You're punished how? by bars being open when you get off work? or shows happening after work? or "working late" or "burning the midnight oil" being considered a sign of dedication and hard work? by all the stereotypes of old people waking up to watch the sun rise?

early to rise has some cultural cachet as moral but when have Cool and Moral ever coincided?

Banking and the DMV are pretty much it as far as things-denied-the-night-owl.

plus 8-5? that shit aint early. Talk to some bakers or retail works about waking up early.