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A Queensland native living across the border has been skiting to his southern friends today about how he and his fellow Queenslanders are on the real time and everyone else is just bloody stupid.
“Yeah, so the real time is actually 1:23pm” Logan Redcliffe said to his New South Wales born friends.
Despite living in NSW for a number of years, Logan still insists on referring to QLD time as the real time.
On and off, up until 1972, Queensland had actually been observing daylight saving time (DST), however after a referendum the state abandoned the practical time shift. It was originally introduced in an effort to cut fuel usage during World War 1 and 2, however after farmers complained that it affected their cows’ behaviour the clock change was axed.
“I don’t know why you guys still do it”
“You all just gave up, us Queenslanders fought for the right time”
“Daylight savings is just shit” said Nathan, almost trying to convince himself of the opinion he shares with 60% of other Queenslanders.
While Logan’s distain for DST is apparent, the logical reasoning behind it is completely flawed.
Daylight Saving Time has been shown to improve happiness, productivity and even the economy. Not to mention life is just better if you finish work with 2 hours of daylight still up your sleeve.
