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Whenever I take a random weekday off I realize how quick I can run errands on that day. Going to Costco on a weekday? Much shorter lines. Going to USPS? No lines at all. Getting an oil change done? Barely any wait. I wish more companies adapted this 4-day workweek.

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That's the issue though, isn't it? If everyone got 3 days off a week instead of just you, those benefits disappear.

The benefits wouldn’t disappear, people’s errand running would be spread throughout the week rather then crammed into the weekend. I would rather have a weekday free to run errands with much fewer lines than the weekend even if the lines are slightly worse in this scenario than weekdays are today.

But someone's still working full hours at Costco or the post office or the barber or the gas station still. If those places closed for an extra day so that everyone gets a 3 day weekend, the benefits you outlined disappear.

All the upper middle class white collar professionals are the main beneficiaries.

Only if everyone takes the same third day off. There's no reason why that should be the case.

Only if it’s the same third day for everyone :)

Thought experiment: Would you rather work 4 days a week, so you have one to run errands; or work 5 days and have someone run errands for you. Let's assume the net income would stay the same.

Even if someone else runs the errands for me for free, i would rather have 4 day work week and run the errands myself. When i go to the shops by myself i might purchase something I wasn’t planning on purchasing or check out a new ramen shop that just opened up near the grocery store or make an impromptu stop at the movie theater.

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