# If you could choose your own times to work..

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-your-own-times-to-work/443816>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 3, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-your-own-times-to-work/443816 "2008-04-03T16:54:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-your-own-times-to-work/443816/21 "2008-04-04T03:28:45Z")

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[QUOTE=Scarlett67]  
There’s a joke about how being self-employed is great because you get to work only half days, AND you get to pick which 12 hours you work every day. 😃 THat’s not too far off the mark in my case.  
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You owe me a keyboard…and a nose…that diet pepsi hurt coming out.

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-your-own-times-to-work/443816/22 "2008-04-04T03:52:53Z")

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[QUOTE=drachillix]  
You owe me a keyboard…and a nose…that diet pepsi hurt coming out.  
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My work here is done. 😃

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-your-own-times-to-work/443816/23 "2008-04-04T04:12:35Z")

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I’m self-employed, and here’s how my days are adding up.

11am - 2 pm  
break for lunch.  
3pm to 5pm  
nap & dinner.  
8pm - 10pm  
watch some tv.  
11pm - 3 or 4am

But each day is unique. Most days I have work to do, even the weekends. Some days I might not work at all. The beauty is the flexible timeline and being at home (as long as I’m not crunching for a deadline). Beats a steady, forced 8 hour workday anytime. If I need to run to the store, or pick up the kids, or go the the doctors, or even have a friend over and catch a movie… I can usually swing it easily and guilt free!

And I’m a natural night owl, so it’s a good fit.

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**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-your-own-times-to-work/443816/24 "2008-04-04T06:58:38Z")

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I work, more or less, 9 to 6.

Most of my fellow employees work 8 to 5.

I don’t get any hassle if I come in at 9:15 or 9:30;

An 8-hour day (plus one hour for lunch) is expected

Honestly, I’d probably work 10 to 7 if others weren’t in earlier. I’m just not a morning person. But some of my colleagues work 6-3, and probably 90% of them are in by 8. So I get in at 9, as much as I hate it.

…I’m a night person.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-your-own-times-to-work/443816/25 "2008-04-04T13:12:12Z")

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I once worked weekdays from 12 - 6 p.m. and all day Saturday. I loved it!

Mornings and nights free. It was like I only really worked on Saturday.

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