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On Time

November 5th, 2007 at 4:52 pm by Ashlea

So, I still am not used to this whole daylight savings thing! Luckily I knew to turn back my clock this year…
However, I have come up with a solution to my tardiness. When I turned my clocks back, I only turned it back about 45 minutes.
You may question why I did this, but it’s rather clever, actually. This way I intend not to ever be late… I just wish I didn’t know that my clocks are 15 minutes ahead of time!

I can just imagine what’s going to happen… I’ll look at my watch, realize I’m running late, and then think: “Oh, I actually have another 15 minutes” – so, I won’t really hurry… and will end up being very late! oh well, I’ll have to try it out and see what happens.

I hate tardiness, yet it’s one of my flaws. Actually, to be fair to myself, it runs in my genes. My parents are renowned for being late. I was late for school everyday as a child, and it wasn’t actually my fault at all. It became a daily game my father and I would play: Who could be ready and waiting at the door first. It worked for the first week, and then I got bored of being on time, waiting for him, and still being late!

Additionally, I think that, as Lynn is unlike many of the larger universities with their gigantic lecture halls, it is more of a disturbance to other students and the professor when you arrive late. So, I suppose at most other universities you can get away with it…but not at Lynn. If any of my professors or teachers happen to read this, may I recommend you turn your watches back 5 minutes…

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2 Responses

  1. Jena Says:

    I must admit, I share your problem of being late on occasion.
    So, here’s the solution I’ve come up with that tends to work fairly well:
    I set my clock ahead, as you did with yours, but I randomly press the “forward” and “backward” buttons for the minute so that I don’t know exactly how early the clock is. It usually hovers somewhere around 8 to 10 minutes early. I highly recommend this technique as you can’t really say to yourself “Well, I’ve really got 15 more minutes,” because you don’t know really how many more minutes you have.

    :)

  2. Ashlea Says:

    Great idea… I’ll try that! Thanks!

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