We no longer have to wait for the morning; society is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.
Photo from Marcin Wichary’s flickr
Since people now don’t want to wait, businesses are offering around the clock activities. While there were still some of us who prefer to sleep tight at night, companies want you to know that they’re open whenever you needed them. With that option, they’re keeping their profits in the run every minute.
24 hours fitness is aptly named since they are open 24 hours every day. No matter what your shift schedule was, the gym can accommodate you. Working parents can leave their child in child care like Penny & Peggy Nairn where services are for 24 hours. And for us who likes to dine out, we don’t have to chase the closing times of restaurants because they’ll be serving us anytime.
Security should be firm for 24 hours businesses. Crimes are easier to perpetrate and evade at night. This is why stores have a one button that will alarm the policemen. But the increasing demand of security means society needs more policemen awake, in shift, at night.
There will be more jobs for graveyard schedule. Since people need jobs for survival, many would force their body to work at down time. But workers often won’t adjust to the nocturnal schedule, according to Paul MacLennan, PhD, of the Center for Injury Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Even holidays need workers; like the upcoming thanksgiving where some families prefer to dedicate the family day in restaurants than in their own houses.
We don’t have real 24 hours banking yet where banks are open all the time; but I think this will happen. What businesses do you think will open for 24 hours?
Sources:Society changing to 24/7 lifestyle; News 8
A 24/7 Society; UAB
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Well, the true sign of the disease will be when churches are open 24/7. Not because they are special, but they are one of the places that many folk who attend would rather leave alone except for a couple of hours each week and we’ve already dedicated that day to attending.
Is there actually a business that isn’t open 24 hours a day? Banks have us covered with the ATM machines and 24 hour automated phone services. We have fast food, grocery and convenience stores open 24 hours a day, next would be delivery of those items 24 hours a day. Here in my town, because it’s a university town as well we have a pizza business that delivers and is open until 4am!
In Vegas the churches are open 24/7. I don’t think there are any places except for Chick fil’a that close down. Gotta respect that I think
Thank you for your visits to my blog! You cover a range of interesting topics. I am from a small town but have lived in a city the last several years and have to say I have grown to like my 24-7 access (I just wish my organic grocery stores and co-ops were open, but I understand that as health-oriented businesses, they would not put their employees in this unhealthy position). I like my access but feel bad for the people working in these jobs–except for the few night-owls who prefer working nights.
Banks bay have ATM’s, but if there is any other reason for contancting a bank, you have to wait. If you get a check in the mail, you can’t deposit it via ATM machines anymore. A lot of banks are stopping that feature. You now have to wait to deposit any checks until you can walk into an open office. Once you can do walking in banking at any hour, then you will have reached 24/7 lives. Even some of the smaller cities will have some churches open 24/7. Usually those will be the Catholic ones, where there will be someone available for those who have a crisis of faith in the wee hours of the morning. Walk-ins welcome, no appointment necessary, even at 2:30 am.
I’m concerned about why so many people in society today desire to be awake 24/7. It’s as thopugh people don’t want to sleep day or night but instead desire to work shifts that allow them to be awake in the afternoonas well as 3am..do people regard sleep as a non important issue? i’m retired and i hang at denny’s doing coffee at 3am and i frequently overhear customers making comments like “i have to be at work in 3 hours” or “i have to be at work at 9(a.m..) and it’s 3 or 4am at the time. maybe i’m old school,but i believe 8 hours sleep is essential to good mental and physical health.even though some studies want to debunk that,the national sleep foundation claims it’s true and i believe them as they only do sleep studies and are the most thorough at such studies,in comparison to other organisations.i miss the days when nights were for sleeping,because it seems weird to go out for peaceful cup of coffee at 2 or 3am and instead i find a dining room full of people.
A few years ago while trying to get my photography business off the ground, I worked as a nursing assistant in a local elderly care facility. I started out on day shift but got fed up with all the co-worker drama so I switched to afternoons (3 pm to 11 pm). That actually was worse because it was all the kids from the high school nursing classes, most of which were there for the paycheck (didn’t care about their job performance or their patients) and that shift is the craziest time of day because of visiting families. Everything has to be done at warp speed and with 20 untrained students underfoot, that’s asking for trouble. Eventually I changed to nights and let me tell ya I preferred third shift (11 pm to 7 am) because it was everything the other two shifts wasn’t. The only problem I had was because of the small town locale, there was nowhere to eat during shift. The on-site cafeteria closed at 7. None of the local family dining places stayed open past 10 even on Friday or Saturday nights. The chain fast food places were closed by the start of shift. No pizza or chinese food deliveries either. I’m no longer working there but for all my friends that still punch the 11 to 7 clock, I’m glad that places are open now for the night owls and the night workers alike.
24/7 businesses, I think, are a sure-fire sign that society is going to work itself to death. I’ve always said that new technologies like smartphones and tablets haven’t made life easier. They have merely increased expectations and caused higher stress levels than most people can handle.