The economy is tired. It needs to shut down sometimes. :(

Have you hugged your economy today? ;_;

There are places that are snowy most of the time and everything works just fine. It really isnt that bad if you are prepared and have appropriate infrastructure.

In the past they worked a 6 day work week. They’d only call it off due to weather if they had no infrastructure to handle the current weather.

We could institute not working and shutting things down anytime it snows, it also means your municipality will likely gut their snow clearing budget as they won’t justify clearing the streets unless its going to be used for economic activity. They’ll instead wait for the snow to stop and only run clearing operations then as it would take less passes with the plow compared to constantly clearing and salting/sanding.

Snow tires make roads safer in winter but certainly aren’t nearly as safe as a train or tram on rails would be. You having snow tires also has no effect on the other motorists, whom may choose not to use snow tires.

Okay, but customers have to put up with it for 2 minutes. Workers have to put up with it for 8 hours while doing exercise

This is basically a gas station. Open 24/7 and sells common stuff like bread and milk, but you often pay significantly more than at a groccery store due to convenience.

I really think the argument that “people who go into stores are the reason the store is open” is kind of dumb.

The reason the store is open is because the owners want to make more money, and they think they can do that by staying open.

Okay, hear me out. I know this sounds crazy, but if the owner wants to make money, they do so when people come into the store and purchase things.

So if people didn’t come into the store, then they wouldn’t purchase things, right?

So if there’s nobody purchasing things, the store isn’t making money. Which means that if there’s a reason that people aren’t coming into the store and spending money, the owners of the stores will possibly try to avoid wasting money by being open. Not instantly, of course, but over time - say, the course of a year - a pattern showing a lack of customers because of a specific cause will make a business reconsider their policy if it impacts their bottom line.

I grew up in a tourist town, and outside of 3 months of the year 50% of businesses were closed. And probably 25% reduced the hours that they’re open. Because no tourists meant fewer customers and who cares about the locals. It was cheaper to close and for the owners to go to their second houses in Florida for the winter than stay open all year. But I knew of 1 restaurant that expected the entire staff to be there regardless of the weather - rain, snow, or shine. One time the owner was going to let his staff go home because of a blizzard so bad that the state declared a state of emergency and was closing down the roads, and some guy came in for dinner. And this was in New England, so we’re talking snow accumulation measured in inches per hour and whiteout conditions - not some southern state where an inch of snow grinds everything to a halt. The entire staff had to risk being snowed in at work and unable to get home until the state got the snow cleared because 1 guy decided to go out in a once in a decade winter storm.