The Sabbath Shift

Here's a few words from Robert Hart from the November 2008 issue of Touchstone Magazine:

I learned that one business in that Arizona town, a diner near the church, had traditionally closed every Sunday until shortly before my arrival. But then a local clergyman, my predecessor, convinced the owner to open every Sunday for the convenience of the congregation. Many lived to go there after the early Mass (8:00am) each Sunday and have breakfast together. One waitress there, I learned, had been a member of the church, but was no longer.

I remember the sight of that waitress looking at her former fellow church members, serving them breakfast, missing the services every Sunday. I suppose it was very convenient for the people who could now hop over to the diner after church, but at what cost to that waitress?

Those who hold a sabbatarian viewpoint might eventually excommunicate someone for working Sundays in a "non-essential" capacity, but for those who are OK with Sunday shopping in many instances the results seem to be a de-facto excommunication. What think you?