If you looked at page 4 of The West Australian this morning you would have seen it featured two pics of blokes in suits.
The second pic was under the heading "Vote Yes for work-life balance: industry leaders" and accompanied a story on the daylight saving referendum.
It began like this: "For Wesfarmers chief Richard Goyder, it means being able to enjoy a casual barbecue or game of backyard cricket after work.
"Alcoa's Alan Cransberg says it provides extra time with his family in Mandurah.
"And for Rio Tinto's head of iron ore Sam Walsh, it makes easy a post-work swim, catching up with grandchildren or a meal out.
"But the three industry leaders agreed yesterday that daylight saving delivered significant benefits to the State's economy by making it easier to do business with the Eastern States..."
All I can say is: Like I give a shit.
At the moment, I have two friends who are staring retrenchment in the face because the company they work for has gone belly up, and I know many more who are doing it really, really tough.
And I'm supposed to vote Yes to daylight saving so I can help out three rich blokes who want more leisure time without compromising their money-making activities?
If it wasn't so insulting it would be funny.
16 comments:
Good for you Michele. I only hope it gave you added incentive to vote NO. I certainly intend to and, if the NO's win, maybe some of our brighter sparks might start pushing for daylight savings in winter.
Hopefully all those people doing it tough will have some happier times soon.
What the hell do we need to do busines with the eastern states for anyway. they've just taken our last manufacturing company, Peters. I say a pox on them and daylight saving as well.
I think the three of them did the "Vote No" lobby the biggest favour of the campaign. Wonder if they've ever considered just (gasp!) working less.
I don't like daylight saving. dislike the fact that we are told to save power in the peak period when people come home from work because its still hot and everyone wants to put on airconditioning. what happened to freedom?
My girlfriend thinks we're all insane and wonders why the hell everyone is against day light savings. She came from a country with daylight savings already implemented so maybe that has affected her opinion... "But you get to spend more time with people afterwards because it's lighter for longer!" "No the sun will set regardless of when the clocks are set. Merely work with the schedule you already have instead of adjusting it." Unfortunately she's 18 and I'm not so she gets to vote yes.... curses!
"Why are you voting yes for daylight savings!? I'm extra sensitive to UV light dammit!"
Anyhoo... I'm going to vote vicariously through you instead :P (Woo! Vicariously! :P Hope you don't mind...)
Interesting that the four of you are against it. I don't mind it so much now we're living in a cooler climate but in Perth I hated it - I was always longing for night to fall so I had that illusion of cooler temperatures. That said, I'll be voting no. Bilby, vicariously is such a good word. But you'll find an even better one in the "Hi Ho Crispin awaaay" comments. If you know what it means, let me know.
"nekulturny" taken from Russian. Means unrefined, uncultured. Can be used to have a connotation of white trash. Interesting... I should use that more often :P
why am i against it? Perth and most of our state is a hot place, i come from the land of the midnight sun where daylight saving is loved, but it is a cooler climate much more suited for it.
Bilby: Thanks for that. If I'm going to be bad-mouthed it's nice to know they've at least gone to the effort of finding a big word.
Birgitta: They're my feelings too.
I find trying to argue against DLS is like being back in kindy (I sort of remember ...) What gets me is as soon as you say you're against DLS, the immediate response is, "Oh, I suppose it fades your curtains ..." That puts me in a bad mood. It is ad hominem playing the person not the ball. I've heard some feeble arguments for DLS one being, "It makes me feel sophisticated"! mind boggling really.
Eleanor, it doesn't take much to make me feel sophisticated these days (three glases of wine and I can convince myself of anything) but that one takes the cake.
I LOVE daylight saving - voted yes through toddlers, school kids, market garden job, but will vote NO because the YES people annoy me with their supercilious (had to look up the spelling) attitude. Why can't the office jockeys just start work an hour earlier, like outdoor workers do in summer?
Suzanne
Suzanne, I loved that first daylight saving trial because my kids were little. Now it just feels wrong having blazing sunshine at 7pm.
Three glasses of wine in the cool (standard time) evening sounds perfect - and very sophisticated! Not in the blazing heat of a DLS summer afternoon, that would be IA (instant a***holes) for me.
Here is your monthly SPAM Michele!
http://ramblingsofcornflakes.blogspot.com/2009/05/daylight-savings.html
Yeah I love spam too :) Tastes really good. Yeah it's kinda outdated spam but oh well... hey btw you won a lottery in France! Can I have your credit card number?
Thanks Bilby, I'll check it out when I've got a minute (will be back blogging next week).
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