Is the week 7 or 8 days long? Is a day 24 or 25 hours? Is a year 365 or 366 or 367 days long? I really can’t remember or be arsed anymore but one thing I still don’t understand is this:
I’ve got £50 in my wallet, the shops are open 9 to 5 Monday to Saturday and I spend my £50 through the week no problem. Now, some bright spark decided that we need to have the shops open 365/247 to increase business activity! So how does/did my £50 last any longer or become more valuable just by opening hours and available days to spend it increasing■■?
Is it still £50 I had or did someone hoodwink me into thinking I was now better off in this brave new world? I certainly don’t feel any richer and I can positively say that my life HAS NOT been enriched by all this crap we now see as ‘normal’!
Let’s get back to a normal week and start spending some quality leisure time with family and friends - you’ve got 5 and a bit days to spend what you haven’t got so why do we need more?
