Is Midnight AM Or PM?

The power went out in my house at some point yesterday so when I got home from work all of the clocks were blinking and my computer was off. Not a big deal. Right? Wrong!

I didn’t get around to setting my alarm clock until after midnight because I didn’t have a need to use it until I was setting the alarm. No matter how many times I’ve set a clock in my life, I always go right past 12 a couple of times before realizing that it comes after 11. I don’t know what it is. Maybe I’m just too quick on the buttons. So I finally settled on 12, set the minutes, and set the alarm time. Time to get some sleep.

In the morning I rolled over at about 6:50 and noticed that I still had another 10-15 minutes to sleep. Always a welcome fact. So I closed my eyes and drifted back to sleep. I roll over again and the clock now shows 7:42! WHAT THE FUCK! I quickly notice a dot in the corner of the display, which means the time is set for 7:42 PM. This is where I start to feel like a complete dumb ass…as I should. It’s not the first time that something like this has happened, but usually it’s the alarm time that I’ve set incorrectly.

So I end up 30 minutes late for work and I feel stupid. I can’t even tell time correctly. Maybe I should convert to military time.


Comments

  1. 1. Lindsay
    6/24/2004 at 3:17pm

    Don’t worry about it. Only 30 minutes late for work? At least you showed up! I woke up at 10:52 myself today, just in time to eat lunch and go for a walk. It’s nice to sleep in 2.5 months out of the year. Well, just wanted to rub it in again! Maybe if you had a 136 you could figure out that alarm clock! :mrgreen:

  2. 2. bill
    6/24/2004 at 4:31pm

    24 hour clock (military time) all the way.

  3. 3. Chad
    6/24/2004 at 4:34pm

    Man, if I had a dime for every time I did the same thing…..and hey, I’m at least 20 minutes late to work every day, and that’s with having my alarm set properly. Oh yeah, and it’s funny how the first thing that comes out your mouth is “What the fuck?!?!” Me too.

  4. 4. MaThIbUs
    6/24/2004 at 5:08pm

    Midnight is where PM stops and AM begins.

  5. 5. Chad
    6/24/2004 at 5:51pm

    Been there, done that. And every time I feel dumber.

  6. 6. CGCook38
    6/25/2004 at 12:12am

    Only thing bad about military time is that it seems to be incompatible with my wife. She’s still late to everything! :lol: That and the stupid looks I get from non-military types when I bust out a 1700 on them. Oh well.

  7. 7. Erik
    6/25/2004 at 4:21am

    Thats fucking funny as shit…:lol:

  8. 8. Jeremy S.
    6/25/2004 at 5:32pm

    I’ve done that a hundred times. So don’t feel too bad.

  9. 9. James
    6/27/2004 at 2:43am

    You need to get yourself a real clock…

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