BAH! I hate it when the clock goes forward 1 hour (I like sunshine, but i'll explain)

RiseToTheTop

It was half 6 today when I looked at the clock and it was still bright outside. But now the time will go forward on March 25.

I feel like i'm being cheated, I want to see the time go forward to half 7, half 8 etc naturally. I feel like i'm being robbed when the clock jumps forward an hour.

Anyone get this?

Jesus Wept

Time is an illusion. Ignore the clock change you crazy diamond.

Sindri

If it means the world gets darker then I'm happy.

mconigol

Put your clock back an hour today. Problem solved.

syklops

The US went forward last week, but Europe goes forward next week.

Amazing how they can plan and organise for the entire world to change their time, but they can't manage to have everyone do it the same day/night/weekend.

Vahevala

I hate all this clock switching, just leave the damn thing alone all year round!

Azureus

I really enjoyed leaving my house at 6.20 today and it being bright outside! I want to keep it that way!!!!

Teyla Emmagan

I get up as late as possible, so I'm all for more daylight in the evenings. Nothing as depressing as leaving work at 5.30 and it's like a sea of endless night outside.

Bring on the clock change, yahoooooooo!

MagicSean

Great news for anyone working a nightshift that night.

Mr.Biscuits

I love when the clock changes - sure it 'tis like time travel.

In the Winter, when they go back, I dress up like Doc Brown especially.

Elessar

MagicSean wrote: »

Great news for anyone working a nightshift that night.

Ooh I'm working night shift that night! They'll make us stay the extra hour though (and we'll get nothing for it). I know it. :mad:

Kolido

Elessar wrote: »

Ooh I'm working night shift that night! They'll make us stay the extra hour though (and we'll get nothing for it). I know it. :mad:

But you will work same number of hours as usuall, right?

Fluorescence

Vahevala wrote: »

I hate all this clock switching, just leave the damn thing alone all year round!

Apparently they tried this for 2 years in the 70s and it meant road deaths skyrocketed because it was dark when everyone was commuting.

Duggys Housemate

Elessar wrote: »

Ooh I'm working night shift that night! They'll make us stay the extra hour though (and we'll get nothing for it). I know it. :mad:

you lose an hour this time, so you lose an hours pay.

I like Summer time, I don't get up early enough to care about morning sunshine. A sunrise move from 6:30 to 7:30 next week will not affect me. A sunset moving from 6:30 to 7:30 (pm) will.

Duggys Housemate

fluorescence wrote: »

Apparently they tried this for 2 years in the 70s and it meant road deaths skyrocketed because it was dark when everyone was commuting.

That was a tabloid lie. Deaths tumbled in the evening but increased in the morning, the tabloids reported the latter.

RiseToTheTop

Azureus wrote: »

I really enjoyed leaving my house at 6.20 today and it being bright outside! I want to keep it that way!!!!

Exactly. We'll have to wait 4-5 weeks at least for it to be bright at 6.20 again.

Duggys Housemate

God love the early risers. Its not all about ye feckers though.

Elessar

Kolido wrote: »

But you will work same number of hours as usuall, right?

Now that I think of it..yes? It's 7pm to 7am so come 12am it'll be 1am, I bet they'll figure out a way of screwing us over though. They're like that.

Duggys Housemate

yeah they'll dock an hours pay. Its 1AM ->2AM, as far as I know.

Azureus

Azureus wrote: »

I really enjoyed leaving my house at 6.20 today!

weirdo

gufnork

Azureus wrote: »

I really enjoyed leaving my house at 6.20 today and it being bright outside! I want to keep it that way!!!!

I really enjoyed not leaving my house at all The question is, do i go back to bed now or just slob on the sofa for a while longer?

Decisions, decisions...

iguana

syklops wrote: »

The US went forward last week, but Europe goes forward next week.

I never knew that until 3 years ago when I was in Chicago and the clocks went forward. Bastards stole an hour off my holiday!:mad:

Milk & Honey

Elessar wrote: »

Ooh I'm working night shift that night! They'll make us stay the extra hour though (and we'll get nothing for it). I know it. :mad:

The clock goes forward so you will work an hour less!

Milk & Honey

The number of road accidents increases at the time of the change of clocks because of the disruption to the circadian rhythm. It is a bad weekend to be on the roads. It take most people a few weeks to adjust.

kraggy

Surely anyone on nightshift will do their regular 10 or 12 hours or whatever?

i.e. go to work as normal at 8pm or whatever just work 10 actual hours from then on instead of getting off an hour early.

iguana

kraggy wrote: »

Surely anyone on nightshift will do their regular 10 or 12 hours or whatever?

i.e. go to work as normal at 8pm or whatever just work 10 actual hours from then on instead of getting off an hour early.

Not if they are on a nightshift that is part of a 24 hour cycle in the company because there would be too many staff on once the next shift arrives. And when the clocks go back there would be an hour of nobody on. In most nightshift scenarios the staff will work an hour less next week, and will work an hour more in October. If they are paid by the hour they will get less pay next week and more in October. If they are paid a set rate they will be paid for an hour they don't work next weekend but will work an hour in October that they don't get paid for.

inforfun

Stop worrying about that 1 hour you might work extra.

2012 is a leap year, you already worked a full day without extra pay.

Duggys Housemate

unless he is paid by the hour, in which case he didn't.

inforfun

True.

But i used "you" as in people. Not specifically that one poster.

44leto

I like the long evenings and why wouldn't you.

hondasam

Azureus wrote: »

I really enjoyed leaving my house at 6.20 today and it being bright outside! I want to keep it that way!!!!

I left at 05.40 this am and it was really bright then. Looking forward to the bright mornings and evenings.

Born to Die

I am so looking forward to the long bright evenings, would be even nicer if we actually got weather that felt something like a summer.

Randy Anders

Does this mean we lose an hour of sleep?

Born to Die

Randy Anders wrote: »

Does this mean we lose an hour of sleep?

You can make it up during the week with the snooze button or just go to bed an hour earlier.

nlgbbbblth

Randy Anders wrote: »

Does this mean we lose an hour of sleep?

Just on Saturday night. Not every day until October as some people think.

iguana

If you have nowhere important to be on Sunday you can sleep as much as usual and just get up an hour later. Or if you do have somewhere important to be on Sunday morning you could just go to bed earlier on Saturday. You will lose an hour but it doesn't have to be of sleep.

Kolido

Randy Anders wrote: »

Does this mean we lose an hour of sleep?

No, how can you loose an hour of sleep. If you sleep for 8 hours, then you have slept 8 hours, you can't say you have slept 7 hours. It's not time travel!

But you do loose an hour of time available for sleep or other activities.

af_thefragile

fluorescence wrote: »

Apparently they tried this for 2 years in the 70s and it meant road deaths skyrocketed because it was dark when everyone was commuting.

In the winter its always dark when people are commuting.

LH Pathe

sunshine seems to be the life-giver. no wonder these exciteable kids with their giddy blood only ever seem to want to cool off.. my body seems to want to fuction again with the onset of spring. **** winter. Sincerely. And all its wretched old manisms.. For I am a young man and I don't want to curl up and die yet.