When you live so close to the border of your state and work in the other, things get a bit screwy when daylight savings rolls around.
Why? Because the state I live in doesn't do DS but the other does. It's as stupid as it sounds and it's because the legislation can't get past the state politics.
Anyway...
I work in a suburb that may as well be one big built up area, if the border wasn't cutting through the north and south. I work south of the border less than 10 minute's walk away. Crossing the border means you need to adjust your clock depending on where you go.
The worst part of all this? The local airport is 15 minute's drive away from my place on the NORTH of the border. You see the problem here? Early wake up calls and panic for people with no fore-planning.
I will admit that having to get up early for morning shifts can leave me grumpy, but it's the guests I feel the most sorry. Having to remind them about the time change, telling them to mind their phone clocks etc, etc. Incidentally, I just found out you can turn off the automatic GPS time tracker on the iPhone.
This still doesn't stop people sleeping in until the late check out hour and I have to ring them. That's perfectly fine because it's an accident.
The other day however, I had a tour group check in and the leader was completely oblivious to it. We had to explain to them the situation because apparently they had a flight at 4:30AM. If they were being safe, they would have to be at the airport at least an hour earlier, in which case 3:30 which is 4:30 our time. If they took at least an hour prepare, then I say they had to wake everyone up at 2:30 our time.
The point is, if you're going to be the planner and guide for a large group of people, at the very least know everything about your situation.
Then there was that time I had some guests staying at our place because they were attending a wedding in the area. When I told them about the time, they got a bit confused because their invitations didn't specify which time zone the wedding was starting. I don't remember the suburb either, so I forgot what happened after. But apparently they weren't the only ones.
To sum up, Daylight Savings is a bitch and whoever planned to put the airport this close to the border was an absolute madman.
Why? Because the state I live in doesn't do DS but the other does. It's as stupid as it sounds and it's because the legislation can't get past the state politics.
Anyway...
I work in a suburb that may as well be one big built up area, if the border wasn't cutting through the north and south. I work south of the border less than 10 minute's walk away. Crossing the border means you need to adjust your clock depending on where you go.
The worst part of all this? The local airport is 15 minute's drive away from my place on the NORTH of the border. You see the problem here? Early wake up calls and panic for people with no fore-planning.
I will admit that having to get up early for morning shifts can leave me grumpy, but it's the guests I feel the most sorry. Having to remind them about the time change, telling them to mind their phone clocks etc, etc. Incidentally, I just found out you can turn off the automatic GPS time tracker on the iPhone.
This still doesn't stop people sleeping in until the late check out hour and I have to ring them. That's perfectly fine because it's an accident.
The other day however, I had a tour group check in and the leader was completely oblivious to it. We had to explain to them the situation because apparently they had a flight at 4:30AM. If they were being safe, they would have to be at the airport at least an hour earlier, in which case 3:30 which is 4:30 our time. If they took at least an hour prepare, then I say they had to wake everyone up at 2:30 our time.
The point is, if you're going to be the planner and guide for a large group of people, at the very least know everything about your situation.
Then there was that time I had some guests staying at our place because they were attending a wedding in the area. When I told them about the time, they got a bit confused because their invitations didn't specify which time zone the wedding was starting. I don't remember the suburb either, so I forgot what happened after. But apparently they weren't the only ones.
To sum up, Daylight Savings is a bitch and whoever planned to put the airport this close to the border was an absolute madman.
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