So, the dreaded "spring forward" of Daylight Saving (no "s") Time occurs tonight.
Yay! Now we can all get that extra hour of sunlight that will make a world of difference in everyone's lives. Because, you know, we're all farmers. [Please note, the aforementioned comments in no way reflect the author's animosity toward our husbandry brethren - except maybe the corporate conglomerates that use too many pollutants/injectables - Ed.]
Seriously though, we are not all running on an agrarian calendar anymore [you may see a related comment come Election Day - Ed. (again)]. In my household, the six members keep at least four different daily schedules on average. We leave home, work, school, lunch, play and come home on a variety of different timetables, none of which are truly daylight driven. God bless the compact fluorescent lightbulb!
So why do we (except a few states and pockets of Indiana, which is REALLY confusing if you drive I-65) dial our clocks ahead one hour in March - thank heavens it's not on Easter this year; that much sunrise I don't need in my service - only to reclaim it in October/November? By the time my body adjusts, the savings (yes, "s" this time) are just not worth the hassle of readjusting six months later.
I'm convinced there's some "Superman III" -like scheme going on where someone is profiting by shaving the "saved" minutes, banking them and earning interest, and then re-selling them at a profit around Christmas when everyone needs "just another day to finish my shopping."
I'd just like my hour back tomorrow, and we can all call it even come Halloween.
I end up losing all the time savings resetting all the clocks in my house anyway - which I've got to go do now ...
This s probably the only issue that I can agree with Arizona on. (Crappy grammar. Alas.)
ReplyDelete