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Originally Posted by Mo_Gearhead
Watches are now a fashion statement, rather than a necessity.
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If you're retired, I guess. Some of us actually need to be on time, occasionally.
True story: The corporate site I work in (home to maybe 5k people) used to have large digital clocks visible from nearly any point in any building. They were all "synchronized" via some server, somewhere. I suppose to reduce labor costs?
The only problem was that each clock was anywhere from 2 to 30 minutes off. The clock closest to my office (read: cubicle) was steadily getting worse. One day it would be 10 minutes behind, the next it would be 17 minutes ahead. One of our guys called the maintenance folks to complain. They came a few days later and replaced the clock.
The next day the clock was wrong...again. My coworker called...again. This time two maint. guys showed up with a ladder and spent 1/2 a day fiddling with the connection.
They left with the clock, leaving a bare unpainted patch on the wall over my boss's cube.
The clock never reappeared. Instead 99% of the other clocks on campus vanished. Eventually the wall was repainted and there is no evidence that a clock was ever on the wall.
There is still ONE of these digital clocks (that I know of) near the entrance of my building. Last time I actually checked it was off by 25 minutes.
Moral of the story: I need a watch.