant that they could feed their families the rest of the year. But then there are the “Occupiers” in this country, the union drones, then “Changers”. Oh they are changing America alright: for the worse.
I have included the email in its entirety below:
While most of America will be sleeping off a belly full of turkey, stuffing, and pie next Thursday night, 29-year-old Anthony Hardwick will be waking up for a long night of work. That's because Anthony has to report for his shift at a Target store in Omaha, Nebraska on Thanksgiving night.
For the first time on "Black Friday" -- the biggest shopping day of the year -- Target stores will be opening at midnight. That means retail employees like Anthony have to miss Thanksgiving celebrations with their families in order to work for big stores' "Black Friday" midnight sales -- or risk losing their jobs.
"All Americans should be able to break bread with loved ones on Thanksgiving," Anthony says.
So Anthony decided to push back. He started a petition on Change.org asking Target to open stores at 5am instead of midnight on Black Friday. Click here to add your name to his petition.
The sad reality is that by starting a petition to his employer on Change.org, he is putting his livelihood at risk. Anthony knows that he could be fired for taking his demand of Target public -- but that's how important it is to him that he spend Thanksgiving with his fiancee and her family.
Anthony isn't alone in thinking that midnight (or earlier) start times for retail stores on Black Friday is are bad ideas -- customers hate it, too. In fact, according to an article in the New York Times that featured Anthony's petition, more and more consumers are avoiding Black Friday sales that interrupt Thanksgiving meals. And by being the first to petition his employer about this issue, he hopes to inspire workers at other retail stores to also speak out.
Target is one of the most prominent companies forcing its employees to miss Thanksgiving with their families. Anthony hopes that by calling out Target, he can force his employer to push back opening times at Target stores across the country -- which will pressure other retail chains to do the same.
Please add your name to Anthony's petition asking Target to push back its Black Friday opening time so he and other Target employees can spend Thanksgiving with their families:
Personal addendum: This guy is an ass.
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