Boxing day sale, next. go feck yourself !

6541

So the local Next has a sign on its door saying they have a sale on at some crazy hour on Boxing day. So not only are they exploiting workers they also have contempt for Ireland. We don't have a boxing day. So in the spirit of an Irish Christmas, go screw yourself next. When I am in your shop again I am going to steal something !

Baggy Trousers

It's wrong on so many levels. We are becoming Americans.

MRnotlob606

Brits out.

sabat

So you'll be worshipping St Stephen all day and not touching a single box?

Kristopherus

6541 wrote: »

So the local Next has a sign on its door saying they have a sale on at some crazy hour on Boxing day. So not only are they exploiting workers they also have contempt for Ireland. We don't have a boxing day. So in the spirit of an Irish Christmas, go screw yourself next. When I am in your shop again I am going to steal something !

Will you be staying in the TF so you can have a quick jog to the one in Castlebar????:D:D:D

stimpson

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

Brits out.

No foreign games!




Up Celtic!

kneemos

Everybody knows Boxing Day is the 17th of March.

Patser

Aye 6am Stephen's Day!

Our traditional family fight is only getting going then, after highly contentious monopoly game.

Buona Fortuna

Torch the place.

Notorious97

I like me tits like i like me brits, out!

Sunnyisland

Think they say boxing day up in Donegal areas, Do you know that Donegal is the most northly county in the south of Ireland, tis confusing place alright...

6541

Hup da RA, are ya allowed say that in after hours ?

ted1

Baggy Trousers wrote: »

It's wrong on so many levels. We are becoming Americans.

Em no Boxing Day is British.. Not American

Sunnyisland

Boxing Day is a holiday traditionally celebrated the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts, known as a "Christmas box", from their bosses or employers,[1] in the United Kingdom, Barbados, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, Bermuda, New Zealand, Kenya, South Africa, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and other former British colonies. Today, Boxing Day is the bank holiday that generally takes place on 26 December.

In South Africa, Boxing Day was renamed Day of Goodwill in 1994. In the Roman Catholic Church's liturgical calendar, the day is dedicated to St. Stephen, so is known as St. Stephen's Day to Catholics, and to the population generally in Italy, Ireland, Finland, and Alsace and Moselle in France. It is also known as both St. Stephen's Day and the Day of the Wren or Wren's Day in Ireland. In some European countries, most notably Germany, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and those in Scandinavia, 26 December is celebrated as the Second Christmas Day.[2]


just for the record before ww6 breaks out :-)

Pinch Flat

There's a next near me. I guarantee there'll be a load of muppets queueing there from around 3am rain, hail or shine

5starpool

realies wrote: »

Think they say boxing day up in Donegal areas, Do you know that Donegal is the most northly county in the south of Ireland, tis confusing place alright...

It is the most northerly county in all of Ireland, which is probably what you tried and failed to say I guess, but no harm clarifying.

Harry Palmr

ted1 wrote: »

Em no Boxing Day is British.. Not American

I suspect a whooooooooooooooosh!

Annasopra

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

Brits out.

I always laugh at the hypocrisy of staunch Shinners who support Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea etc

5starpool

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

I always laugh at the hypocrisy of staunch Shinners who support Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea etc

It's good to have things that make you laugh

Anesthetize

I always refer to it as Boxing Day as St. Stephan's Day is a Christian holiday.

Sam Kade

6541 wrote: »

So the local Next has a sign on its door saying they have a sale on at some crazy hour on Boxing day. So not only are they exploiting workers they also have contempt for Ireland. We don't have a boxing day. So in the spirit of an Irish Christmas, go screw yourself next. When I am in your shop again I am going to steal something !

We also don't use American slang words

emo72

I wouldn't mind, they always seem to bring in tat for the sale anyway. But that's besides the point. It's sad that they are opening, should be the 28th at the earliest. To me the 26th is the best day of Christmas, the most craic, a few pints too. The thoughts of being back in work the next day is woeful. Death to the bad retailers!

Sunnyisland

5starpool wrote: »

It is the most northerly county in all of Ireland, which is probably what you tried and failed to say I guess, but no harm clarifying.

na I didn't try and say that at all at all, as its Christmas and this after hours I was trying to be funny, but obviously failed, sorry :-(

Cee-Jay-Cee

realies wrote: »

Think they say boxing day up in Donegal areas, Do you know that Donegal is the most northly county in the south of Ireland, tis confusing place alright...

....and Galway is geographically further north than Armagh.

Boxing Day will never be a patch on black-eye Friday.

Sunnyisland

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

....and Galway is geographically further north than Armagh.

Boxing Day will never be a patch on black-eye Friday.

patch....black eye...Friday...boxing day .....

after hours joke here somewhere I is looking .....

Guy:Incognito

It's good to see all the hardline churchgoers come out in support of such an important day in their calendar. Wonder how many will be in the pews on Saturday and how many will be sleeping off hangovers?

But then, at least we dont dishonour our beloved church by using a dreaded brit term, that would be wrong.

Guy:Incognito

emo72 wrote: »

I wouldn't mind, they always seem to bring in tat for the sale anyway. But that's besides the point. It's sad that they are opening, should be the 28th at the earliest. To me the 26th is the best day of Christmas, the most craic, a few pints too. The thoughts of being back in work the next day is woeful. Death to the bad retailers!

But its ok for the people that you might need stuff from to work on Christmas day etc? Like the tv stations, various utilities, maybe the odd garage in case of emergency?

Guy:Incognito

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

But its ok for the people that you might need stuff from to work on Christmas day etc? Like the tv stations, various utilities, maybe the odd garage in case of emergency?

Exploiting the workers by ..... paying them to work in retail...?

Guy:Incognito

Deleted User wrote: »

Exploiting the workers by ..... paying them to work in retail...?

Bloody Brits, coming over here, paying us a wage.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Anesthetize wrote: »

I always refer to it as Boxing Day as St. Stephan's Day is a Christian holiday.

Couldn't you just refer to it as December 26th?

Seeing as the holiday is not celebrated in this country.

People manage not to refer to the 4th Thursday in November as Thanksgiving for the same reason.

Gaygooner

Don't sweat the small stuff op

Vojera

realies wrote: »

Think they say boxing day up in Donegal areas, Do you know that Donegal is the most northly county in the south of Ireland, tis confusing place alright...

We sure do. I had to warn my wife about it the first Christmas she came home with me.

The Next sale has been at 6am on Boxing Day for years. I think it's really crappy for their workers too, but the only way to stop it is for people to stop going to it. They wouldn't open for it if it wasn't profitable.

Dyr

Bricking day

Stojkovic

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

People manage not to refer to the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving for the same reason.

You mean the fourth Thursday in November.

cml387

I'm confused. Should I be more outraged by a sale starting on 26 December, or that it's called a Boxing day sale?
Possibly an example of a thread that hijacks itself in the first post.

How exactly are workers being exploited here

The J Stands for Jay

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

....and Galway is geographically further north than Armagh.

Wut?

sdanseo

Stephen's day for me, since it's my name. Was named after me naturally.

As for the 6am sales, much ado about nothing, they're not new and won't stop until people stop shopping - which judging by town today won't be anytime soon!

Anesthetize

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Couldn't you just refer to it as December 26th?

Well that's just boring isn't it?

sjb25

6541 wrote: »

So the local Next has a sign on its door saying they have a sale on at some crazy hour on Boxing day. So not only are they exploiting workers they also have contempt for Ireland. We don't have a boxing day. So in the spirit of an Irish Christmas, go screw yourself next. When I am in your shop again I am going to steal something !

If there was a shower worse than them black n tans it would be that shower in next

Guy:Incognito

sjb25 wrote: »

If there was a shower worse than them black n tans it would be that shower in next

The showers in Auschwitz were pretty bad.

LordSutch

6541 wrote: »

So the local Next has a sign on its door saying they have a sale on at some crazy hour on Boxing day. So not only are they exploiting workers they also have contempt for Ireland. We don't have a boxing day. So in the spirit of an Irish Christmas, go screw yourself next. When I am in your shop again I am going to steal something !

Would you ever go and get a life :rolleyes:

I'd rather hear talk of a Boxing Day Sale than somebody wishing me a vomit inducing "Happy Holidays". We actually had Boxing Day here back in Victorian times, so its not as if its alien to us. Boxing Day Sales on the High Street are fine by me, as I know exactly what they mean, and its not as if Britain & NI are three thousand miles away (like the good auld USA).

Merry Holidays Christmas to you all . . . .

murpho999

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

I always laugh at the hypocrisy of staunch Shinners who support Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea etc

Why? One is football/sport and the other is politics so two entirely different things.

brightspark

Perhaps we should abolish ALL of the public holidays and instead let everyone have 30 days annual leave (the current 20-21 most workers are entitled to plus the current 9 designated public holidays).

And while we are at it, abolish the idea of weekends.

We could then have a rule that every business has to be open 24/7. After all if I should be able to buy a t-shirt on Stephen's Day, I should also be able to go to the bank, meet the taxman etc.,

Schools and colleges could also be open all year, with no Easter, Christmas or summer holidays. The buildings would be in use 24/7, 365 days a year with some students having classes at night and at what we now call "weekends", though with everyone working various days the term "weekend" would no longer mean the traditional Saturday and Sunday, as we would all have different days off.

But would society be better or worse if we did move to a full 24/7/365 lifestyle?

Dirty Dingus McGee

LordSutch wrote: »

Would you ever go and get a life :rolleyes:

I'd rather hear talk of a Boxing Day Sale than somebody wishing me a vomit inducing "Happy Holidays". We actually had Boxing Dasy here back in Victorian times, so its not as if its alien to us. Boxing Day Sales on the High Street are fine by me, as I know exactly what they mean, and its not as if Britain & NI are three thousand miles away (like the good auld USA).

Merry Holidays Christmas to you all . . . .

What difference does it make if they are 3 thousand miles away or not.

The day isn't called Boxing Day here so shops should recognize that.

We don't celebrate St Georges day here or other British holiday's so why is it OK to refer to the 26th of December by the name used in a different country.

It's incorrect to refer to it as Boxing Day in Ireland and it's always better to be right than wrong.

brightspark

sjb25 wrote: »

If there was a shower worse than them black n tans it would be that shower in next

I don't blame the businesses, it's the customers, if they stayed away the shops wouldn't open.

Sunnyisland

We could call it st stepoxing day :-)

eet fuk

brightspark wrote: »

I don't blame the businesses, it's the customers, if they stayed away the shops wouldn't open.

Amen. People buying stuff just because it's slightly cheaper than usual is quite sad. Fair enough if it's something you need and couldn't possibly afford otherwise, but let's be honest - that's never the case.

BOHtox

Anyone who shops on Stephen's Day is an absolute joker. You should still be half cut with your friends and family.

Yours sincerely, everyone who works in retail

uck51js9zml2yt

You do realise there will be queues at some strange hour waiting for them to open so people can buy Next labels

jack presley

6541 wrote: »

So the local Next has a sign on its door saying they have a sale on at some crazy hour on Boxing day.

Is this the Next on the High Street?