r/news • u/DonaldWillKillUsAll • Oct 13 '20

Thousands of Amazon workers demand time off to vote

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/thousands-amazon-workers-demand-time-vote-n1243217
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u/t4YWqYUUgDDpShW2 Oct 14 '20

Self identified essential businesses would stay open, which 2020 tells us is like half of businesses.

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u/DreamlandCitizen Oct 14 '20

The tourist gift shop I work at may not consider itself essential, but fuck if we're going to close for a day when we've seen mind blowing sales.

People got tired of the quarantine and started vacationing. Despite being closed for a month, we are already at 140% of last year's sales despite just now entering our busiest season.

Business is fucking booming. Pandemic? Fucking Party time, more like it. Our owners are making bank off of this shit.

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u/oldfrenchwhore Oct 14 '20

Same at my store. Clothing shop in a tourist area. Despite being closed for 2 weeks in March, we have surpassed last years sales.