While it might be an amusing, even interesting question, it is ultimately an unhelpful one, for you see, the most accurate, is the stopped clock. The other two, will never be accurate but the stopped clock will always be accurate at least twice a day.
The trouble is, that while it might be accurate twice a day it is of absolutely no help to you or me in knowing what time it is, is it?
I have met some people who deliberately run their clock’s a few minutes slow, as they know that if they think they are running late they will hurry up, where as if they think they have plenty of time to spare waste it and end up late.
I have met some other people who deliberately run their clock’s a few minutes fast, so that they will always be early or on time if they leave themselves a few minutes up their sleeves for unexpected drains on their time.
Now the above two actions may help and assist those who know their system, but it can throw others out completely if they take the clock’s time at face value.
What about you and me? Are we always dependable and on time? Or do people have to waste their time waiting for us because we operate on a different clock, either fast or slow?
Do we make people hurry up to catch up with us as we are always leaving early? Or do we make them twiddle their thumbs and waste precious time because we are always late? Or worse, are we a stopped clock that no one can depend on and in danger of being thrown out, or pushed aside for something more reliable?
Should we not, metaphorically speaking, be people that others can set their watches by, as we are always on time, and always reliable? The answer of course is, “Yes”, but the real question is, “Are we?” Well? Are You? I will now leave you to ponder that! Walter
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