> Expecting every institution to change will never happen.
People keep asserting this. It's not changing my mind.
> Else the US would be using the metric system by now.
The metric system has a barrier that shifting work schedules does not. If an institution does business with another institution, or multiple other institutions, it's probably very inconvenient if one is using a different measurement system than another: contracts, designs, etc. would have been drawn up with one set of units; translating things like error margins (expressed as significant figures) may not be trivial.
But if an institution decides to shift its work hours, it can do that unilaterally, unless it was doing critical business with another one during the first (or last) hour of the day—but even if that's so, that probably only means a small fraction of the employees need to have slightly different hours.
Shifting the schedules can be done piecemeal, as gradually as is convenient for everyone.
You're making a very good point. Switching to metric system is much more difficult.
On the other hand we go through the drill of moving the clock one hour twice a year, sometimes even more if an international travel catches up with you.
If you say so. I might point out that the idea I'm arguing against is "these institutions will keep sticking with inappropriate schedules forever, despite being constantly faced with the fact of their inappropriateness", whereas I am complaining about not being faced with new facts or arguments. But, look at it how you wish.
People keep asserting this. It's not changing my mind.
> Else the US would be using the metric system by now.
The metric system has a barrier that shifting work schedules does not. If an institution does business with another institution, or multiple other institutions, it's probably very inconvenient if one is using a different measurement system than another: contracts, designs, etc. would have been drawn up with one set of units; translating things like error margins (expressed as significant figures) may not be trivial.
But if an institution decides to shift its work hours, it can do that unilaterally, unless it was doing critical business with another one during the first (or last) hour of the day—but even if that's so, that probably only means a small fraction of the employees need to have slightly different hours.
Shifting the schedules can be done piecemeal, as gradually as is convenient for everyone.