eating out on Sundays

I read it, but perhaps I should explain further. The issue that this topic is about has to do with human respect rather than which day the sabbath is on. Some of us were brought up going to church on sunday's and hanging out with family, and some people would like to continue to do so. I for one don't want to be a part of making somebody miss out on that. I could care less about judging somebody for actually choosing to work on whichever day they believe to be the sabbath. But, as Christians, should we really encourage it??? By doing non-essential things like going out to eat, you are encouraging it. I just don't think we ought to do that.

 

My question is this - if all the church-goers did not go out to eat before and after church, and simply went at a different time, would not more of those waitresses actually have the option of attending church, and be happy about it? Some of you are saying that "well that's their scheduled work day and they're happy to have that work", BUT, if you went out to eat on a different day, the restaurant would adjust and the busy times would switch days, or at least the work would be smooth throughout the week, therefore the waitresses would simply work on a different day, the same amount of money would be traded hands, and the waitresses would have the same exact income, yet more of them could attend church with their families. Sunday is often a very busy time for many restaurants. However, on Tuesday nights those same places could be almost dead. Would not going out to eat on Tuesday nights be better??? You're causing less stress, you're still giving the workers the same job with the same income, you're probably giving the waitresses a better living since its a proven fact that tips are horrible on Sundays, and last but not least you're allowing more people to attend church. Now, if those ideas seem judgmental to you... wow. There's no hope.

So basically, in my opinion, it's not about judging the morality of working on the sabbath, it's not about giving waitresses a job... it's about a lack of respect for some people's family lives by selfishly planning your business outings.

 

It's not up to you people to do the judging. If you are, then you're not the righteous people you think you are.

I just can't believe that I'm offering a simple solution to get a few more people in church and some of you people are vigorously fighting against it and offering every possible excuse, dismissing it as total idiocy. I would say that it seems pretty pathetic, but I guess that would seem judgmental. But, since I really don't care what your personal opinion of me is... well... that's pathetic.

 

You cannot intelligently tell me that it's the non-church going people who floods the restaurants before and after church on Sunday. Yes, some people still go, and workers have to be there to serve those people, but if the church-goers didn't go, they would not have to staff as many people at that time, and if you went out to eat on a different day, they would have to staff more people on that different day. It's pretty simple.

 

Ok, I'll do some thinking... just let me go to the all-you-can-eat buffet and grab a beer and I'll ponder it.

 

That would be great, but I'm strapped right now, I just invested... oh, probably $25,000 of my own money into a business venture that at least a good chunk of helps poor people.

Assuming these people did not work every day of the week, which I seriously doubt they do, why not simply take your business to where they work on a different day other than sunday? Now, if you could get all your buddies to do the same, and their buddies to do that, and so on, maybe, just maybe, some of these people's schedule will be switched. Why won't this happen? Because it would require a tiny amount of effort. Man, what was I thinking.

Wow, that idea made me think I was talking like Arlo Guthrie in Alice's Restaurant:



"...and three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an
organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.

And that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and
all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the
guitar.

With feeling. So we'll wait for it to come around on the guitar, here and
sing it when it does. Here it comes.

You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant..."