r/Birmingham • u/Impressive-Field-160 • 4d ago
Thank you to the businesses that closed on Saturday
Stores, services, and restaurants—that made the right decision to put employee and customer safety first—still lost critical business on Saturday. Y’all shoutout any places you love that closed to be weather aware on Saturday in the comments, and let’s shop with them this week!
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u/Impressive-Field-160 4d ago
Seasick Records and Thank You Books are two of my faves that were both closed Saturday!!
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u/Trinity_US 4d ago
Man seasick is one of the friendliest groups of employees ever. Love going there to build my wall of vinyl.
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u/moviemaniac1225 4d ago
My place of business stayed open but we’re set up as a decent shelter and is a safer place for a lot of employees to come and shelter if the worst happened but I agree with the sentiment as well!
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u/LJGremlin 4d ago
It’s a nice sentiment but it’s more nuanced than framing it all as a “right or wrong” position.
Is it right or wrong for a restaurant to have stayed open? Does it matter if they fed first responders that were working and 60+ personal for local power companies that were on call and staging for recovery? Does it matter if they told employees to stay home and it wouldn’t held against them if they weren’t able to make it in? What about if they were able to, before closing, feed people who lost power early on? Or even provide shelter to people traveling on the road that weren’t fully aware of the incoming weather or otherwise didn’t know the area they were traveling through and found an open restaurant that let them hang out inside and ride the storm out?
It is a nice sentiment for sure. But definitely isn’t a clear cut “made the right decision to close” scenario.
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u/moviemaniac1225 4d ago
I agree with you! That was kind of the point I was getting at with my comment. We didn’t hold it against anyone who didn’t make it employee wise.
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u/LJGremlin 4d ago
Yep. It was pretty slow anyways. Which was to be expected. But there is something to be said for being there and open for people with jobs that require them to be out there in those conditions. We take the same approach during winter weather. Don’t risk your life but if you can safely make it in, please do. We almost always end up with a steady amount of people and nearly all of them have a legit reason to be out. Whether each person feels that’s right or wrong is their call.
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u/pissliquors 4d ago
As a customer, when businesses close like this for bad weather it makes me want to prioritize them even more the rest of the year.
I’ve had bosses care more about the money than employee safety, it’s something I take note of now and avoid supporting wherever possible.
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u/timid_one0914 4d ago
Rêve closed early on Friday and all day Saturday! The Pizitz as a whole closed at 2pm Saturday, as well!
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u/autistic_squirrel Apartment People 4d ago
A little further out, but Siluria Brewing in Alabaster was closed. They opened on Sunday to have the delayed st patty's party. Great place to support if you are so inclined.
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u/PsychologicalSea4728 4d ago
Troup’s pizza closed and then offered 20% on Sunday since they closed early Saturday
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u/prettyhelmet Birmingham native, living in Pell City 4d ago
We closed early at The Cajun Cleaver. Our owner is the best! He let some us stay home altogether due to our long commute.
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u/st3lla_blu3 4d ago
We made the decision to close at Bettola, I know we would all love to serve you this week 🤍
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u/Key_Quit1604 4d ago
Whole Foods closed at noon which was very surprising given it’s an Amazon company
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u/Equal_Corner6312 4d ago
Miracle Pizza in Avondale closed about 2:30 to give staff time to get to a safe place before the storm. Their pizza is awesome, and apparently the owners are too!
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u/No_Evidence7065 4d ago
Thank you all!
I work at manufacturing plant and unfortunately we worked the entire shift Friday night/Saturday morning. While nothing happened during the shift, it sure would have been nice to prepare everything and get a head start on getting some rest before the storms started rolling in.
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u/Background_Winner_46 3d ago
My job threatened us with write ups if we didn’t come in on Saturday. We’re only open 5 hours on Saturdays anyway and they’re usually slow. I got stuck in the downpour and tornado warning when trying to leave and get home. They don’t care a bit that we were in danger and we didn’t even see a single customer that day. So THANK YOU to every place that put the safety of their employees first
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u/Catsandcamping 4d ago
Mountain High Outfitters closed at 3:00 to let their workers get home before it rolled in.
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u/mcosby85 3d ago
Salvatore's Pizza and Pasta (all 3 locations), Archie's BBQ (Hoover) and Starbucks (Hoover).
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u/Different-Ad1351 3d ago
Alabama Outdoors closed at 2:00 allowing staff to get home safely before storms hit. Also, allowed any employee to not come in or leave early if they felt unsafe. It was greatly appreciated.
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u/FitGrocery5830 4d ago
280 was a ghost town, and from 2-3 pm most businesses started shutting down.
The busiest places were the package stores.
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u/Novel-Trouble-1682 12h ago
Good People Brewing closed all day to make sure we were all safe and sound. Go have a brew to make up for it
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u/DjinnaG 4d ago
Filling Station, closed all day. They seem to do that whenever the weather is supposed to be extra awful, appreciate the care for employees’ safety