Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009)

Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by stevesimmons on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:15AM (#20765150)

You make it sound as if washing and ironing is a massive chore.

Let's say you have 5 shirts a week. Step 1: When you do your white wash, throw in the shirts. Hang them up afterwards. Incremental cost: 2 minutes of your time... Step 2: When you do ironing, incremental cost of 5 shirts @ 3 minutes per shirt is 15 minutes... Probably less that your two trips to the dry cleaner. Plus, nil $ cost, no plastic wrapping to throw away, no use of dry cleaning chemicals.

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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by mistersquid on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:25AM (#20765207)

> When you do ironing, incremental cost of 5 shirts @ 3 minutes per shirt is 15 minutes.

3 mins? I iron my shirts, five a week, and it takes me 10-15 mins per shirt, depending on the shirt.

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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by enqk on Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:59AM (#20765706)

There's something wrong with your technique or the materials.

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