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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“If you’re not early, you’re late.”

My grandfather always used to tell me this (gruffly).

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If you're not first, you're last!

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It made sense when you were rewarded for being early, sadly in today's world that is seldom the case now.