“i know what’s in your heart.”

i bring a "technically i could do this tomorrow" energy to things that tomorrow me really resents

bitch this is all you’re gonna get. this life, this face, this body. you better not ‘maybe in another universe’ your way out of everything. sit your ass down and face this. go make tea and have a picnic and read a goddamn book. kiss your loved ones, send that damn text, and hug your siblings. this is all you’re gonna get.

ok not to be that guy but like. labor rights and working class rights can coexist with 24h services and late amenities. its certainly hard to do so without worker exploitation in this political and social environment, it’s not a conflict likely to resolve overnight. but 24h services are important and especially valuable to those of us that are disabled or are on a different circadian rhythm. in fact more professional, health, and government services should be available or at least possible to work on asynchronously (if applicable) during late or odd hours, while workers also get sufficient pay for their labor and proper consistent scheduling. this would be much easier on the workers with night schedules if the entire professional world didn’t grind to a halt at 5pmEST

Adding to this, the most common long-shift workers are medical workers. It is very common for nurses, doctors, surgeons, and pharmacists to be pulling 12h+ shifts, often back-to-back. I feel like it should be universally understood that being this tired and burned out in a medical profession is a serious concern and a risk to patients. The last thing we need in 24h services like hospitals and urgent care/emergency rooms is tired people making mistakes. @knitmeapony's proposal or something like it could literally save lives.

Absolutely yes! It also leads to both ageism and ableism in the medical profession, even when folks haven't completely burned themselves out. It's a self-sustaining problem.