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In the UK at least, it's time to change clocks by putting them back an hour - I can only guess that some other nations share the same date as us for doing this. Have you ever forgotten and arrived early/late for something? I remember earlier this year I arrived at work one hour late. =x Whoops.
I've never had the misfortune of not changing my clocks and arriving early/late to anything because of it. The clocks I rely on are from my computer and my phone, which automatically update.
No, but I have used it as a convenient excuse on more than one occasion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
No... Though I have had to work an hour later because the casino I used to work at was also a mental hospital for the management sometimes..
I don't even get why we use daylight savings.
To...save...daylight - literally, so that those who work 9-5 won't wake up in complete darkness after a certain point in the year.
Remember when George W. Bush had America change the the dates of Daylight Savings Time, which threw everyone for a loop and ended up being a lot worse and harder for everyone? Why haven't we done away with that change.
Yeah but so what if we wake up in complete darkness? I live in norway, you don't get much darker winters than up here :p.Quote:
Originally Posted by Araciel
And we usually work 8-16, so that's even earlier.
Yeah 9-5 (9-17) whatever... What about those of us who work 7-3 (7-15) are we not worthy of special dayling saving treatment?
Well no... the 1% or whatever is all 9-5 most of the time, so no, we're not worthy :(
Well regardless, the winter time is the "correct" time anyway. Daylight savings are making summer nights darker, not winter nights brighter. Exactly what is the rationale for doing this?
In QLD we don't use Daylight Savings Time because a) we don't understand it; and b) it's pointless.
The only clocks I use nowadays are my cell phone and, to a lesser extent, my laptop, so I never have to think about it. At some point I'll realize that the car or microwave clock is off an hour and fix that.
My mother-in-law's house is full of clocks; this is like a serious event for her. I just have to change the clock in my car and on my microwave.
Yay the sun can go down at 5 pm now