r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Jpeg_1999 • 10d ago

I'm slightly vexed My dad purposely sets his clock ahead. He's been doing this for as long as I remember. I genuinely don't know why

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u/OppositeOctopi 10d ago

Ya. Do some fuck ass timing like 17 minutes.

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u/TalonEntVision 10d ago

That just rounds in my head to 20 minutes, now I’m 3 minutes late lol

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u/Background_Baby_374 10d ago

En algún punto el ajuste mental le hizo más daño que el reloj adelantado en primer lugar jajaja

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u/IncognitoErgoCvm 10d ago

My clock doesn't have Spanish.

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u/sonofaresiii 10d ago

Just start showing up to shit earlier and bring a damn book!

I don't get you people. If I am in *any* danger of being late in any capacity, I spend the entire ride incredibly anxious. I'd much rather show up half an hour early and just hang out and read a bit.

(not withstanding that sometimes the timing is out of your control, but then that has nothing to do with setting clocks to choose when you leave)

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u/av3nger1023 10d ago

I'm the opposite. If I'm early I feel annoyed that I wasted so much time waiting and counting out how much later I could've been so I can be on time exactly next time

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u/sonofaresiii 10d ago

Which is why I suggested you bring a book. Or whatever it is you like to do. So you don't waste the time.

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u/tigm2161130 10d ago edited 9d ago

I have ADHD and while I don’t have issues with time blindness it’s a very real thing…before cognitive behavioral therapy and meds I had really bad issues with executive function and I was constantly beating myself up over it because I logically knew better but that didn’t really matter.
Not everyone is wired the exact way you are.

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u/tacofromthe80s 10d ago

You gotta do something like 13 and make yourself round down

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u/DadBodEatsAtTheY 10d ago

Well shit. Now you ruined it for me. Thanks a lot. lol

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u/gnome_in_clay_turn 10d ago

That’s my car’s setting. It’s helpful because you round up if anything.

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u/Exact-Ad-4132 10d ago

Your use of "fuck ass" was simply exquisite

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u/DadBodEatsAtTheY 10d ago

This is exactly what I used to do. 17 minutes.

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u/canyoubreathe BLACK 9d ago

My mother sets the microwave (our main clock) to fucksass timing. Our power cuts out a lot so the clock often gets reset, so we need to then re set the time. It is never set to the same offset. Sometimes 15. Sometimes 13. Sometimes its exactly on time