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"Hhyeah," says Jay as he pulls an energy drink from his bag and moves backwards to sit down. "I... slept through my alarm. And when I got up, I thought I actually woke up early."
He continues, "And then it dawned on me after like, a half hour of lying there that 19:51 is actually 7:51pm in normal people time."
"Oof," Lisa responds, trying to sympathize.
"Yeah. And I should'a known that, 'cuz I catch the 19:45." Jay begins to open the top of his drink. "I'm just... a fucking idio--" He's cut off by a loud "pop" from the can as it explodes all over him. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" he says loudly in surprise as Lisa leans away to avoid being splattered. She's grinning, both amused and feeling sorry for him.
Lisa reaches down for her backpack, which is tucked beneath the seat. "If you can't read military time that well, why is your stuff set to it?" she asks.
He continues, "And then it dawned on me after like, a half hour of lying there that 19:51 is actually 7:51pm in normal people time."
"Oof," Lisa responds, trying to sympathize.
"Yeah. And I should'a known that, 'cuz I catch the 19:45." Jay begins to open the top of his drink. "I'm just... a fucking idio--" He's cut off by a loud "pop" from the can as it explodes all over him. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" he says loudly in surprise as Lisa leans away to avoid being splattered. She's grinning, both amused and feeling sorry for him.
Lisa reaches down for her backpack, which is tucked beneath the seat. "If you can't read military time that well, why is your stuff set to it?" she asks.
Oh, boy. I’d give Jay two bits of advice here.
1: Practice subtracting 12.
2: Get your drinks in screw-top bottles.
I live in the US and set all my clocks to 24 hour, anything that uses measurement units to metric, and all my dates are ISO8601. I also really want to just stop doing daylight savings at all but that would make me have to deal with it more translating times to everyone else…
Sometimes the easy way is not always the right way.
Stupid sodas and beers in cans. Always chaotic.
Oi do I know how that feels. My mind uses AM/PM, but I work as a security guard, so my work stuff is set to 24 hour days.
I alter my sleep patterns though, work doesn’t get my “immediately after waking up” hours. I make it so, even if I sleep in, I’m still not in a rush. If that means I’m getting to sleep way early so I can get up early, so be it, habits are formed by repetition.