The 6 Day Week

Jesus Wept

I wish to purpose a radical reform of the current setup for the days of the week and hours of those days as we currently know them.

I am of the belief that many of us are not cut out for the 24 hour day we are being subjected to by our evil lizard overlords, and that it is tired, suboptimal and in need of reform.

I purpose that we reduce the number of days in the week from 7 days to 6 days, and increase the number of hours in each day from 24 hours to 28 hours.

The best day to drop from the week is obviously Monday, as it is universally unpopular in the working world, and dropping it would be good P.R for the movement.

Like many of us, I constantly see reports in the media of how many people are generally tired and run down due to lack of sleep.

I have a theory as to why this is....



Here comes the science bit:


Most sleep experts agree that 8 hours is the optimal amount of sleep, some people disagree and can function well on less.
However having not had to wake up to an alarm clock for quite some time, I am a firm convert to the popular opinion that 8 hours is optimal.

When I had to wake up at a set time each day, I got less sleep. I was more inclined to fall ill and I generally felt less well than when I sleep until waking naturally.


The reason for this is I (and I feel many people) can't do the following:

Be awake 16 hours, sleep for 8 hours. Be awake 16 hours, sleep for 8 hours. Repeat, etc


I don't function like this. Typically I only feel tired and ready for sleep once I have been awake on average 18 hours. And I believe the majority of people are the same.

A 28 hour day, 6 day week is the solution.


The 28 hour day

12am
1am
2am
3am
4am
5am
6am
7am
8am
9am
10am
11am
Eleventy am
Eleventy Billion am
12pm
1pm
2pm
3pm
4pm
5pm
6pm
7pm
8pm
9pm
10pm
11pm
Eleventy pm
Eleventy Billion pm



Business hours:

The business hours working week would consist of four 9 hour days.

Tuesday to Friday, 9am - 4pm.

You would enjoy 2 days off out of the 6 in the week, instead of the current 7.



This proposal is not final, and I welcome all suggestions regarding potential alterations/improvements.



P.S: Some people may find getting used to the new hours difficult because of the rotation of the sun. The solution will be to hire boffins to find a way to move the earth further away from the sun so it's rotation is in sync with the new improved 28 hour day.

jd83

Tuesday to Friday, 9am - 3pm

Is that not 4 six hour shifts.

Jesus Wept

rory1983 wrote: »

Tuesday to Friday, 9am - 3pm

Is that not 4 six hour shifts.

Actually, good spot, it's 9am - 4pm.

Don't forget Eleventy am and pm, and Eleventy Billion am and pm in the 28 hour day.

astrofool

If we could only slow down the earth's spin we'd be sorted

HAPPYGIRL

While i can see the merits of this proposal rigg.
I think you should get the earth moved first, to cater to these new hours, and then get back to us!

MooseJam

I thought this would be a poll on a six day working week , horrors

Jesus Wept

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

While i can see the merits of this proposal rigg.
I think you should get the earth moved first, to cater to these new hours, and then get back to us!

That's like running before you can walk.

I have a (B) plan for that, but it's not precise like boffins.

projectmayhem

genius, tbh.

lilmissprincess

I lika it.

HAPPYGIRL

i have questions:
1. Would there be an extra meal a day and if so what will it be called?
2. How many weeks would there be in a year?
3. What about bank holiday weekends, surely your not proposing to eliminate them?

highlydebased

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

i have questions:
1. Would there be an extra meal a day and if so what will it be called?

elevenses?!! It could be at "Eleventy" hour or whatever lol





Good idea tho

Jesus Wept

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

i have questions:

1. Would there be an extra meal a day and if so what will it be called?

Eleventy Billions's, mmmm *drool

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

2. How many weeks would there be in a year?

60.83333333333333333333* (recurring)

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

3. What about bank holiday weekends, surely your not proposing to eliminate them?

Bank Holiday Tuesdays, which make for just a 3 day working week on weeks where bank holidays fall, pretty sweet tbh.

Creamy Goodness

Previously on 28...

doesn't have the same ring to it

Jesus Wept

Cremo wrote: »

Previously on 28...

doesn't have the same ring to it

Ah you're just not used to it, and you will get 4 more hours of Jack Bauerness each season, which will be a good thing if the show gets good again.

Bauer might be just the man to lean on the Boffins so they make the earth rotation thing happen....

A couple of shots if Hyoscine Pentothal should be motivation enough.

WindSock

My head hurts

Red Hand

The-Rigger wrote: »

[/I]P.S: Some people may find getting used to the new hours difficult because of the rotation of the sun. The solution will be to hire boffins to find a way to move the earth further away from the sun so it's rotation is in sync with the new improved 28 hour day.

No we don't need to move the Earth, we need to slow the rotation down of the Earth down. So we can have 365.25 days as per usual per year with a 28 hour day for sure.

To slow the Earth's rotation, I would gather all the Earth's fissionable material, and place it in a huge pile against the eastern side of the Himmilayas (sp) mt range. Ignite to form monster nuclear explosion that fractionally slows the Earth's rotation (and destroys the Indian/Asian supercontinent as a consequence).

The amount and type of fissionable material will have to be accurately calculated. Plus, nuclear winter will ensue which will block out the sun, so you won't know if you actually succeeded in your goal (if you happen to survive the fallout and radiation, that is).

HAPPYGIRL

So many questions:
1. Will all the clocks in the world have to be changed to include eleventy and eleventy billion?
2. Do you have a patent on 28 hour clocks by any chance?
3.The extra two hours available, how do you propose we spend them?

Jesus Wept

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

So many questions:

1. Will all the clocks in the world have to be changed to include eleventy and eleventy billion?

Yes, I'm sure clock makers will welcome the change.

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

2. Do you have a patent on 28 hour clocks by any chance?

I do now. Patent pending, patent pending. I purpose all profits are equally distributed amongst the supporters within this thread.

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

3.The extra two hours available, how do you propose we spend them?

28 - 24 = 4 extra hours

How on earth did you become an accountant?! Was it 'collect the tokens and complete the tiebreaker'?!

You can spend the extra time re-sitting your exams.

Everyone else can enjoy the additional leisure time, get as much sleep as they need, have time to make breakfast
and sit down with their children to eat etc, whatever they wish tbh.

HAPPYGIRL

I said the extra two hours available! read it again!.
you already stated that the other two are to be spent in work.
So less of your being 'wrong' and more answering

Jesus Wept

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

I said the extra two hours available! read it again!.
you already stated that the other two are to be spent in work.
So less of your being 'wrong' and more answering

I know what you said, there are 4 extra hours in the day.

Business hours are commonly know to be 9-5, it's one extra hour than that each day.

Poxyshamrock

I like my 7 day week and my 24hr day...you'd **** up the solstice and ruin newgrange

Jesus Wept

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

I like my 7 day week and my 24hr day...you'd **** up the solstice and ruin newgrange

The wheels are in motion now, it would be more hassle to stop.

Anyhow, There would be new improved solstices'.

The Pros far outweigh the Cons.

There would be a huge increase in the quality of life of most people.
Everyone would be able to get as much sleep as they needed each day, instead of playing catch up at the weekends.
People would have more free time, 2 days off every 6, instead of 7.
Yet despite the slightly shorter working week (36 hours), productivity would increase in the work place because workers
would be fully rested, more happy and thus more motivated.


What has Newgrange done for any of us lately?.

So a few school kids will go to the Zoo instead, big whoop.
Anyhow, we will take a cut from the sale of every 28 hour clock and put it towards altering Newgrange,
pull a few stones about here and there and it would be much the same, or knock it and build a LeisurePlex,
something everybody can enjoy.

HAPPYGIRL

The-Rigger wrote: »

A 28 hour day, 6 day week is the solution.


The 28 hour day

12am
1am
2am
3am
4am
5am
6am
7am
8am
9am
10am
11am
Eleventy am
Eleventy Billion am
12pm
1pm
2pm
3pm
4pm
5pm
6pm
7pm
8pm
9pm
10pm
11pm
Eleventy pm
Eleventy Billion pm



Business hours:

The business hours working week would consist of four 9 hour days.

Tuesday to Friday, 9am - 4pm.

you are proposing people work an extra two hours a day, to make up for the lost day. so the old 9-5 is still 9-5. Lunch hour is not considered working you know :rolleyes:

Black Swan

Methinks The Rig is suffering from sleep deprivation staying up 28 hours a day.

*Ah ha! No Atari Jaguar option on poll! Where is my rubber band?

Jesus Wept

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

you are proposing people work an extra two hours a day, to make up for the lost day. so the old 9-5 is still 9-5. Lunch hour is not considered working you know :rolleyes:

I'm proposing a change to the length of the day and week.

What hours people work are between them and their employers.

Typical business hours will be known as 9am - 4pm, should one wish to contact them.

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

Methinks The Rig is suffering from sleep deprivation staying up 28 hours a day.

*Ah ha! No Atari Jaguar option on poll! Where is my rubber band?

'Thank you for logging in, BossArky' is in vogue, it's the new Atari Jaguar, subject to change.

Black Swan

The-Rigger wrote: »

'Thank you for logging in, BossArky' is in vogue,

B!ue whips out magazine and looks page after page. Where Rig?

Jesus Wept

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

B!ue whips out magazine and looks page after page. Where Rig?

Did I say Vogue? I meant Razzle.

WindSock

I see it. I think it would be nice to get some more sleep.

HAPPYGIRL

ok, if it means more sleep, then i'm all for it.

+1 for proposal.

MCMLXXXIII

astrofool wrote: »

If we could only slow down the earth's spin we'd be sorted

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

...
2. How many weeks would there be in a year?
...

You guys are thinking about this way too hard. Don't speed the earth up...speed time up! We will still call them seconds, but they will only be ~0.86 times as long as the current "second." That way, time will go by faster, it still aligns with the schedule of the sun, and those 9 hour days won't actually be as long!




...either that or we change time to coinside with the moon phases instead of the sun...

Blisterman

Someone's already patented a 25 hour clock
http://www.google.com/patents?id=xxI6AAAAEBAJ&dq=hour+clock

But I think the 28 hour clock is still up for grabs. Hurry!!!

EamonnKeane

I propose a 10-day week.
1 work
2 work
3 work
4 off
5 work
6 work
7 work
8 work
9 off
10 off

Each month is 3 weeks long, with 5/6 extra days as holidays. 7/10 means you work 70% of days, compared to 2/7 which is 71%. Also, no working 5 days in a row.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

EamonnKeane wrote: »

I propose a 10-day week.
1 work
2 work
3 work
4 off
5 work
6 work
7 work
8 work
9 off
10 off

Each month is 3 weeks long, with 5/6 extra days as holidays. 7/10 means you work 70% of days, compared to 2/7 which is 71%. Also, no working 5 days in a row.

What if you work 12-hour night shifts, one weekend in three and there are 100 minutes in an hour? You, Sir, have NOT thought this through!!

seraphimvc

wait...i think OP should phrase the term into:make weekend into 3 days.give people a joyous sense to read the title

drunkmonkey

seems very confusing...why not just stick an extra day in the week, 8 days instead of 7....72hrs off for every 5 days worked....

it works for me...

5starpool

I have pondered this somewhat in the past, and decided that I needed a 29 hour day in order to feel tired at the right time to give me the right amount of sleep as opposed to sleeping 4-5 hours weeknights and 10-14 hours weekendnights (is that even a word?) as I normally do now.

However, I didn't put as much thought into the whole thing as you rigger, so I would grudgingly accept your proposal as I can't be arsed to come up with a similarly thought out 29 hour day. However, mine was based on the theory of the earth slowing to a 29 hour day all of a sudden with no other effects. Maybe that LHC will do that when it starts working.

Nice work sir!!!

Overheal

Bumped for greatness.

Senna

Wait, Wait one god dam minute, how will this effect my dole?

brendansmith

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

i have questions:
1. Would there be an extra meal a day and if so what will it be called?

Brendan

Jesus Wept

• If you collect on Mondays, your collection day will be now be Tuesday.
• The amount of your payment will be unaffected.
• There will be 4 extra drinking hours in each day.

kraggy

HAPPYGIRL wrote: »

i have questions:
1. Would there be an extra meal a day and if so what will it be called?
2. How many weeks would there be in a year?
3. What about bank holiday weekends, surely your not proposing to eliminate them?

1. Breakfast/Brunch/Lunch/Dinner = Brinner.
2. The year would be called a Shmear because of the Shmartness of the OP.
3. **** holidays. More spare time, more hair time.

Ruu_Old

I'm in, when is this change over occurring? Can we drop the day from the Monday or just drop the day altogether? Pointless day of the week, too much small talk and gossip is discussed on said day.

Jesus Wept

Mondays are gone, off the radar!
The chance has already occured for some, I'm already on it, others are free to start when they wish.

Once we are many, we can rush goverment buildings, take power and make it policy.

orestes

I Rigger

Morzadec

I have to say in all seriousness I agree completely with the suggestions.

I find I need about 9-10 hours sleep if I'm not to wake up feeling tired and irritable. But I only feel ready for bed after being awake 16-17 hours or so.

So I basically get into weird sleep patterns that don't fit in with the conventional 24 hour day. And on the odd rare day that I have to work early and get up at 8am, I only get 5 hours sleep or so and I'm wrecked all day and have to rely on caffeine to keep me going which probably isn't healthy.

Your 28 hour day would be a perfect solution to my problems.

jumpguy

Rigger, not only would moving the Earth further away from the sun create this 28 hour day, but also it will cool the planet reversing global warming! Your genious in unparallelled.