Monday, 26 March 2012

Pet Peeve No. 2

Following on from the gripe about Mother's Day/Mothering Sunday, another pet peeve reared its ugly head this weekend with the switch from Greenwich Mean Time to British Summer Time. With the advent of the internet, email, video conferencing and 24/7 trading I really don't see the need to switch time systems twice a year. The old argument that we need to be in line with our European neighbours no longer holds water.

On a personal note it usually takes my body clock two weeks to adjust each time the change takes place. I wish they would just decide on one system - GMT or BST, I really don't mind - and leave it at that. I'm sure I'm not the only one who regards this leftover for the war years as an unnecessary evil.