When I worked at a store we closed for new customers at 21:45 because we had so many coming in and then leisurely walking around and taking their time.

With all the things needed to be done before going home we got to work overtime several times a week due to inconsiderate customers.

I would blame all the late arrivals and them being inconsiderate.

Ever since covid hit, so many restaurants by me are only open until 2 or 3 in the afternoon, and a lot of their owners have been resorting to whining on Facebook that they’re not getting customers anymore. Most of these places used to be open 24 hours or close late.

Almost nobody wants Mexican food or a steak dinner at 7 in the morning. Businesses need to be there for their customers. You can’t just be open at 6 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon just because that’s when you want to work if you’re in that business.

but at my work people come 1 minute before closing time and pretend to get a service that takes at least 30 min

The worst part is when the shop closes early because the owner wants to stare her microwaves oven for three hours. While refusing to sell you animal food, knowing that you run a farm and your animals will starve the next day. While still bullshitting that “I luuuuv animalz”!

(I got a few RL family business doing the same in my neighbourhood. Mildly infuriating for me, too. Specially the bakery.)