When do most people take vacations? In the summer. Holiday weekends. Spring break.
When do most people work? Monday thru Friday, 9 am to 5 pm
How do most people spend their mornings and evenings? In traffic.
What do most people use for cleaning in their houses? Showers. Dishwashers. Washers.
What do all of these have in common?
There’s a better option!
I’d like to summarize betters option for all four questions posed.
- Vacation Planning – If you’ve ever traveled to a tourist destination during “off-season” then you’ll know it’s far cheaper when everyone else isn’t trying to go. Some of that might be weather related, like visiting Southeast Asia during monsoon season or visiting Florida in the summer, but traveling during non-peak times is far cheaper and probably the better option.
- Working Monday – Friday, 9 – 5 – This one ties into the traffic equation, but it’s still questionable that everyone is most productive during normal office hours. Not following the 9-5 workday would allow people to work during their most productive hours whether they’re larks, owls or hummingbirds.
- Traffic – If we were all on different schedules then we wouldn’t have as many cars on the road at the same time. Adapting to remote work is also a better option (at least a couple days a week).
- Cleaning Houses – Although it may seem like our showers clean our bodies, our dishwashers clean our dishes, and our washers clean our clothes, they actually have gotten worse over the years. There are tons of better options, but bureaucracy stands in the way.
Society is Slow to Change
All of these have alternatives to make the situation better. However, none of us have solutions to all of these questions. Even if we’ve tackled some of them, we haven’t tackled improved plumbing in our houses. Society, especially society supported by bureaucracy, is very slow to change.
Even when better options exist, it’s hard to make these options a reality. As technology progresses faster and faster, it’ll be interesting to see if society implements better options or we stick to our norms.