This is IMO stupid, and I'm increasingly of the opinion that the society should be run in mandatory shifts. I can't understand why the market won't fix that itself? Why leave all that money on the table? There is huge demand for services open outside regular office working hours. For instance, personally, I chose dentists by their opening hours - most of the money I spent on dental was with a place where I could come at 8pm. In pre-Internet banking era, I would've picked the bank that had branches open past 5pm, if any existed. I don't shop at places open 9-5, because I only have time earlier than that, or later than that. Etc.
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They are more interested in making LED signs showing temperature and how to squize more money from customers. I call this "PRL" mentality, they want to get money directly, not indirectly by making themselves better for clients. They don't care about clients, because their performance is measured with money and opening for more hours will cost money in short term.
You can’t change one gear in a complex society without having to also adjust many other variables each with it’s own cascading effect
Joke's on you, I already feel dead from not sleeping :(
I also don't identify with that statement at all. As someone who doesn't sleep enough, I'd rather quality over quantity - less hours awake but make them more enjoyable.
It is so easy to get stuck in a rut where you barely have the energy to execute your daily loop of necessities and end up making no progress towards longer term goals.
In Australia, stores are typically still open 9am-5pm which is a relic of a time when housewives dropped the kids off and went shopping. Now that many of us have jobs this should be the first and easiest thing to change. Even 10am-6pm would be a massive improvement for both the workers and customers.