You joke, but some people are actually that dumb.
I used to work in the oilfield, first day on a new rig with a new company. We were swabbing (pulling fluid samples, super laid back work) and had 2 guys on, 2 guys off.
Sitting in the doghouse our driller yells over to the rig asking what time it is, I check the clock and yell back “About twenty to four” dude puts his hands on his hips like Karen would and starts to glare at me. My push leans out the window and yelled “Two Four Zero” blew my fucking mind.
Few days later he was dropping people off and we were at a new site so he changed pick up time to quarter to six. But in his mind that meant 25 minutes before 6, or 5:35. Needless to say he got there and I wasn’t ready, which as a new roughneck on a crew is a cardinal sin.
Got in the truck and we drove about a block and I apologized and said I wasn’t expecting him so soon. Dude pulled over looked over his shoulder at me and said “How quarters in a dollar, retard?”. I replied “Four?” “Wrong twenty five!”
Needless to say that job didn’t last long for me.
It’s hard to imagine. I guess some people just don’t picture a clockface or proportional time.
This dude was just a crack head whose father happened to own a rig company.
He couldn’t write his own name, basic math skills was a luxury he didn’t enjoy, but he was a genius when it came to fixing diesel engines and hydraulics.
Truly an enigma amoung men.
So, half past 9 is 9:50. I’ll be damned.
I’m not sure if this meme is doubly trolling me here, but please tell me nobody says “a quarter til ten” instead of “quarter to ten”!
In german you’d just say quarter ten, half ten and three quarters ten for 9:15, 9:30 and 9:45 respectively
Madness!
Though not every region in Germany will do that, some think it’s stupid, but it makes sense to me.
Quarter ten for example means a quarter of the tenth hour is over, so 9:15. There’s good logic behind it, at least
What? That must be a bavaria/switzerland/austria thing. I never heard this. hearing quarter ten (Viertel zehn?) i’d assume 10:15 and most definitly not 09:15 0.o I’ll stay with quarter before ten for (viertel vor zehn) 09:45 and quarter after ten (viertel nach zehn) for 10:15.
BaWü, but even there not everyone says it like that
First time I’m hearing of it also. Like “cowboy time” doesn’t work if its “til”
I would say “quarter of” 10. So there.
Isn’t ‘quarter of’ 10:15?
(I always use “quarter to” or “quarter til”, but never “quarter of”)
You’re just fucking with me now!
When I was a child, I lived in walking distance of my elementary school. One time my mom had to work early so she couldn’t be there to see me off to school. I was old enough to walk by myself at that point, but I relied on her to tell me when to go. Since she wasn’t going to be there, she told me to leave at “quarter after 7” so I could be there on time.
I left at 7:25 because a quarter is 25, right?
I got in trouble for being late to school. Instructions unclear, Mom!
You probably grew up in the era of digital clocks and watches. If you used an analog watch you would know why it was easier to say a quarter to 10. 😁
To make me show up 30 minutes late because I misheard it as quarter past 10?
Way easier to just say and understand 9:45 with whatever clock you use.
Because that means the person is old and can’t count from 10 to 9 and change 1/4 to 3/4?
No it means that they grew up using a 12 hour, 60 minute circular time system. Habits form when you learn stuff and can last a lifetime.
Hate to be a stickler, but wouldn’t 9:75 actually be a quarter AFTER 10 seeing as how it’d be 10:15 equivalent?
I’m afraid you’re not counting all 100 minutes in an hour.
Ah damn. I used imperial time units instead of metric. My bad.
Ah, yes, good old metric time.
They should intentionally make it smell real bad to discourage people to do that, like how Nintendo made ds/3ds cartridges taste bad so little kids wouldn’t try and put them in their mouths
I am so confused by your comment. Did you comment on the right post? What would you make smell bad in this context
definitely meant to comment on another post, super weird! I was reading a nottheonion post about how Steam was telling people not to huff the air coming out of the Steamdeck. Wonder if i hit a bug on the kbin mobile website? Hoping this reply actually goes to you and not some other post!
I just passed the post you meant to reply to and it clicked for me. Weird!
No, he’s saying that when someone says ‘quoter till 10’ you have to fart. This way you will train them not to do it. I think he’s right.
