OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man's online petition asking Target Corp. to drop plans to open stores at midnight Thanksgiving Day has garnered tens of thousands of signatures in less than two weeks.
Anthony Hardwick works part-time as a cart attendant for a second job. The 29-year-old launched his petition Nov. 3 after learning of the chain's plans to have employees report for work at 11 p.m. Thanksgiving Day.
Hardwick says the midnight opening means he and other Target employees will have to miss Thanksgiving gatherings in order to get enough rest and come in to work that night.
The petition asks that Target push back the opening to 5 a.m. Black Friday. It had nearly 88,000 signatures by midday Tuesday.
Minneapolis-based Target says the midnight opening is a response to customer demands.
Other companies also opening at midnight on Thanksgiving are Macy's, Best Buy and Kohls'.
Target competitor, Walmart, has announced a 10 p.m. Thanksgiving Day start for some deals.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
Comments (7)
Add commentI am sick of whiners
and this guy fits that title. Life just isn't that hard that you have to start complaining about "going to work and putting in...gasp...a 10 hour day"
what a baby he must be. Sure glad he didn't sign up for the military, he would have really been in for a shock!
I hope Target
fires him. People are complaining everywhere about jobs and the economy and this halfwit wants more time to stuff his face!
Isn't 3 hours
just about the right amount of time with the family???? Eat, a little football, then "gotta go to work"...sounds perfect
Resign your second job.
Wow, someone with a second job is complaining about the hours so he can
eat or whatever. Maybe he won't be able to travel to the relatives
house where they make the dinner and he may have to make his own.
I think this may make it easier for some people to shop that have
to work on Friday. Yes, people do have to work the day after
Thanksgiving.
Take a nap!!!
I am sure some one would gladly take over his job.
"Sure glad he didn't sign up
"Sure glad he didn't sign up for the military, he would have really been in for a shock!"
This is the type of kid they "weed out" within about the first 3 days of basic training.
Also the type of guy who will be asking to have his student loans forgiven after struggling through college to a degree in basket weaving, and then can't understand why he's still only qualified for an entry level job.