Humanity vs Commerce

At the moment, car deal­er­ships are closed on Sun­days in Col­orado. (For my friends out­side the USA, laws on these things vary from state to state.)

I think that’s a great thing.

The mechan­ics, sales peo­ple, man­agers, and parts experts all get one day to spend with their fam­ily. Or their dog. Or their television.

We all need a rest.

A few years back, Col­orado changed their liquor laws such that stores are now open on Sun­days. Shortly after that, I asked a check­out clerk if the change had made any increase in their sales. He said no — but that the busi­ness just got redis­trib­uted over seven days instead of six.

Sad. Now the store own­ers have to pay more salaries and elec­tric­ity bills. For no gain except to keep up with the store down the street.

I’d love to turn back the tide. But I don’t see that hap­pen­ing any­time soon. At least the car deal­er­ships’ lobby has some san­ity left.