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24 January 2023, 10:03 AM | #1 |
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I weep for the future….
Name the movie…. OK, that is not what this is about.
I have a small side business, I contract doing FAA training and tests. To accept business shipments, mail, etc. I have a box at the local UPS store. The guys in there are a great bunch, all young but intelligent kids, well, I thought so. I think they are 20? 22? ish? This morning I am in there (shipping a watch) and strike up a conversation with him about watches. He commented on my GMT, I let him try it on, he said it was “cool.” I asked why he didn’t wear a watch. He said he looked at his Iphone for the time. This seems more and more prevalent amongst the young, but what he said next floored me. Quote: “I can’t tell the time unless it’s Digital” I was astounded. Pointing at my watch I said: “So you can’t tell the time on this?” He said he could not, then called over the other worker. Also a nice kid and (seemingly) intelligent. He asked the question was he able to read a watch (analogue) time… To my horror…. The SECOND young person also said he could not, he checked his phone to see the time. I…. I….. I weep for the future. |
24 January 2023, 10:10 AM | #2 |
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Not surprising. I think it's incredibly sad, but not surprising.
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24 January 2023, 10:13 AM | #3 |
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Sigh. Making change without a computer can be a stumper too.
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24 January 2023, 10:16 AM | #4 |
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That's a bummer to hear but are they the norm? I sure hope not.
I wonder how they are at fractions?
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24 January 2023, 10:18 AM | #5 |
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Wow, did you offer to buy them an Oyster and Pop clock?
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24 January 2023, 10:18 AM | #6 |
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Maybe the GMT hand threw them off? Perhaps on the digital it was 2pm but on yours it had the GMT pointing at the 7 and had them questioning if they knew how to tell time?
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My cousin owns a small business and he hires a lot of high school kids. He said the same thing. Many of them can’t tell time with an analog clock. I guess they don’t teach that anymore. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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24 January 2023, 10:36 AM | #8 |
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24 January 2023, 10:37 AM | #9 |
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Several years ago I was in a department store behind an irritated (middle aged) customer at checkout. At issue was a sign on a rack reading “30% off and another 30% at the register.” The shopper demanded 60% off. Math doesn’t work that way.
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Who are you going to give all your clocks to then Paul?
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24 January 2023, 10:37 AM | #11 |
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It's the lack of curiosity that surprises me.
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This is precisely why I bought my son an analog as his first watch.
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24 January 2023, 11:00 AM | #16 |
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As in, your minute and hour hands read 2 o’clock. In the afternoon, and assuming your GMT is set to local time, the gmt hand would point to the 7, indicating 14:00h. If they’ve never seen a GMT, interpretation of what the GMT hand means could throw them off. Similarly, the fact the hour hand points to ‘4’ on the bezel despite it isn’t 4 o’clock lol. Even worse if the bezel is rotated to something different. Grasping at straws to defend their honor and give them the benefit of the doubt here haha. I just mean it’s a more complicated watch to read than simple hour/minute.
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24 January 2023, 11:15 AM | #17 |
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Is there a reason to learn analog? There's plenty of life skills that were considered essential in the past but as new technology came along, they became obsolete.
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24 January 2023, 11:20 AM | #18 |
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24 January 2023, 11:24 AM | #19 |
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There are some young people today who wear analog watches. I'm guessing these kids will work for them someday.
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It all comes down to teaching.
Teach your children well.... Both wife's kids can read an analog clockface.
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Will watches disappear? 50 years from now will there be Rolex? An interesting topic |
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So the price on the tag already reflected a sale price of 30% less than full price, and at the register another 30% would be reduced from the sale price? And he wanted 60% off the already-discounted price? Or he wanted the total discount to sum to a cumulative 60% off, rather than 51% ? The second mistake seems more justifiable to me than the first.
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When apocalyptic comes and power source becomes scarce, I guess they'll learn to appreciate hand-wound watches then.
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24 January 2023, 11:44 AM | #25 |
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My 16 and 18yr old can’t read an analog clock. Well, the 18yr old can, but it’s a struggle. It’s a bit embarrassing. But then when I walked around their school and saw digital clocks everywhere, it sorta made sense.
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24 January 2023, 11:53 AM | #26 |
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Schools don’t have analog clocks anymore? Mine did, and I’m not old
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They don't have a code they can live by.
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24 January 2023, 12:04 PM | #28 |
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Don't despair. My son is 26 (gen Z) and he's been wearing a watch since HS. Some of his friends do too. I think they're more prevalent in a professional setting. He's in finance.
Now let's make pocket watches cool again.
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24 January 2023, 12:06 PM | #29 |
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I see what you did there
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To be honest, I’m not sure I could tell time using a sun dial. However, I’d never consider a traditional analog clock as being obsolete like a sun dial is. Analog clocks are still widely used pretty much everywhere. Ironically, most of the AppleWatch faces you can choose from are inspired by analog clocks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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