How many clocks do you have at home? Where?

[Claire&TheBoys]

I've never counted, but here goes...

Kids' rooms: one Mickey wall clock each, one digital alarm clock each
Guest room: one alarm clock
Family room: wall clock, antique mantle clock (100+ years old, wedding gift from my uncle - I have to wind it every week - love it!), atomic digital on a side table
Formal living room: wall clock
Playroom: wall clock
Master bedroom: two alarm clocks
Kitchen: Mickey wall clock

Total clocks: 13

Plus the microwave and oven each have one.

I'm thinking of putting one in the master bathroom so my husband can keep track of the time when he's getting ready in the mornings. Also considering putting one in the dining room.

 

[willowsnn3]

I used to collect clocks but after splitting up with my husband years ago and now living in a smaller place, I don't have as many.

12 in my bedroom. 8 of those are small crystal ones that fit on one shelf of a bookcase. 2 are mantle clocks that were given to me by my mom so they are on top of the 2 bookshelves. 1 Mickey clock I picked up at a thrift store and my alarm clock.
Grandfather clock in living room and 1 wall clock in kitchen. Then there is one on the stove. Microwave too I guess but that one has never been set.

 

[NewRVLady]

5 and 1 on stove
2 in our bedroom
1 in sunroom
1 in den
1 in office/tv room

 

[Disneychick75]

Our only clocks are either on the cable boxes or on our iPhones.

 

[declansdad]

Yeah, very common now. I spend a lot of time calling those folks when they oversleep and are late for work. And of course, they often have no landline, so the dead cell phone, cell phone in another room, cell phone on vibrate, is no good to wake them up that way either.

As a journalist you call a lot of people who are late for work?

 

[tvguy]

As a journalist you call a lot of people who are late for work?

Yes, I call co-workers who don't show up for work. Usually at the request of my supervisor. I can't send them on their assignments if they aren't at work!
Falls in my job description.

 

[declansdad]

Yes, I call co-workers who don't show up for work. Usually at the request of my supervisor. I can't send them on their assignments if they aren't at work!
Falls in my job description.

Doesn't sound like the role of any journalist I know, unless they are the editor. Is that what you are, an editor?

 

[tvguy]

Doesn't sound like the role of any journalist I know, unless they are the editor. Is that what you are, an editor?

Assignment Editor. If they aren't on our 3:15 am Conference call or in the building by then, they get a call. Who would you expect to call in staff if they overslept?
I've been known to put toner and paper in the printers, make coffee and gas up a company car from time to time.

 

[declansdad]

Assignment Editor. Who would you expect to call in staff if they overslept?

Just curious, that's all. When I think of a journalist I think of someone doing the reporting, not calling staff to get them out of bed.

 

[tvguy]

Just curious, that's all. When I think of a journalist I think of someone doing the reporting, not calling staff to get them out of bed.

I was on Jury Duty in September, and described my job, and the Judge and Attorneys all agrees "Journalist" best describes what I do. Assignment Editors set up interviews for reporters and photographers, research and write stories for air and the web, listen to the scanners, answer viewer calls, monitor Twitter and Facebook, emails. We call in crews early, re-route crews, and if they don't show up on time, we call and wake them up.
As an old dog I also shoot video, and Monday and Tuesday will set off the Assignment Desk and Produce newscasts. My wife just found tape of me doing the weather in 1978, so even have done on air.

 

[kamik86]

So I get teased about the number of clocks in my house. 17. I love clocks. My grandmother told me it was my first word and whenever I decorate a room, I always start with a wall clock. Every room (including our covered patio, garage and bathrooms) has a wall clock. All the bedrooms have alarm clocks on the nightstands (the master has two, one for me and one for DH). I didn't count the clocks on the thermostat, the alarm system, and the garage door opener. That would bring it to 20. Our cable boxes used to have clocks but they don't anymore.

I am also super particular about them being set properly. My family gets a kicks out of watching me go around on time change days with my cellphone making sure they are all synchronized.

Oh yeah techically there is a clock on the thermostat, however it doesn't display the correct time so not sure that one counts.

 

[NewRVLady]

Assignment Editor. If they aren't on our 3:15 am Conference call or in the building by then, they get a call. Who would you expect to call in staff if they overslept?
I've been known to put toner and paper in the printers, make coffee and gas up a company car from time to time.

You must have high turnover-I cant imagine having to wake up to be on a 3 am conference call!
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Never heard of calling a worker who doesn't show up.....but the oddest story I have......

one day before Christmas eve a office worker didn't show(we had Chritmas and Christmas eve off that year)-an estimator at the plant I worked at.
The day AFTER Christmas his WIFE called asking if he had gone to work that day-he had gone "missing"....his truck was found abandoned (this was way before cell phones when you could 'find" someone)....we found out sometime later a family member helped him "disappear" and he started working in another state-yep he abandoned his family 2 days before Christmas.

 

[CdnCarrie]

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Never heard of calling a worker who doesn't show up.....but the oddest story I have......

So at your workplace people just ignore it if you don't turn up? So odd.
Thankfully if I didn't show up and didn't call my coworkers would call to see if I'm okay.

 

[declansdad]

I was on Jury Duty in September, and described my job, and the Judge and Attorneys all agrees "Journalist" best describes what I do. Assignment Editors set up interviews for reporters and photographers, research and write stories for air and the web, listen to the scanners, answer viewer calls, monitor Twitter and Facebook, emails. We call in crews early, re-route crews, and if they don't show up on time, we call and wake them up.
As an old dog I also shoot video, and Monday and Tuesday will set off the Assignment Desk and Produce newscasts. My wife just found tape of me doing the weather in 1978, so even have done on air.

Thanks for the iformatin, although to me it sounds like "journalist" describes a portion of your job but if you had to select one word I guess that describe some of your job.

 

[NewRVLady]

So at your workplace people just ignore it if you don't turn up? So odd.
Thankfully if I didn't show up and didn't call my coworkers would call to see if I'm okay.

at my last job( Flower shop)- a designer didn't come back after his vacation....by day 3 boss made manager call him.
He decided to stay with his new love in another state=didn't bother to let us know....but he was weird like that

I only had phone # of 2 of my coworkers-our drivers changed so often, I dint bother getting that "close" to any of them

 

[cluvsdisney]

Two wall clocks - a decorative one in the living room and a regular one in the bathroom (so I don't lose track of time getting ready for work. )
Two alarm clocks - we each have one
Plus the ones that are on the cable boxes (3), stove, and microwave

That's 9 all together.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

We only have them in our bedrooms. No clocks in the kitchen or any other common area room. We use our watches, smart phones, or television.

 

[tvguy]

Thanks for the interview; although to me it sounds like "journalist" describes a portion of your job but if you had to select one word I guess that describe some of your job.

Journalist describes about 6 or 7 hours of my job each day.

 

[tvguy]

.Yes, my industry does have a high turnover rate, but the early shift has the lowest turnover. The most Senior Producer, Assignment Editor, Editor and Photographer work the early shift by choice.

You must have high turnover-I cant imagine having to wake up to be on a 3 am conference call!
____________
Never heard of calling a worker who doesn't show up.....but the oddest story I have......

one day before Christmas eve a office worker didn't show(we had Chritmas and Christmas eve off that year)-an estimator at the plant I worked at.
The day AFTER Christmas his WIFE called asking if he had gone to work that day-he had gone "missing"....his truck was found abandoned (this was way before cell phones when you could 'find" someone)....we found out sometime later a family member helped him "disappear" and he started working in another state-yep he abandoned his family 2 days before Christmas.

My MIL didn't show up to work one day 16 years ago. He boss called her, then called my wife. My wife called the neighbors who had a key and found her dead in bed. She had a heart attack in her sleep. I cannot imagine any workplace not at least trying to reach an employee who did not show up as scheduled.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

You must have high turnover-I cant imagine having to wake up to be on a 3 am conference call!
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Never heard of calling a worker who doesn't show up.....

For a 24/7/365 industry, I don't find a 3am conference call all that unusual for certain sets of workers.

I've had to call a few employees who didn't show up for work. They're working out in the field, and an outside contact is waiting for them. If they don't show up, the contact calls me to find out what's going on, so I have to call the employee. Thankfully it's only happened a handful of times in over 20 years.

Some administrative assistant at my wife's job calls employees if they're more than an hour late and haven't called in with an excuse.