Clocks go back

i know that's so daft if you don't want people to turn up till 8pm put 8pm on the invite its crazy lol

yeah totally understand that i hate being late but detest when others make me late yeah it is a pain but also i get to check the punctuality of each time piece which is extremely satisfying

I get very anxious about lateness, and I hate the clocks changing. 
It's better in Autumn, but it still reminds me that I'm going to really suffer in the spring, so I end up sulking about both changes. :/ 

I find the clock change just messes up my biological clock too much. :(
It doesn't seem like a logical thing to do; nobody's physically making more hours of daylight, so just means instead of going to work in the dark we're all going home in the dark.
Why don't jobs where it matters to have a well-lit morning just change their schedules in the winter (and leave mine alone)? 

I do like my clocks to all agree, but I can do a big clock sync without skipping them forward or back a whole hour. :P 

I derive a lot of satisfaction from being perfectly on time. I used to arrive exactly on time for the rare social events I attended but the hosts often weren't ready. It was explained to me that in such ciircumstances you should be 'politely late'. A strange concept - if you don't want people to arrive at 7pm why put that time on the invitation?

I was even early for my first wedding arriving well before the bridegroom and having to be driven round and round the block by my Dad!

With you all the way on this one! I got very stressed out this morning - unexpected black ice, car needed de-icing, lorry blocking road forced detour, made getting to appointment for autism assessment meeting number two agonising! Got there at 9.21am for 9.30am start which for me is an uncomfortably tight margin. Fortunately my husband was driving so I was able to cuddle the dog all the way there.... 

Watches can get stupidly expensive. I'd love an Urwerk but need a house, car, food and clothing instead.

I do love my mechanical watch even though the solar powered ones that use a radio time signal to reset themselves are oddly enough much more accurate. Watches are awesome!

It was originally brought in during the First World War to save on coal. We kept the practice going afterwards, but most of Europe stopped until the oil crisis of the 1970s.

Being on time and the fear of being late.

 This describes me very well.

I see it as a positive trait.  But I also suffer from extreme anxiety as I am almost late.  And my imagination works over time worrying about what will happen if I am late by even a second.

Being on time has it's advantages.  The job centre is happy, my GP is happy.  And the stress disappears as soon as I arrive.

In my last job I was always on time.  And this enabled me to see colleagues arriving ten and twenty minutes late. 

Time is one of my sources of extreme stress. I absolutely cannot be late. Ever. I will often be at a destination hours early just so I don't get dalayed in traffic. It's easier to be early and stop for a coffee at the destination than live through the insane anxiety of being late anywhere.

The comments on this thread have been very interesting! I hate being late. Often i panic b4 i am actually late. Often i might only end up being a couple of minutes late and the other person isnt bothered. My partner said dont worry about it till the time youre supposed to be there. Does anyone else feel a sense of uneasiness when the clocks change? I usually get this in spring time and not so much in autumn. I dont know why it is or how i feel uneasy just i know i do.....Autumn is my favourite time of year.

Like you I am punctual and don’t understand when others are late all the time and see no problem with that, I was late for an appointment last week due to the person who was coming with me not turning up on time and it really stressed me out. I spent most of the meeting apologising and the person who was late kept telling me to stop worrying it’s no biggy. So frustrating that I felt I had delayed somebody else and possibly messed up there day. With regards to the clocks going back or forward I hate it, it completely throws me out of sync. I know it’s only an hour but I really feel it, my routines are so strict it’s like my body knows it’s not lunch time or you should be in bed by now. This time it’s been worse as I normally forget about the clocks and nobody mentions it to me but this time I have known for a couple of weeks so have spent it worrying and stressing about the change. I know it’s daft but I guess it is just one of my many oddity’s.

i hope you have enjoyed changing all your watches and clocks today, only another 6 months to wait and you can do it again lol 

x 

some minute repeaters go for thousands this was the only one i could afford but it's still my favourite i have two vox watches that talk that are over 25yrs old but still mint i must admit im obsessed with time and time pieces

Love the idea of the chime! 

Yeah cost me £200 when you press a button it chimes the hours and minutes i have several nice watches if i won the lottery boy would i treat myself

That is a really lovely watch! I have quite a few and I am often tempted to buy more...

that's so cool my favourite watch is my Accurist GMT325 Minute Repeater

My current wrist watch - coloured discs attached to the hands move over each other creating different colour combinations throughout the day! 

definitely! 

Yup, that drives me crazy too - makes me even crazier when a non-watch-wearing person says "just keep an eye on the time for me will you?" how am I supposed to immerse myself in my work whilst acting as their personal timekeeper? I just want to say:  "Get a watch!!!"