Time shift, can cause a lot of problems

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So today the clocks went back 1 hour . I always love when the clocks go back rather than forward because the main advantage I see is that everyone gets an extra hour in bed getting that all important sleep .

However changing the clocks back and forward throughout the year causes a lot of disruption for companies and businesses. People miss meeting, deadlines and fail to turn up to work on time.

Now most people are used to the change in time occurring just twice a year however it is always funny watching people rushing about thinking they are late when the clocks go back an hour, it hasn’t dawned on them that they are actually really early!

Where I work they always make it a point to let everyone know that the clocks are changing so that we have no excuse for turning up late for work .

The reason for this time change is simple, to keep up with the sun rising and setting at different times, then we set our clocks accordingly so that we maximise our use of the daylight this was once considered important to save in electricity!

An easy way to remember the time changes is by using this season reference, Spring forward, Fall back .