• Grammaton Cleric
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    148 months ago

    Because kids need to be at school while parents work

    • @jeffwOPM
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      168 months ago

      Right, so they get home at 3pm, makes perfect sense

      • @[email protected]
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        08 months ago

        It roughly lines up with morning shifts, I guess? When I was working at a grocery store our morning shift was like 6-3 with an hour lunch. I don’t know how you make sure your kids actually go to school if you’re at work by 6, though… And if you work evenings (or overnights, for places that are still open 24 hours) it doesn’t help at all.

          • @[email protected]
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            18 months ago

            My rationale for what? 9-5s were covered by implication in the comment I was replying to: if you work 9-5, it’s kind of awkward that the kids get off at 3. I was just saying that if you work mornings it’s kind of awkward that you probably have to leave before the kids do, and if you don’t work during the school day then the kids aren’t at school while you work.

            Not sure what I’m parroting. The topic of this subthread is Grammaton Cleric’s assertion that “kids need to be at school while parents work,” so I’m just mentioning that for a lot of parents that already isn’t the case.

            I don’t have an opinion on times they “should” be at school.

              • @[email protected]
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                8 months ago

                I wasn’t defending kids being in school so early. I was just musing that it sort of lines up better than it does with 9-5s. Which is probably incidental.

    • @[email protected]
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      38 months ago

      Easy. Let parents start work later too.

      I hate how getting up early is somehow perceived to be more efficient. There’s nothing natural about working hours anyway. We could choose to place them when it fits more people.