I was listening to a report on the radio tonight about how gas prices are changing our work world. It was kind of interesting and confirmed a post I made about 2 weeks ago.

The report said that companies are shortening their work weeks for some of their workers with long communtes in order to keep them from finding jobs closer to home. The employees increase their hours to 10 hours a day for the days they work which makes up for the extra day off.

I know many people have been doing this for quite some time. However, this is the first I've heard of it for the sake of saving money on gas.

Here's why I'm posting this on Active Rain:

While I'm not sure this will become widespread and that it won't go away when (if) gas prices come back down, it got me thinking about what this means for our industry. If people suddenly had an extra day off each week here are some ways we could benefit:

1. Traffic would become much less of a nightmare. I posted on this a couple of weeks ago - I think it's already happening. Today traffic was absolutely amazing. I'm sure vacations and school being out is part of the reason.
2. Getting time with our clients would be much easier.
3. Fewer night and weekend appointments would give us more time with our families and for other activities.

Three cheers for high gas prices!

Dennis Beckner
Southern California Mobile Notary Public
Specializing in Loan Document Signings
BecknerMobileNotary.com
(949) 842-7682