Stop trying to make the four-day workweek happen
Growing up in my little Pennsylvania hometown, most businesses would close early on Wednesdays around lunchtime. The idea was that they would re-open in the evening or on Saturday mornings to give people who couldn’t get away from their nine-to-five jobs the chance to shop, go to the bank, etc. To this day, a few places (the ones that are left) adhere to this tradition. They shut their doors at noon or so mid-week, everyone knows they do, and we plan our lives accordingly. It works in Philipsburg, a rural place with a few thousand loyal customers who have known for decades that Larry’s Saw Shop won’t be open Wednesday afternoon. So we get our chainsaws dropped off for service on Tuesday or first thing Thursday morning. That’s just the way it is. Life goes on.
