Why use military time?

[gridlore]

Reason #712

On my schedule, today was listed as 7-12AM I had Sunday 7AM-12. I showed up at 0700, and began work. Then found out an hour later that I was supposed to have come in at 7:00PM (1900). So now I'm going back for 3.5 hours tonight, probably to just restock and recover.

This is why military time makes sense. Had my shift read SUN 0700 - 1200 and TUE 1900 - 2400, there would have been no confusion. Another cashier made the same mistake, but she has a lot farther to travel, so she's working the morning shift. Leaving us one short tonight.

Tonight I get clarification on my remaining shifts. And suggest that they find a way to make these things clear.

(Have a I mentioned that all out alcohol sales sheets are still in 19__ format for the date?)

Comments

[kengr]

Given the trouble so many people have with miltary time, they probably can't get that accepted.

But at the very least, they should have listed that shift as "7PM-12AM".

Better yet, is *never* use "12AM" and "12PM", always use NOON & MIDNIGHT.

Because even more people get confused by noon being 12PM and midnight being 12AM.

preaching to the choir

[sossity.livejournal.com]

fedex uses military time and i find it so useful that i always use it in my personal memos to myself or to friends. it is worth the extra second-and-a-half that they will take to decode it if they are clear that i mean am or pm without having to write the bleepin' letters. i think that any business that needs to handle time-sensitive information (like a schedule) should utilise it.