Time

The clock on my truck was fast. For many months it was about four minutes fast. I got used to it being fast and would adjust my schedule accordingly. It finally bothered me enough that at great peril to my life and those around me, I changed the time back to actual time.

Last night, I was out running a few errands. The nature of the errands required me to be on-time to the various stops. Well I forgot my truck clock was set to real time and went about my errands assuming I was right on time as I was arriving four minutes ahead of schedule. I wasn't, I was late.

And that is why I like clocks always set as close as possible to the right time. Things get messy when clocks are ahead or behind.