when i was in florida last year i purchased a watch from wallmart.today at work i suddenly panicked when my watch was showing 3.25pm...i realised i only had a short time left to finish the job at work..when i told my collegues how little time we had left ..they looked surprised and told me that it was only 2.25pm
I am from uk so am i right when my watch has three letters also appeared on it "D S T"that this means daylight saving time in usa???is this the right time for my watch to correct itself??or has it done it prematurely as in uk we do not alter our time yet.....any help from across the pond appreciated....
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Several years ago I purchased a 50m ironman watch from a large chain store. I kind of hit the wall in backstroke (OK I was a very new swimmer and hadn't quite mastered the art of counting from the flags.) The face of the watch cracked.
On my next trip to the big city, I stopped in at the store to see how the warranty worked.
The sales clerk tottled over on mile high heels from the perfume counter (smelling like she had sampled them all). I explained my cracked face, and could I get a replacement. She studied the watch, looked up and asked "How far do you swim" MY eyes lit up, 'Another swimmer??' Oh, do you mean each workout, each week, each month etc? She thought about that then asked "Well each day". I said around 3500meters. She thought again and then said very seriously, "Oh I see the problem, you see this watch is only good for 50meters, you can only swim for 50meters with this in the water"
I explained that the 50m was down and my hand only went , well as long as my arm so I had a few meters to spare.
She was puzzled, handed me over another watch and I left.
I couldn't help but split a gut outside. How things are interpreted!!
I have dined out on this story too many times. :))
Several years ago I purchased a 50m ironman watch from a large chain store. I kind of hit the wall in backstroke (OK I was a very new swimmer and hadn't quite mastered the art of counting from the flags.) The face of the watch cracked.
On my next trip to the big city, I stopped in at the store to see how the warranty worked.
The sales clerk tottled over on mile high heels from the perfume counter (smelling like she had sampled them all). I explained my cracked face, and could I get a replacement. She studied the watch, looked up and asked "How far do you swim" MY eyes lit up, 'Another swimmer??' Oh, do you mean each workout, each week, each month etc? She thought about that then asked "Well each day". I said around 3500meters. She thought again and then said very seriously, "Oh I see the problem, you see this watch is only good for 50meters, you can only swim for 50meters with this in the water"
I explained that the 50m was down and my hand only went , well as long as my arm so I had a few meters to spare.
She was puzzled, handed me over another watch and I left.
I couldn't help but split a gut outside. How things are interpreted!!
I have dined out on this story too many times. :))
