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Jun 14, 2019
10:00:59pm

Duke Silver All-American

I hate when businesses advertise they close at a certain time, but then

deter business from coming in for the 15-20 minutes leading to them closing.

Just drove by Sub Zero near Thanksgiving Point, been at the hospital nearby for baby #3 and had to get out. They supposedly close at 10, but at 9:45 they had already turned off their business sign as well as their “open” sign.

If you want to be out of there by 10, I have no problem with that. The solution is you actually close at 9. Otherwise don’t try and pretend like you’re closed before you really are. One of my many pet peeves.

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Duke Silver

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I hate when businesses advertise they close at a certain time, but then

Duke Silver

6/14/19 10:00pm

When I worked at Jamba we were told to do this. My manager would even lock the door 5-10 minutes early some nights

byuluvr

6/14/19 10:03pm

Bad business if you ask me.

Cougarrr

6/14/19 10:09pm

In Australia we saw business signs that said "Hours: 9:00 AM to Closing" We never knew when closing was.

Real G Man

6/14/19 10:09pm

lots of times that is the 18 yr old shift manager cutting it off early so he can meet up with the boyz

BlueFrog

6/14/19 10:11pm

Conversely, I hated when groups would roll in the restaurant 5min before close.

HomeTownHero

6/14/19 10:12pm

One time while at BYU

sumba20

6/14/19 10:32pm

I understand when it’s a sit down restaurant, but when it’s a place to grab a

Duke Silver

6/14/19 10:40pm

When I worked at Autozone we used to have people beating on the doors a half hour after closing time.

John Doe

6/14/19 11:00pm

So advertise a closing time at which you’re comfortable with the last customers walking in based on how

mvtoro

6/14/19 11:19pm

Regardless of what the closing time is your employees will

kotacoug

6/15/19 2:06am

This takes one conversation. “Closing time is 9:30. That’s when you turn off the sign, close the doors, and stop

mvtoro

6/15/19 1:17pm

9:29 according to whose watch?

John Doe

6/15/19 4:40pm

I don’t know if you know this, but there is a universally-accepted time that Earth uses. It would cost me, what, an

mvtoro

6/15/19 5:04pm

RE: Regardless of what the closing time is your employees will

mvtoro

6/15/19 1:19pm

It bothers me that i have to worry about the quality of my food

D.T. Survivor

6/14/19 11:04pm

The owners probably don’t know they do that.

Zaphod

6/15/19 12:05am

When working in restaurants/fast foot. We always got in trouble if the owner

Powerbait DPM studnt

6/15/19 10:02am

Or it is the owner's fault for telling them they have to be clocked out by a

BYUtka

6/15/19 11:08am

One way or another, it’s always a management issue if it continues.

mvtoro

6/15/19 1:20pm

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