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Having the same days off for most people makes for a more cohesive society where people have more time to interact with each other. Or at least, that's the idea
by seszett 7y ago
Having the same days off for most people makes for a more cohesive society where people have more time to interact with each other. Or at least, that's the idea.
Knowing families where people have different working hours or working days, it really takes a toll on interpersonal relations.
- luckylion 7y agoI get that argument, but I do believe that it applies more so to a past idea of society where everybody is close to average, i.e. mostly families with children. It makes sense to time days off for adults with those of children. The same goes for school holidays being timed with harvest season because plenty of children had to help on the family farm etc. That's not our current reality, the percentage of singles and childless couples is growing and they don't need to be timed with school hours. Adding flexibility would make everything run more smoothly. Right now we're having all the commercial traffic on 5/7 days and all the leisure time traffic on 2/7 days. Offices are empty 2/7 days. Distributing that more evenly would benefit everyone. Less traffic during rush hour, less overrun parks on your day off, less crowded super markets and packages wouldn't need to be considered lost if they're diverted to the local branch where queues are usually longer than those in front of apple stores when new iphones get released.