Thanks for not having a fucking clock

The BBQ Pit
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[QUOTE=cowgirl]
I haven’t worn a watch in many years. As a result I know where lots of hidden clocks are in the city. (Pay phones, TTC transfer machines, some specific stores I know.)
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I do the same thing, taking time cues from the environment. Pay phones, transfer machines, those video screens in the subway, the occaisional tower clock (yes, some of them are working!), etc.

Of course, then you have to average them to get a kind of approximate time. (Anyone know why the two transfer machines at Old Mill subway station are five minutes apart, and neither of them match the clocks on the advertising display signs downstairs on the platforms?)

I also use the clock in my cellphone if I need to.

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There’s some retail study done that shows that clocks are a very bad idea, as if they are off by only a little, they can lead to very pissed off customers, who will then blame the business/employees for parking tickets, missed trains, and so forth. Better off to have none.

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[QUOTE=Jackmannii]
Yes, the OP is an absolute dinosaur, dependent on a wristwatch and/or clocks.

You should be like everyone else in the restaurant, staring at the face of your cellphone for the time and all the other vital data that makes existence possible. That is, when you’re not actually calling everyone in your address book to tell them that you’re eating at a fast food restaurant.
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He still has a point though. Once in a blue moon I forget my cell phone on my desk when going to lunch; if I didn’t have a wristwatch I would have to ask people. And I wouldn’t really be able to relax and enjoy my break if I have to continually ask people the time in order to be sure I don’t overstay on break.

And maybe the OP doesn’t want to bolt down a Big Mac and Coke, and run back to the office. Maybe he wants to relax and read the newpaper for awhile, or something.

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Stores are one thing. What I don’t understand are people who don’t have clocks in their homes. Or worse yet, they have a few clocks but they are all wrong, and usually by huge amounts.

For instance, in my GF’s apartment, the kitchen clock is 7 minutes slow. The bedroom clock is 11 minutes fast. The stereo clock is 23 minutes slow. The VCR is a whopping 71 minutes slow.

In a different friend’s house, there is not a clock to be seen. Anywhere.

And I know I could wear a watch, but for personal reasons I usually don’t.

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Having recently done a bit of travelling, I noticed that it’s really freakin’ hard to find a clock in the airport.

The AIRPORT. You know, probably THE most important place for people to be able to easily tell the time.

[SUB]I wonder if the TSA confiscated them because they looked too much like bombs…[/SUB]

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[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy]
Am I the only one who, on first glancing at the thread title, missed the “L” in the last word? :dubious:
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Oh! CLock!

Nevermind then.

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Geez, where do you live? My local Carl’s Jr. has a seven story bell tower, complete with its own hunchback to ring every quarter hour.

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Hey, you know what time it is? Time for you to buy a watch.

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I can see the commercial,

TWO MEN IN BUSINESS SUITS ARE SEATED AT A TABLE ENJOYING A MEAL

Customer 1: “Hmm, this sure is a good burger!”

Customer 2: “You said it, but don’t you need to be back at the office.”

Customer 1: “You’re right! What time is it?”

Customer 2: “I don’t know, I don’t have a watch or a cellphone.”

Customer 1: “Wow, neither do I!”

Both Customers: “What are we going to do???”

Wendy’s Employee: “Gentlemen, Can I help you?”

Customer 2: “I hope so! We are enjoying our double burgers with cheese, fresh french fries, cold coke, but we don’t know what time it is!!”

Wendy’s Employee: “Well, every Wendy’s now offers the time.”

Customer 1: “Really? Sound great, but how much is it going to cost me?”

Wendy’s Employee: “Nothing! It’s free!”

Custmoer 2: "Free? C’mon nothings free, what’s the catch.

Wendy’s Employee: “There’s no catch, just look on the wall at our state-of the art chronologic discs for the most up-to date time! All for no charge and no purchase necessary!”

Custmeer 2: “Hmm, seems complicated.”

Wendy’s Employee: “Not really, it works just like a watch. Here, it is explained in these handy pamphlets available at every Wendy’s”

HANDS EACH CUSTOMER A PAMPHLET

Customer 1: “Wow according to these easy to follow instructions and your free chronolgic disc I can see I have to leave soon. That’s amazing.”

Both Customers: “Thanks Wendy’s!”

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Clearly, the fast-food restaurants should paint sundial markers on the sidewalk out front so the shadow of the homless guy standing there asking pedestrians for spare change can be put to better use.

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No clocks!? How’s Honey-Bunny supposed to know when to rob the joint then…? :dubious:

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[QUOTE=Lightnin’]
Having recently done a bit of travelling, I noticed that it’s really freakin’ hard to find a clock in the airport.

The AIRPORT. You know, probably THE most important place for people to be able to easily tell the time.

[SUB]I wonder if the TSA confiscated them because they looked too much like bombs…[/SUB]
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Don’t the arrival/departure boards all have the current time on them?

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[QUOTE=tdn]
For instance, in my GF’s apartment, the kitchen clock is 7 minutes slow. The bedroom clock is 11 minutes fast. The stereo clock is 23 minutes slow. The VCR is a whopping 71 minutes slow.
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Why don’t you reset them if it bugs you?

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[Bob & Ray]

…and at the sound of the tone, it’ll be about 10 minutes before the correct time.

[/Bob & Ray]

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Where does one get a fucking clock? I’ve had clocks with hour and minute hands, digital clocks, alarm clocks, clock-radios with the wake-to-music function, but I’ve never had a fucking clock. Bet it’s a popular item.

[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry]
It used to bug me that hotel rooms didn’t have clocks. It seemed like it would simpler for the hotel to buy a bunch of cheapo digital alarm clocks and bolt them to the nightstands than have to worry about giving people wake-up calls. I think now some do have them, in addition to irons and ironing boards, coffeemakers and somtimes little fridgies. All of which make it more fun to travel.

Your’e right: I don’t get out much. :wink:
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You don’t. I’ve seen my fair share of hotel and motel rooms in recent years, and I don’t recall one that didn’t have a standard-issue digital clock-radio.

But in no case was it a fucking clock, which was kind of a shame, because I was usually traveling alone, and that attribute would have come in handy.

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[QUOTE=Sunspace]
the occaisional tower clock (yes, some of them are working!)
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And only some of them have a rifle-wielding maniac on them!

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[QUOTE=DrDeth]
There’s some retail study done that shows that clocks are a very bad idea, as if they are off by only a little, they can lead to very pissed off customers, who will then blame the business/employees for parking tickets, missed trains, and so forth. Better off to have none.
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This I can believe. Customers are dumb and will grab any opportunity to blame you for absolutely everything.

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There are no clocks so that you don’t go all “Falling Down” and start shooting your AK when they tell you breakfast is over.

Besides, if they did have a clock, you’d have to trust that it was correct. You might be better off guessing.

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[QUOTE=Yookeroo]
Don’t the arrival/departure boards all have the current time on them?
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Every one I’ve seen in the last fifteen years does.

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[QUOTE=Cervaise]
And only some of them have a rifle-wielding maniac on them!
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No, no, our rifle-wielding maniacs are on the freeways.