UGH!

[sartorias]

I. HATE. Daylights "savings" crap.

Why do we do this to ourselves? It makes no sense whatever, except to make everyone more anxious and flustered all next week as they acclimate yet again to that sickening sense of always being late.

Comments

[snarlingbadger]

I absolutely agree. And I especially hate all the excuses DST defenders use - the farmers need it, it's good for businesses, etc. Farmers get up when they need to and get the work done, they pay more attention to the position of the sun than the clock. Businesses, if they want to have their employees work a different shift, to take advantage of cooler temperatures, can mandate such.

Grr.

[ann1962]

And with GPS technology, they don't even need the sun anymore.

[clarentine]

Seconded. I hate DST. The dogs don't understand why all their people are suddenly off schedule.

Maybe if we abandoned DST, the American people wouldn't be so at odds with the environment we're determined to distance ourselves from.

[sartorias]

That is a very good thought.

[sartorias]

I loathe waking up and already feeling that the morning has slipped away. I just really hate that.

[kalimac]

When I spent some time on the east coast, I realized that all my life in California I've had the vague subjective feeling of being late in the morning. If I get up at 6, that's not bright and early: it's 9 AM in NYC and everybody there is already at work.

[sartorias]

There are times when I feel like I'm living on NY time, too.

[ann1962]

Yes.

[trillsie]

Springing forward isn't near as bad for me as falling back. I'm an early morning person. The fall is far worse though.

If it is to conserve energy, why do we go to standard time in the winter when there is less sun? It was good for the farmers back when DST first started so that school aged kids could work the farm after school. Now DST is just antiquated.

[sartorias]

Yes--excellent thought.

[trillsie]

I totally agree. If the idea is to save energy, why go to standard time in the winter when the day is so much shorter? Doesn't it make sense to have it daylight longer?

[anonymous]

from pilgrimsoul

As an early riser I like it when it gets light earlier, so this time of year is inconvenient. The transition is bit like having jet lag twice a year without the benefits of travel.

[sartorias]

Exactly!