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> So the plan is that instead of people working hours which suit and know about it we agree on a weird collective lie and get everyone to perform the clock-adju

> So the plan is that instead of people working hours which suit and know about it we agree on a weird collective lie and get everyone to perform the clock-adjusting ritual Well yeah. Much simpler to make the adjustment once, at an agreed upon time of year, than to have a hodgepodge of different companies, schools, retailers, bagel shops, etc. all move their hours independently. In that case you have a first-mover problem and nobody adjusts. It's not a lie anymore than time zones themselves are lies. (i.e. Time zones don't follow strict longitudinal lines, they follow political boundaries instead, and are often wider or narrower than the 15° they "should" be)

2038AD 8y ago
>Well yeah. Much simpler to make the adjustment once, at an agreed upon time of year, than to have a hodgepodge of different companies, schools, retailers, bagel shops, etc. all move their hours independently I'm not sure it is simpler to be honest. It's normal for companies to have different starting hours. I'm just about to move to a job where my official start is half an hour later. That increases to an hour with the actual time time I currently get into work. Even without that, daylight savings is hodgepodge with different countries starting at different times. Ironically anti-daylight-savings people would be welcoming the current news as good when it will likely just mean more countries having daylight savings but not being consistent. >It's not a lie anymore than time zones themselves are lies I can't really disagree.
- benj111 8y ago
  Why is I simpler??? You need to go to the post office, when does it open, 9, or 10? Did the lunch break change as well? Was it the bank that changes hours on the first Monday of October or the school? BrandX have announced they're changing their switch over date to the 3rd Wednesday of September, better add that to the diary. Oh no I'm supposed to be starting work an hour earlier, but schools don't change till next week, what do I do with the kids. Or I get the first bus of the morning into work, but the bus timetable changes after the work timetable so I can't get into work on time for a week. I can deal with different opening times, I can't easily deal with the inconsistency of all the opening times changing at different points for a month, twice a year.

2038AD 8y ago

>Well yeah. Much simpler to make the adjustment once, at an agreed upon time of year, than to have a hodgepodge of different companies, schools, retailers, bagel shops, etc. all move their hours independently I'm not sure it is simpler to be honest. It's normal for companies to have different starting hours. I'm just about to move to a job where my official start is half an hour later. That increases to an hour with the actual time time I currently get into work. Even without that, daylight savings is hodgepodge with different countries starting at different times. Ironically anti-daylight-savings people would be welcoming the current news as good when it will likely just mean more countries having daylight savings but not being consistent. >It's not a lie anymore than time zones themselves are lies I can't really disagree.

benj111 8y ago
Why is I simpler??? You need to go to the post office, when does it open, 9, or 10? Did the lunch break change as well? Was it the bank that changes hours on the first Monday of October or the school? BrandX have announced they're changing their switch over date to the 3rd Wednesday of September, better add that to the diary. Oh no I'm supposed to be starting work an hour earlier, but schools don't change till next week, what do I do with the kids. Or I get the first bus of the morning into work, but the bus timetable changes after the work timetable so I can't get into work on time for a week. I can deal with different opening times, I can't easily deal with the inconsistency of all the opening times changing at different points for a month, twice a year.