Land of Oz

B-People

I love some of the stuff brought up in this BBC article:

"If you find it hard to get up in the morning, don't despair - you're not lazy, you're just genetically programmed that way, says the B-Society in Denmark."

Cool, I finally found a group I can identify with. Actually, there's several, but this one seems kind of unique. They've addressed a problem I have (and my wife has) that doesn't seem to go over too well with most. My dad still doesn't understand why I work from 1000 to 1900 each day instead of a normal, grownup time of 0800 to 1700 like he and thousands of others have since history began. There's some pretty cool ideas passed on like that of Stephen Alstrup, who runs a company and gets in late, "People used to get up early because they had to feed the animals. But I haven't got any cows or chickens, so I can sleep late."

Surprisingly, I can really identify with the guy who works/lives to a 25 hour schedule, "More confusing for me [Chris Morris] is the guy who works to a 25 hour clock. If he is in at 10 today, it will be 11 tomorrow, then 12 - you can get the general idea." I actually did this for awhile when I was younger. Every few days, I'd have to skip a night's sleep to catch up with society's 24 hour schedule and then I'd go back to shifting an hour each day. I still have a tendency to follow this time schedule when I have extended time alone. After a week or so, my "go-to-bed" time gradually gets later and later until I have to force myself back into a 24 hour schedule.

This also fits in with another bit of stuff that drives me crazy, like Daylight Saving Time. I've been working in our company's latest building for several years and have yet to see the lights off. Our business is 24/7/365 so there are always people working here - and they always have lights on. How does changing the clock save me/them/us any anything? When I'm at home, I have the shades pulled and a small light on where I work and all the rest of the lights off. So it doesn't matter when the sun shines, I'm still using lights - like Stephen said, no cows or chickens to feed.

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