A Modest Proposal

This year, the end of daylight savings time was brutal. It always is, but now I’m going to do something about it.

This is the last year that I am going to get out of bed late, slog on my bathrobe, grab coffee and suddenly realize, “Oh my God, it’s 11:30am already, my day is half gone.” Not any more.

Here is what I propose. I want to add an extra hour just before 10am, called 10ty (tenty) or something like that, it doesn’t really matter. So, now we would have 9am, 10ty, 10am, then 11am. The extra hour stolen from us by Daylight Savings time is now returned.

Is this so radical? They didn’t take my guns away, but they took an hour out of my life. I want it back.

I know what you’re thinking. You are thinking, “You can’t just change time like that.” Well, they did. They made more daylight where it didn’t exist before, so why can’t we? I didn’t vote for “Savings Time”, and I want a real savings. I want my morning back.

Besides, I purpose giving the hour back by eliminating 3am. Who the hell needs 3am? OK, I admit that Sinatra sang a fine song with the line, “It’s quarter to three, there’s no one in the place except you and me.” I’m not arguing that. I’m simply saying that in today’s world, we don’t need no stinking 3am. Really, who’s going to miss it? No one starts commuting at 3am. Maybe 4am but not 3am.

Of course, I understand that you are worried about having to wait longer for lunch, but that is easily solved, it’s called Brunch and it can start at 11am. Problem solved.