‘Some days we aren’t here at all’: Small business’ unpredictable hours angers time-keepers of the internet

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Apr 3, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

I wish we could return to a more rough-and-tumble way of life. Like the days of the Wild West, or maybe just the Wild West of the movies. I wish I was on a first-name basis with my local barkeep, and I wish he knew just how I liked my sasparilla. I wish I had a buddy who made the bread and another buddy who caught the fish. I wish we all got together on Fridays for a potluck with our friends who grew the vegetables. 

I wish we lived in the kind of community I imagine we lived in in days gone by. But no, we live in a world with DoorDash and Instagram and everyone looking at their phones all the time. So that said, I'm on the side of the small business featured in this Reddit post. To me, it embraces La Dolce Vita. Regular hours are for chumps. 

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    "Open when not closed"
    via piotr szulawski
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    r/mildlyinfuriating u/DriveByStoning • 8h • imgur I wasted my lunch break walking through the rain to this restaurant I wanted to try.
    via u/DriveByStoning
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    yelp yelp WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS if you have resevations & Door is Locked please knock ok cal Greek Business Hours OPEN Monday through Friday. Most days about 11 or 11:15 Occasionally as Early as 10:30, But SOME DAYS As Late as 12. WE CLOSE About 8 or 8:30, But Sometimes as late as 10. SOME DAYS OR Afternoons WE Aren't Here AT ALL, and Lately I've Been Here Just About All the Time, Except When I m Someplace Else, But I should Be Here Then, Too. If Coming After 5 Call For Reservations if you ARE Af
    via u/DriveByStoning
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    deadbeef1a4 • 6h This seems to be A Thing for small businesses. My hair cutter has a sign with almost this exact wording. No idea where it originated but you can find hundreds of examples on Google.
    via u/deadbeef1a4
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    Madam_Monarch • 4h It's a reference to the show (and book) Good Omens. One of the characters posts it on his bookshop door (because he doesn't want to actually sell anything)
    via u/Madam_Monarch
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    GOOD r/goodomens 5 yr. ago OMENS missjardinera Join The sign on the door of Aziraphale's bookshop is perfection CLOSED ketonicoxygen Bookshop Opening Hours I open the shop on most weekdays about 9:30 or perhaps 10am. While occasionally I open the shop as early as 8, I have been known not to open until 1, except on Tuesday. I tend to close about 3:30pm, or earlier if something needs tending to. However, I might occasionally keep the shop open until 8 or 9 at night, you never know when you might n
    via u/missjardinera
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    rollerska8er • 7h Gordon Ramsay would have an aneurysm before even looking at the menu.
    via u/rollerska8er
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    Preface • 5h "what's the problem with the restaurant?" That one person: nothing our food is amazing, everyone says it's the best and we are amazing! Everyone else: well we are only open 4 hours a week, the food is all frozen, the bosses don't know what they are doing (they don't have any background in restaurants), everyone fights with each other, and we have moldy meat in the walk in.
    via u/Preface
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    mruehle • 6h There was a surplus electronics store I used to go to where the hours were "open when not closed".
    via u/mruehle
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    1521.2h We had one here that was "Open most of the time" I would get so irritated driving an hour (live in the boonies) only to find that I had arrived in the "some of the time" they were closed. And of course there was no chance of them answering the phone....
    via u/1521
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    NCRaineman • 7h There's a place like this in a nearby town. Mom & Pop diner that makes great burgers, but you never know when they are going to be open. Have to call before going every time.
    via u/NCRaineman
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    Stealthy81 8h • I mean, it is accurate at least
    via u/Stealthy81
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    zerostar83 • 5h I thought it was supposed to be whimsical and sarcastic. Not accurate. That's not a good thing
    via u/zerostar83
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    Trail Muppet 7h How's life in Williamsport PA? Sophia is her name, and she is a bit of a lunatic. She reprimanded my wife the last time we ate there for calling after 5:00 to make a reservation for the same evening. The time before that we got reprimanded for not making a reservation, despite the fact that there was only one other table in the place. She is very quirky, but her recipes are and her baklava is completely ridiculous. legit,
    via u/TrailMuppet
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    AutoManoPeeing • 5h Wait so she'll shame and degrade me AND serve me delicious baklava?
    via u/AutoManoPeeing
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    aSituationTypeDeal • 7h I know it's to be quirky but that is so obnoxious. I wouldn't even bother going to that place and paying money.
    via u/aSituationTypeDeal
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    DBUX. 5h Either that place absolutely slaps, or it is a money laundering operation. I guess it could also be both
    via u/DBUX
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    Mesterjojo 6h This is every business where I live except no note.
    via u/Mesterjojo
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    jmc1278999999999 - 4h They must have some bomb food if their business survives this insane schedule
    via u/jmc1278999999999

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