Popa, let’s rephrase Sam’s question with slightly different wording; a few weeks ago, even ‘early’ shabbos in Gateshead was at 8.30. Do you really not finish work before then?
Welcome to the real world.
That “gvir” in shul who you count on to pull the school’s budget? He’s working until midnight while you put your kids to sleep and eat dinner with your family and read bedtime stories and make lag b’omer bbq’s.