A pet peeve
A little tip to all you humans out there, if someone asks you the time, give them the exact time in minutes, not quarter of hours or the closest ten. That means if it is 7:17 don't say 7:15. This is because you aren't that person that is asking for the time and you don't know what they need it for. Now you may be lolling about not in any particular rush, but other people might want to know how many minutes and untill they have to leave. So, just in case they are like me and want an exact time always give it to them!
25 February 2004 05:12pm UTC • 444 views • 19 comments
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The Fool
25 February 2004 10:39pm UTC
It's 3:38... pm.The Fool
25 February 2004 10:39pm UTC
Err... It became 3:39pm before I could post that. Sorry.The Fool
25 February 2004 10:39pm UTC
Err... It became 3:39pm before I could post that. Sorry.The Fool
25 February 2004 10:40pm UTC
Oh, and the website broke, forcing me to hit "add this comment" a few times to make sure the comment posted on time, which is why it appears twice.None of this is my fault, so I don't see why you're all blaming me.
Robert
26 February 2004 12:15am UTC
How do you know this persons watch is accurate enough to say "it's 4:17." If rounding off two minutes is really that big of a deal you probably shouldn't be trusting someone else's watch at all. I'd bet the average margin of error for a watch is like +/- 2.5 minutes, at least.Unless you are my weird engineering teacher, who sets his watch to the atomic clock every day so that, right as class starts at 12:00, he can say "Good Morning... Good Afternoon!"
Robert
26 February 2004 12:54am UTC
I pity The Fool.The Fool
26 February 2004 01:51am UTC
Pity I'll accept, just not blame.The Fool
26 February 2004 04:25am UTC
The problem with your theory, Robert, is that you haven't thought it through. If you have to affect the time by +/- 2.5 minutes when someone tells you the time on their watch, you have to affect it by +/- 5.0 minutes when they're estimating by five minutes (if their watch says 12:07:30, so they say that it's 12:05, when in reality the time is 12:10), and even more the more the estimate. I agree with Benjamin, exact time please!Benjamin
26 February 2004 05:36am UTC
Sure, just blame it on the site.Robert
26 February 2004 05:39am UTC
I wasn't disagreeing with him really, I know that it would be best to get the time right off the watch. My point was that if he has to have the time to the minute, he should probably not be trusting other people's watches.The Fool
26 February 2004 05:41am UTC
Ah, my misunderstanding.Robert
26 February 2004 05:53am UTC
I pity The Fool.The Pitiful
26 February 2004 05:57am UTC
Don't we all? Don't we all?Lisa
26 February 2004 06:41am UTC
I'm with Robert on this one. If it's that important that you know exactly what time it is, I think it's about time that you got a watch.Benjamin
26 February 2004 08:47am UTC
Well, obviously it isn't that important, otherwise I'd have one. All I am saying is that out of general courtesy, if asked the time give as exact of one as you can.Slade
26 February 2004 08:58am UTC
It's Thursday.The Fool
26 February 2004 05:50pm UTC
Thursday?! Oh no, I'm late for my meeting!Robert
26 February 2004 08:42pm UTC
What's a dread pirate?Benjamin
26 February 2004 09:29pm UTC
It is an allusion to the movie The Princess Bride.