Daylight Savings Time Messed Me Up

[Anonymous]

So I'm awake an hour "early" because my alarm went off at the usual time, and now I have to wait an hour to go where I need to go. Uhhhh! Daylight savings time...I shake my fist at thee! And the thing is, tv reminded me, the radio reminded me, hell, even Facebook reminded me, and yet here I am...This isn't the worst of it though. One fateful day of my life, Daylight Savings Time screwed me.

A few years back on one beautiful Sunday, as per usual, I strolled into work early for the calm before the storm. I had about 30 employees coming in, and 50 volunteers for the morning, so I needed the peace and quiet before they were all in my face. But something strange was going on in the neighborhood. I was early, so I expected the quiet for a while, but looking at my desk clock, 30 minutes later, this was too much quiet. I stood up, and opened up the window and I didn't see anybody. My usual early birds weren't in the staff room or milling about. Even the gift shop manager, being a military child, and extremely rigid about being on time, was no where to be found.

I sat back down. Got back up. What was happening here? For some reason, my brain cut to the story an employee told me a long time ago about an old job she worked where all the staff revolted due to poor treatment and didn't show up to work. Was this, that? No, couldn't be that. We treated everyone like family, so I started to think, you're spiraling here. After about 40 minutes, I called my boss who did not pick up and left a message which would haunt me later, about how no one was at work, and I was worried because we were going to be opening soon, and if I called back, could he come in a little earlier to help out and call the operations manager to make suer we could even open with I was guessing what little staff would potentially show up (CRINGE!)

After he didn't answer (because he would have definitely been at church at the time), I proceeded to call the first 4 employees on the call list for the day, and none picked up. Again, I left more messages, each more tense than the last. Finally someone picked up the phone, and by this time I was really upset and on edge. I mean, how could they just not show up like this? I was going to be the manager of none that day and heads would roll "Yes, hi, just wondering where you are, because we've got about 10 minutes until we open. Why are you not here yet? At least you should know to call and let me know if something has happened and I'm hoping that's not the case, but we really need you to come in for your shif---" The voice cut me off. "I'm at home, and I was asleep because it's daylight savings time, remember? You told us to remember not to come in early." Silence. Moment of recognition. Putting the puzzle pieces together. My eyes widened. "Wh--? No. Oh my God!" I started thinking of all the messages I'd left for everyone. "I...am...so...sorry...(nervous laugh), I'll see you later, k, thanks, bye."

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! What an idiot. It all made sense. The embarrassment washed over me immediately, especially since I had been the one for three solid days telling everyone on repeat, that daylight savings time was coming. Having too much time to kill now, I left, went down the street to a Target, and then came back at the new "regular" time. When staff arrived, everyone got their digs in, my manager especially. "So you needed me to come in 2 hours early did you?" All the people I'd left messages for were laughing at me and replaying the messages. It was a solid week before that story became yesterdays news. I still cringe thinking about how panicked I was that I had no staff and wondering about mutinies and revolts.

Welp, now that I've wasted some time, re-set all my non-computer connected clocks, and it's now the time I need it to be, I can go where I need to go. So what's your favorite, Daylight savings Time messed me up, story?

[DesiBeautyLover]

I'll tell you my worst story about daylight savings times.
Happened in Chile this August. No one told us that Chile moves their clocks forward an hour in August. We booked a tour and showed up at the appointed pick up time with no guide. They told us they had changed the time yesterday and we had to go to the police to get them to refund us our money for the tour.
We were on the wrong time for an entire day.
Fucking assholes should've told us and this bitch was yelling at us that we should've known that they switched the time. "Read the paper. Watch the news!" I'll never forget that bitch.

[Anonymous]

LOL.. guess this time you will remember to set the clock right

Heh we all tend to forget but kinda cute read
thank you

[myTake Owner]

Thanks! If not for my computer auto re-setting itself, I would have definitely been somewhere early today wondering why the doors weren't open yet. LOL.

[Wolframium]

I don’t have any story, I just think it’s complete BS and it should be abolished world-wide. We don’t need it, it’s obsolete and it doesn’t have any positive impact. What we need instead, is adjustment of time zones. I guess. Solving the problem with what’s on the clock and where is the sun in the sky. This problem is challenging, but it’s worth it. No shifting time.
And I get it. There are bigger problems in the world. Like…IDK…climate change, future water and power shortage, and… Yeah, you get the point. These are the big ones. We can focus on them, while we address the army of small problems, which would make everyday life little bit easier. DST and time zones are one of them.

[myTake Owner]

how would we adjust time zones? We already have them that I think basically correspond to where the sun is in the sky to ones location, so how would you change that to further benefit people?

[Wolframium]

Weeeeell… I don't know about that. Certain countries doesn't really have it right.

[myTake Owner]

It's an imperfect system, that's for sure. I mean, in some places where there is perpetual light and darkness for months on end, a time zone is really useless.

[Wolframium]

Yeah, polar areas, but that’s not my concern. It’s the countries, which have like… hours different time, than they should have.

[MarkRet]

It doesn't affect me much anymore, because just about everything resets itself, but a couple of decades ago, Daylight Savings Time would hose me up. Sometimes I'd show up at work an hour early, sometimes I'd show up an hour late. I wish Daylight Savings Time would just be eliminated. It's not like you're REALLY saving any time! While we're at it, the US should also bite the bullet and just go metric, like the rest of the world.

[RedMatch]

Yeah i hate daylight saving it causes so much stress when we have to cross borders. Or do anything cause my family won't change the clocks. Why do people change time? its stupid, people should just adjust themselves to time not change it to suit them.

[Dalesmith]

Hahaha it really screwed you up good lol 😂 good thing in my country no daylight savings time so I'm good xD by the way wasn't your phone set to correct the clock automatically? I mean most of then are like that owo

Thanks for sharing though this was a fun read :)

[ledfoot1964]

i hate time change it don't do nothing but mess up your body with sleep they should leave it at one time and that is it

[myTake Owner]

Pets, animals, the sun, the moon... none of them care about daylight savings time. I hate it. I'm an early morning runner to avoid the heat and sun in my eyes, and during this time of year, all of a sudden, its daylight when I run, and when it happens where we spring forward, it's really dark for a while, not to mention it absolutely messes with your body and sleep and even eating, because a lot of people have lunch/dinner at a certain time.

[10dsw]

LOL me too! I woke up too early today as well

I don't know - probably headaches. I get them around this time of year as soon as daylight savings hits. I must be getting old ahaha

[myTake Owner]

Daylight savings time... it knows... it's literally messing with your head

[CountryGirl2019]

I dont like Daylight Savings Time, it messes with my sleep schedule and other things

[Browneye57]

Need some cheese with that whine? LOL
Get over it toots. Cheese and rice.

[Paris13]

I had posted a Question about this, But only to Remind and to be Kind... To other gaggers to Not to Forget to "Fall Back."xx

[JimRSmith]

I hate it, too.

The winter shift in particular. I know it's just an hour, but it takes me ages to adjust.

[HaveNoName]

For the better. I deliberately kept my clocks on old time and made it to work at 8 instead of 9.

I have that flexibility and I rather give myself the extra hour at home in the evening.

[Chuckle]

Sorry for those who don't like it, but I love Daylight Savings. Now it's getting dark too early.

[Amandont]

HAHAHAHA!
QUEENSLAND doesn't HAVE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS!

[apple24]

🐑 sheep. That's your only problem. Get over it. It's so childish working for coperate.

[ThisAndThat]

Yes it's messed up and does nothing real for anyone. They should leave alone at the time it is now.

[888_sarcastic]

I woke up at 4:40 thinking it was a school day

[CT_CD]

Daylight savings time is stupid

[myTake Owner]

Yes, as most of us no longer farm and apparently most of our food is grown in a lab somewhere now, so I think it's about time (get it) that we abandon this practice.

[jacquesvol]

Me too. I hate changing hours

[Anonymous]

I hate the end of DST... I want it to stop!

[pizzalovershouse]

yah it messes your brain up