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Why did the boss yell at me this morning for being late? I remembered to set my clock back, so it wasn't that?

I remembered the time change this weekend and set my clocks back. However, I was really late this morning and the boss was a big jerk about it. What happened? Also, all my coworkers left for lunch at 10 am. What gives?

Update:

Also, I just remembered that I work the graveyard shift. Where am I?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    LOL. Reminds me of when I was a teen an worked at a department store. I decided a good idea would be to use the "I forgot to set the clock for the time change" and go in an hour late. My boss looked at me with disgust and reminded me I would have been in an hour early if that were the case. She probably would not have been so hard on me but a week earlier I was scolded for not wearing my uniform jacket. A day later I remembered to bring it with me but my car died on the way in....so I dumped a little to much gas in the carb to get it started and it caught on fire. I put it out with my uniform jacket and actually made it to work. In fear of getting written up again, I wore the jacket. I was not the ideal employee.

  • 5 years ago

    If you go to bed the night BEFORE the change and set your clock you will be setting it one hour back. If it is 10pm when you go to bed the clock will now think it is 9pm. If the alarm is set for 8am then the clock will alarm 11 hrs later. If the alarm was set back prematurly then when the alarm went off at 8am the rest of the world would believe it was 9am and you would be late. The clocks are set back this year at 2am on Nov 4, 2007.

  • 1 decade ago

    You shouldn't keep taking his crap!

    Don't we call you Revenginator for a reason? Take the situation by the balls man!

    Walk right into his office tomorrow set his clock back an hour. You know all of this is because he obviously screwed up and set his FORWARD an hour. So he just THOUGHT you were late when you weren't. Jeez, what a loser he is.

    Apparently your coworkers are too weak to stand up to him. I mean come on, taking lunch at 10 AM? They are nothing but lemmings following the man!

    Save them all and kick his a$$.

    Oh, and try to remember your Bailey's & coffee "eye opener" tomorrow. When you don't bring it in you are a real crab a$$.

    Source(s): Obviously everyone but you and I are idiots!
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you know that sounds kind of like me at work.. I used to get there at 10.. took a long break at 12:30 and left at 3pm..

    so what's the problem again??

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  • 1 decade ago

    Your boss is a dooche bag! (Never mind that you were two hours late for work.....you SHOWED UP, DIDN'T YOU! (Some bosses just expect too much)

  • 1 decade ago

    Better set them back another hour tonight just to be sure and be on time in the morning.

  • 1 decade ago

    Best start looking for a new job . Your now at the top of the list for lay offs if they are needed .

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Is that first answerer your douche bag boss you been talking about?

  • 1 decade ago

    mayb its not about being late r u a dooche bag at work?

  • 1 decade ago

    uuhhh...u were suposed to set ur clock FORWARD.

    so u were actually an 1 hr late.

    its spring forward and fall back

    :( i hate setting clocks forward.

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