Don’t tamper with time! Paula Manoli-Gray

By the time you are reading this, we will be a week into the clock change and no doubt you will have forgotten all about the 'old time'.

Well, maybe you will, but for some reason, that innocuous little hour really messes me up and I can't let go of it so easily! My tummy rumbles at the old time for about a week, and trying to make it through to the new time before eating is a mammoth task. I am also one of those annoying people who still talks in 'old time' -  "Is that 1pm new time or old time then…" And it's made worse when you have small kids that are in a good routine. I dread the headache of adjusting this said routine and easing it smoothly into the new hour.

Now, I know the logical reason for the time change - to compensate for the levels of light that come with the change of the season - but it still seems bizarre to me. I become outraged at those who made the decision on our behalf. What gave them the right to play with time? Time is bigger than all of us, and should not be tampered with!

It also poses a 'chicken-egg' dilemma. Which hour is the correct one? Were we originally an hour ahead or an hour behind? As you can guess, I have never travelled far afield enough to have suffered from jet lag from big time differences, and can't imagine I would fare well.

The other thing with time change is that you don't know about it unless you know about it. Those who don't read papers, watch telly or use social media, but do have watches must get in a real muddle. Every year when I see the reminders I panic about forgetting, then panic about the fact that I could just as easily not have seen the reminders, and it was only by chance that I was saved the fate of living an hour behind (or ahead).

It did happen to me one year, which may be why I am left with these strange issues. At the time, hubby and I were working for a big international Life Coach, selling tickets for his seminars. We were tasked with going in on a Sunday for a promotional offer, and given the keys to the office. It also happened to be my grandparent's memorial, and as we stood at the graveyard, honouring yiayia and pappou's memory, my mum said, "Aren't you supposed to open the office up at 11am?" To which hubby and I replied that it was fine; if we left in half an hour we would make it to Nicosia with no issues, seeing as it was only 10am. Of course, we were on 'old time', and we both looked at one another, mouthed an expletive that should not be said in the presence of the deceased and literally ran out of the graveyard with the sound of the family's laughter fading in the distance. We sped to Nicosia, opening the office up half an hour late. The tale has a happy ending… we did not get fired! But that little hour really muddled us up.

So, this is my warning to everyone; do not ever, ever think that the little hour difference is so innocent, and never, ever tamper with time!

First appeared in The Cyprus Weekly 05/04/13

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