Last minute shoppers are boorish

While sitting in my car on Christmas Eve waiting to pick up my loved one, who works at Northmart, it amazed me to see the number of people trying to get into the store after closing time and how upset they were that the store was closed.

The employees at Northmart have worked many hours leading up to the holidays. Remember Midnight Madness when the store was open until midnight?

Management employees were there from 8:00 a.m. and got out of there anywhere between 12:30 and 12:45 the next morning. There was no split shift. Management works the whole day no matter what the hours!

The following day, the store hours were extended again until 10:00 pm and the employees were back there at 8:00 a.m. until 10:30 that night. Those are very long hours, and Sunday hours have been extended also.

Being in the retail business, Northmart does not have the luxury of closing its doors between Christmas and New Year’s Day like the government and other organizations in the community.

The hours are posted on the door. Why can’t the people of Iqaluit show a bit more respect to the Northmart employees and plan their shopping for a time when they know the store is not closing in 10 minutes! It doesn’t matter if you are a manager or a cashier, the employees do not deserve the unfairness that the public puts upon them!

Many should plan out their day better and not show up five minutes before closing to do a big grocery or retail order.

(Name withheld by request)
Iqaluit