clocks set early

I don't blame you for being you
But you can't blame me for hating it
Say, What are you waiting for?
Kiss her, kiss her.
I set my clocks early
cause I know I'm always late.

--Fall Out Boy, A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me"

There should be a rule that all establishments should follow the official time. (Official time: the time in reference to the Greenwich Mean Time, GMT). It's not really that hard to follow, all you have to do is go online and check what time it REALLY is.

For example: Philippine local time = GMT +8.

If only establishments would follow the right time instead of setting their clocks too early just to make sure that their employees come in on time, then everything would be so much more simpler. Stop worrying about tardy employees, if they ARE tardy then mark them as such. Let them set their personal clocks/watches early so that they'd come in on time.

I remember that there was a time when the clock in one of the schools that I attended was set 25 minutes early. Everyone had to wake up really early in the morning so that we wouldn't be late for the flag ceremony but then no one was allowed to go home 25 minutes early because they said it was too early - we all ended up staying in school longer than any of us wanted to.

I call that stealing. You're stealing people's time and there's no way for you to even pay for it - which also reminds me of parish priests who don't start the mass on time because they were "waiting for more attendants". WTH?! If they're late, then they're late. If WE're late, we wouldn't mind if you started without us, it's our fault anyway! The real reason why these people are ALWAYS late is because THEY know that YOU don't start on time ANYWAY.

As I was saying... there should be a rule, a law, that states that clocks on legal establishments should follow the standard local time.