Last night the clocks fell back an hour. People have been arguing about whether or not daylight savings is a good thing or not. How it's an imposition on people for no apparent reason. I don't know how other countries deal with this phenomenon that happens in the United States. Most states follow the rule of daylight savings. A few have fought back. There are reasons presented by both sides. Yes, another two sided debate with a lot of gray area in between.
I am not going into the good, the bad, and the ugly details of the controversy. Instead I am taking a stance of making the best of it. For me this all adds up to one benefit.
The biggest problem I have seen for people in either the spring or fall is time for their religious services. These events take place in sanctified locations where people gather together for mutual support. This usually takes place in a church or a stadium. You don't even have to attend in person, you can watch it on your television or listen to the radio.
Zealots can be dangerous if they miss the opening of their sporting event. There is a ritualistic need many people have and these events help them. I am not saying any of this is wrong, on the contrary. I am saying there are those who can become dangerous when their needs are not met, so, please, help these people by resetting their clocks for them. You will be doing a greater good for our society. You can also help by recording missed events and share them with them later.
It used to be that the clock dictated our viewing schedules. But that is no more. On demand viewing has replaced most television schedules. The only people I know who are tied to a viewing schedule are waiting for the next episode of their particular addiction. That is because they have to be up on the events so they can jump into the chat with friends and strangers. We are safer from these people during changes in the schedule because most of these shows don't compete with the regular Sunday scheduling.
In the spring we push our clocks forward an hour. People who work on the schedule of the sun pay no heed to the time on the clock and most people I know only pay the clock homage when they are at the job, counting down the last hour of the work day, or baking cookies.
In autumn we turn them back. Again, those who schedule themselves by the rising of the sun, or the daughter, don't see a change in their schedule.One group has learned to take advantage of the both time changes with equal expertise and fulfillment: late-night gamers.
Since my early days of gaming Friday and Saturday nights were the nights for the games that ran long into the night (okay, sometimes into the following afternoon). Those with curfews were disgruntled about having to leave while others continued the adventure. Yet, there were two magical times of the year when extra gaming took place.
In the spring when the time was pushed forward (yeah, it supposed to be at two a.m.), those who had to leave were hit with a confusion that left them not knowing what time it was. The next day when they were confronted about getting home an hour late, the explanation of the confusion in the change in change in time would be used. We even had a person who would push it to two hours. They would then claim how the clocks were moved in the wrong direction.
In autumn the befuddlement would hit us again. Arriving home late because the clocks were moved back earlier in the evening—it was not our fault.
Those were are excuses then. Yet, they still work today. I really meant to get home on time, but I set my watch before leaving. Oh, my smart phone? Yeah, those things can mess up a good gaming session.
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