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But why the changing of clock settings? Could have just shown up earlier to follow the sunrise?
by kingaillas 6y ago
But why the changing of clock settings? Could have just shown up earlier to follow the sunrise?
- bostonpete 6y agoWork schedules are often tied to all sorts of other schedules that limit flexibility -- things like school schedules, stock market or customer hours, published hours for retail or government offices, etc. If there's a practical benefit to schedule adjustment (and there is at certain latitudes), it can often only be realized by many if society as a whole shifts.
- ryandrake 6y agoSociety managed to simultaneously shift their entire collection of clocks twice a year. Is it really that much more of a pain to instead just say "we're all simultaneously going to work and school an hour earlier for a few months"?
- ghaff 6y agoAnd then why the hell bother? You've now replaced a coordinated government-implemented system with a complete patchwork system at the company, school, and individual level.
- ky3 6y agoBecause numbers have meanings? So that 9-to-5 stays 9-to-5 the whole year round instead of 8-to-4, 7-to-3, 6-to-2?
- yen223 6y agoIf numbers had any meaning it would be even harder to justify a system where 1 hour after 2am is 2am
- dahart 6y agoBecause for most jobs in most locales, everyone has to agree together when the workday starts. It’s not an individual choice, it’s a collective decision.