Observation: Time Practice
Do you happen to know anyone who has a habit of setting their clocks/watches or any time telling devices ahead of the actual time? 15 minutes? 30 minutes? An hour maybe? Perhaps you, yourself are guilty of such practices. Why do so?
I inquired with the people who have such habitude and the unitary answer I can get (Other than they do it for fun) is that so they will not be late for any appointments they might have and they would be on time for whatever functions or events awaiting them. The idea is to establish a more efficient time management plan and by looking at their pre-set clocks/watches which is, let us say 15 minutes ahead of actual time, it creates a sense of urgency whereby they would rush to get things done cos they know they have 15 minutes left to complete whatever they need to do.
My question is this:
If you KNOW your clocks/watches is set ahead of the actual time and you KNOW exactly how much time is left before your deadline is reach then, what is the purposes of setting your clocks/watches ahead in the first place? Isn't it the same if you were to program your time devices to match the actual time? This makes the whole custom quite redundant wouldn't you agree?
I just don't get it!
I inquired with the people who have such habitude and the unitary answer I can get (Other than they do it for fun) is that so they will not be late for any appointments they might have and they would be on time for whatever functions or events awaiting them. The idea is to establish a more efficient time management plan and by looking at their pre-set clocks/watches which is, let us say 15 minutes ahead of actual time, it creates a sense of urgency whereby they would rush to get things done cos they know they have 15 minutes left to complete whatever they need to do.
My question is this:
If you KNOW your clocks/watches is set ahead of the actual time and you KNOW exactly how much time is left before your deadline is reach then, what is the purposes of setting your clocks/watches ahead in the first place? Isn't it the same if you were to program your time devices to match the actual time? This makes the whole custom quite redundant wouldn't you agree?
I just don't get it!
posted by Mr Lee at 3:16:00 AM
2 Comments:
Sometimes, you'll forget that you set the clock time ahead of the actual time. hahaha....
You may be right DK. Anyway, guess it's better to be early than late.
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