A fallacy about why there are locks on doors if the store is open 24hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. -
At 1:30 in the morning you are driving down Walton Road when you pass the
7-11. You decide to stop in and treat yourself to a nice big slurpee. As you pull in
the parking lot you notice that the sign says, 'We're open 24 hr's, 7 days a week, 365
days a year.' However, when you reach the door you notice that they have locks on
the doors and you think to yourself, why do convenient stores have locks on their
doors if they're going to be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year?
If they're never going to close then they have no need for locks on the doors. This
will only cause an inconvenience for employees and customers.
Grand Opening of a Friend's Store
The front of a CVS/pharmacy store. Open 24 hours a...
English: Chaseside Food Wine store, Chase Road, Lo...The idea of adding locks onto the doors is only going to cost the store more
money. Also, it would give the managers one extra key on their already big key chain
that they really have no use for. Since they are open every second of the year, they
never need to lock the doors between shifts. When one person's shift is over then
the next person will come in and take over. It's not like most stores where at night
when the store closes they lock the doors and go home. Then, in the morning
whoever is going to be opening comes in and unlocks the store and gets it ready for
the first customers of the day. This situation would never happen at a store that is
open all the time because there always has to be someone working.
On a rare...