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Suppose you are the proprietor of a physical retail business.

You're the only employee, so on Sundays you close the shop because otherwise you'd be short-staffed.

Do you listen to potential customers who complain that you're not open on Sundays by (a) offering them a degraded experience by letting them shop while you aren't there, (b) hire additional staff to support the shop on Sundays, or (c) tell them to come back during normal business hours?

If the amount of revenue you'd make by expanding the number of hours the store is open per week is less than the costs of supporting the additional staff, you ought to pick (c); otherwise, pick (b). It's bloody irrational to pick (a).

Yet, in your post you advocate (a). Why?

parent politician 14 years ago

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