So... Who got screwed by daylight savings time????

Redrocket

who arrived to work that 1 hour early?
the guy im working with still managed to be 2 and a half hours late even thought he had an extra hour in bed, waster

Dustaz

I did

Worked out well in the end as i was running late and had to turn back to get something i forgot and i still arrived in at 10

bluto63

Seeing as I'm still lying in my bed I don't think I got screwed by daylight savings

Faith

I'm still in bed too, but I did get disorientated during the night.

Dooom

Yore ma...

kdouglas

flexi-time ftw!

Heisenberg.

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Sam Vimes

i set an alarm for 10 which woke me up at 9 but i just went back to bed so it didn't make that much of a difference

Gordon

Whatever it is, it's not helping my hangover.

seamus

Gordon wrote:

Whatever it is, it's not helping my hangover.

It's one more hour of post-alcohol hell. Lord save me

Guy:Incognito

NOTHING. Cos the clock on my wall is now correct, woohoo, everything is coming up Milhouse.

mikemac

I did once working as a night porter in a hotel. Had to work an extra hour and management called me cheeky for asking for an extra hours pay to cover this:mad:

Bob the Builder

I was wondering why my parents were going to Mass at 1pm??? ...in fact, I didn't even klnow that the clocks had changed until I read this thread... good job, I didnt have to go to skool

Dave!

Not in work again until Tuesday YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!

I didn't get fooked over, cos my mammy told me before I went out, that the clocks are goin back.

I thought that that meant I'd have another hour of drinking... how naive

mikemac

DaveMcG wrote:

I thought that that meant I'd have another hour of drinking... how naive

Naive indeed! When I was a barman,I lost track of the smart-alec customers we had who were under the impression that "by law" we had to leave the bar open for an extra hour

You're not the first Dave

bonkey

micmclo wrote:

I did once working as a night porter in a hotel. Had to work an extra hour and management called me cheeky for asking for an extra hours pay to cover this:mad:

Well, it depends how you both approach the problem when the clock goes forward. Will you/they ask that you be paid an hour less for such an evening? Would you have an issue with being paid an hour less if the clock went forward?

Didn't get caugt. Set clocks before going to bed....no problems.

mikemac

bonkey wrote:

Well, it depends how you both approach the problem when the clock goes forward. Will you/they ask that you be paid an hour less for such an evening? Would you have an issue with being paid an hour less if the clock went forward?

It's a fair point but this issue didn't arise as I was was only there 5 months so I never worked a night when the clocks went forward

Naos

Thought I was late for work this morning, came in at what I thought was 8:55. (Meant to be in at 8:45).

Was then informed I was actually an hour eary due to Daylight saving time...

LordSutch

Where has this new 'daylight saving term' thingy come from? its always been GMT & BST as far back as I can remember ~ or has the lingo been changed this year?

Karoma

"term"? Dunno, it's Daylight Saving Time...
For more information: Please consult the google, Wikipedia, or your nearest know-it-all.

Now, stay on-topic.

I put my watch back during the day at work yesterday. Wanted to see if it would make the day go by quicker and oddly enough it did.

petes

I bloody woke up at 6:30 this morning. Put my watch and phone back and then couldn't get back to sleep. Tried to go for an early pint with a mate but couldn't get in anywhere. Ah well. At least I wasn't working.

Rb

petes wrote:

I bloody woke up at 6:30 this morning. Put my watch and phone back and then couldn't get back to sleep. Tried to go for an early pint with a mate but couldn
't get in anywhere. Ah well. At least I wasn't working.

How early were you trying to go for a pint?!

The only difference that I experienced today was that I was up an hour earlier, which was 2:30 in the afternoon so nothing major there.

Thursday*

Yes, my mother and I were in this mad rush for church, practically not tying the shoelaces, got there and the doors were closed. Hmm. Then we saw someone else coming down the road and it slowly dawned on me just as he said, 'Ah, you've done the same thing as me!'

Was quite nice actually cause we went for breakfast in Cafe Java. They had a lot of customers and I idly wondered if anyone else was going somewhere at eleven, and had turned up at ten.

Then we were in loads of time for church.

Don't suppose we could do this all the time?

petes

rb_ie wrote:

How early were you trying to go for a pint?!

The only difference that I experienced today was that I was up an hour earlier, which was 2:30 in the afternoon so nothing major there.

We were looking to go at nine. Ended up going at 11. Stayed out for a while and then home and going back out in a bit (that was the plan. Out early and home early so we can go back out tonight). An hour earlier was 2:30?

mike65

ArthurF, BST/GMT is imperalist apparently. I managed to wake at 7 am despite not needing to go anywhere today. Got up ate breakfast and then went back to sleep, which I should never do as when I got up properly at 9.30 I had a thick head.

Mike.

Black Swan

*Looks around bedroom*
No, Daylight Savings Time was not with me last night.

Rb

petes wrote:

We were looking to go at nine. Ended up going at 11. Stayed out for a while and then home and going back out in a bit (that was the plan. Out early and home early so we can go back out tonight). An hour earlier was 2:30?

An hour earlier was 2:30

If you're in Dublin, you could have tried the WhiteHorse Inn.

petes

rb_ie wrote:

An hour earlier was 2:30

If you're in Dublin, you could have tried the WhiteHorse Inn.

In Dundalk. We contemplated both Dublin and Belfast. No trains though. Only one I know in Dublin that early is Molloy's.