So it was “spring ahead” a few days ago. Did you do it? No? No wonder you’ve been the last one into work all week. Missed some of your shows I bet, too, hunh?

Anyway, like it does twice a year, this wrongheaded concession to the ag-lobby sparked another debate in our employee lounge about wristwatches. There are two sides to this debate: One group claims that computers, cell phones and other ubiquitous features of the gadgetscape have rendered wristwatches obsolete. The other group… comprises grown-ups.

Seriously, have Crocs made shoelaces obsolete? Have Lunchables eliminated the need for plates? We think not.

For about an hour this weekend, our boss said to us, he’d thought his fancy phone had simply malfunctioned.

Wear a watch, we said.

“No, no,” he replied. “You don’t get it. It was I who was wrong. The phone performed perfectly. Updated to the correct time automatically.”

Well, two things about that. First, if you look at your timekeeping device and don’t know what time it is—whether the device displays the correct time or not—that timekeeping device has failed.

Second, there are certain basic life-administration tasks that pride precludes us from entrusting to some anonymous engineer or programmer secluded Crom-knows-where. Among them: Checking our oil, setting our clocks, and making the final determination about when the meat’s done grilling. You surrender these responsibilities to some electronic doo-dad, what’s next? You’re just a few clicks on the helplessness dial away from being one of those gross man-pod things in The Matrix. And you’ll get there.

Reject the cell-phone timepiece! Spurn the car that parallel-parks itself! Eat wings, not “nuggets!” You’re a grown man! Act—and dress—like one! That means wearing a watch, and using it.

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