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So many of our systems are designed with the assumption that there is one stay-at-home adult in each household who runs errands during business hours.
by dharmab 6y ago
So many of our systems are designed with the assumption that there is one stay-at-home adult in each household who runs errands during business hours.
- acwan93 6y agoI noticed this when I started working after college. If there was a dentist, or a bank, or something that stayed open until well after business hours every day then I would go there because of the convenience. I once walked into a mall (pre-pandemic) in the middle of a weekday and all the retail stores were open...but empty. It seemed like a massive waste of resources just to keep the stores open when customers were all at work.
- hkt 6y agoEven the ones which require personal attendance. Taking time off for dentists, doctors, barbers, etc, all really quite irritating. I realised in the end a three hour "lunch" was permissible and didn't require a half day of precious holiday time booked off.
- acuozzo 6y agoThis is unfortunately true. Those same systems are also designed for early risers. Can you imagine what the uproar would be like if a government service was only offered 1AM-9AM?