Is there no limit to retail greed? It just seems that they'll do anything for a buck these days. One of those things has to do with business days and hours. Walmart, for instance, operates their supercenters 24/7, 364 days a year. They bow only to Christmas Day. This even includes stores in smaller, rural locations, such as communities of 15,000 or less. How many people in these small towns realistically shop at 3 in the morning? But this isn't just about them. There are plenty of guilty parties.

When I first moved to Texas for school, I from a state that had no blue laws to a state that did. For the most part the only businesses open on Sunday were restaurants, gas stations, and grocery stores. And even then the law was strange. For instance, you could buy a hammer, but not a nail. I thought, "How can a civilized society these days not open their malls on Sunday?" You know how long it took for me to adapt? About three weeks. You just taught yourself to visit the malls and most other stores on Saturday or in the evening. It really wasn't that hard. And the majority of Texans were home with their families that day. But then came 1985, and the blue laws were repealed.

And now look at holidays. Black Friday has turned into Gray Thursday. No more Thanksgiving for millions of retail workers. Or Easter. Or New Year's, Or Fourth of July. I, for one, refuse to take part in this madness. I still don't go to the mall on Sunday, or drop into my neighborhood big box store at 3am. I still sometimes grocery shop on Sunday, but I try and feel guilty about it when I do.

I know that I'm talking about the "old days" for many, but in some cases, the old days really were the "good" old days.