Because many of those "silly people" would have to work on a day that is
religously important to them. WTF is the problem with many shoppers? Why
can't they cope if the shops are going to be shut for twenty four hours?

Never ceases to amaze me the panic that gets into people when the big shops
shut for a day or the sheer hysterical buying if they shut for 2 days. You
would think some people are stocking up to try and see themselves through a
nuclear winter.

The intelligence of the average UK shopper seems more than a little suspect
at times. The mere hint of a possible scarcity of anything they will go and
clear the shelves regardless of wether they need it or not.