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Originally posted by dEsidEL why can't they make DST forward at 4 PM on a Friday afternoon? so unfair..

lol

+1

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Originally posted by n!kola wooohoooo my work will be done an hour early tomorrow morning.... (night shift)

same here i only had to work 11 hours last night instead of 12. that extra hour made such a difference.

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Originally posted by dEsidEL why can't they make DST forward at 4 PM on a Friday afternoon? so unfair..

seriously.
this is the only short weekend of the year.

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Originally posted by Pett seriously. this is the only short weekend of the year.

They won't, it gets in the way of the almighty capitalist 'productivity'.

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Originally posted by Endlesswave They won't, it gets in the way of the almighty capitalist 'productivity'.

Right, because it's the corporations who decide on when DST starts.

Besides, DST is already a productivity killer on account of bozos forgetting to change their clocks and showing up an hour late. You could argue that it's actually worse because it's completely unplanned.

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Originally posted by DigiNut Right, because it's the corporations who decide on when DST starts.

actually.
In this case it is...sort of. We always used to have DST in April for the longest time, but ever since the U.S. decided that they would change and start DST earlier, Canada decided to follow because we 'wouldn't be in sync' with our Southern cousins and it wouldn't be good 'for business'.


edit: Also, might be good to point out the the major lobbyists, supporters, and advocates who push and suggest when DST should begin have always been big corporations.

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In the mid-1980s, Clorox (parent of Kingsford Charcoal) and 7-Eleven provided the primary funding for the Daylight Saving Time Coalition behind the 1987 extension to U.S. DST, and both Idaho senators voted for it based on the premise that fast-food restaurants sell more French fries during DST than during standard time -- those French fries being made from Idaho potatoes;[3] in 2005, the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association and the National Association of Convenience Stores successfully lobbied for the 2007 extension to U.S. DST.

In 87 was the fist major change....then 2007. So I'd think it's fair to say that big corporations 'DO' play a big part in deciding when DST starts.

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Last edited by Stilez on Mar-08-2009 at 16:39