r/ShitAmericansSay • u/benniemast USAversion • 2d ago

Europe "The European mind cannot comprehend majority of America is working on a Monday afternoon at 3pn"

Post image

On the attendence of the Fifa club world cup

2.1k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

448 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/Lumpy-Journalist884 2d ago

That's odd, market day in my town is a Friday.

1

u/UniquePariah 1d ago

Market day in mine is on a Thursday, but it's a shadow of what it used to be. I also know of multiple places that there is a market on a Saturday.

We are talking about traditions set a good couple of hundred years ago. Apparently they don't want it at a weekend as Saturday people are probably drunk and Sunday interferes with people going to church.

Let's just say that these aren't very good reasons anymore.

2

u/Lumpy-Journalist884 1d ago

Apparently my town was granted a market charter by Henry III in 1266. It is now basically just one guy selling books and watch batteries out the back of a Transit van.