Time Zones

Ok so I understand the complete necessity for time zones and my post today isn't in opposition to their existence at all. My frustration with time zones is that our country seems to run off of Eastern for almost everything when they make advertisements for things. (Mostly things coming on TV)

I've lived in the Eastern Time Zone for a long time so I never really noticed it. For a while when I lived in Indiana and we didn't observe daylight savings time things were wacky at certain times of the year but not that we do it's not as bad. Well I currently now live in the Central Time Zone and all the time things come on and I have to modify the time in my head that it is coming on. World Cup has been a big problem here because a lot of my friends are watching it in the EST telling me it's one time and then I get all confused.

And although I know a lot of TV shows always do the "8 EST/7 CST" thing I always read the 8 first and forgot that it's the wrong time zone since I'm so used to paying attention to that one. I've missed some of my shows because of that and it frustrates me.

However it is nice to catch some shows that would be on later in EST earlier since I am in CST. Like I now get to watch Family Guy at 10 and not 11. So I guess it's not all bad. I just think that TV shows should just state explicitly what time they are playing in your time zone. So if it's playing in CST don't give me this "8 EST/7 CST" nonsense...just say "7 CST." So much easier.

Anyone else have time zone frustrations or am I just crazy?