# Social Security Administration Office Hours - They make bankers proud

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-administration-office-hours-they-make-bankers-proud/660064>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 3, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-administration-office-hours-they-make-bankers-proud/660064 "2013-06-03T20:05:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-administration-office-hours-they-make-bankers-proud/660064/21 "2013-06-06T17:51:55Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> There is an obvious solution that doesn’t require more hours. Don’t bother being open during the day when most people can’t come. It’s the same advice I give shops with lousy hours. I’m not saying you have to be open super late, but at least be reasonable for people who work during the day. Being open, say, from 12PM - 6 PM would be a lot more useful.

Oh man, don’t get me started. The town I live in has a town-wide listserv that residents use to chat about things related to the town - living there, shopping, new restaurants, etc.

On a regular basis I read complaints from shopkeepers that folks aren’t shopping enough in town, that people are going instead to big-box stores. Everytime I have bothered to look up their store, I find they keep “Mommy hours” - open at 10am, close at 6pm, often closed on weekends. I am all for shopkeepers keeping the hours that they prefer - it’s their shop - but when they keep hours that prevent people with 9-5 jobs from shopping there, I have a hard time feeling sympathy for their lack of business.

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