Daylight saving time and clock updates
February 19, 2019
It is my understanding that in order for the clocks on campus to be changed with Daylight
Savings Time, a work order for each individual clock across the entirety of campus
needs to be submitted. Then each work order is addressed individually. This appears
to be a colossal waste of man-hours, money and time (taking a human being to submit
the requests one clock at a time, taking another human being to receive and process
the requests one at a time, and then to complete said work). Why is this simply not
a planned event twice a year for the University? That would eliminate a large amount
of duplicative and seemingly unnecessary employee hours that could be used for more
productive endeavors.
It is inconvenient and unprofessional for the students to stare at clocks that are
one hour off for weeks and months until someone realizes it takes a work order to
get it changed. I have heard first hand from students that multiple classes run over
because the clocks are wrong in the class.