For some reason clocks seem to be an issue around here. We suppose because time is important to attorneys. They are always rushing to be somewhere, they book their calendars to the minute and they bill…well, you know. There has been a bit of a debate about what kind of clocks to get for the conference rooms. We have a large clock in the education suite with Roman numerals on it that is very nice, thank you. When we were recently discussing the fact that we were looking for new clocks for the conference rooms, one of the attorneys said, “Please get one with real numbers. I can’t read the one in the Education Suite.”
Really? Did we just hear that? How do people get through law school without being able to read Roman numeral clocks?
Scott wants big black clocks with huge red numbers on them so you will feel like you are in a prison or a school cafeteria. He actually ordered some off Amazon. We hid them when they got here and we hope he just forgets he ever ordered them. They are hideous.
We bought some clocks that seemed to match the décor of the conference rooms. They got a big thumbs down. Too small, the people declared. They were returned. We shopped again and the next batch was declared acceptable. They were placed in the office manager’s area. A few weeks passed and they were somehow placed back in the office of Client Relations with some hooks. We were asked when we were going to hang the clocks we purchased. We are here to relate to clients. But somehow, the little jobs that have no one assigned to them become ours. How did that happen? How did we become the interior decorators? We decided to accept it as a compliment on our excellent taste and find the hammer.
So next time you are here, notice the new clocks with the numbers. They are really nice. And they are hung perfectly.