Fuck people who forget about timezones!
O had an interview yesterday and I was late due to a timezone mistake... I even asked them to confirm the hour in UTC but apparently they didn't actually check that it was correct.
In the end I had to do a technical interview regarding proteins, machine learning and chemotherapics on a bench in a park, beside some guys who tried to sell me weed in the middle of the interview...
Timezones and how to 100% makes sure of online meeting nd meet-ups?...
@rastinza
As a tip or solution I've manage to mitigate missing each other with a message or two that says:
"meeting in 12 hours from now"
so that each individual looks at their clock and thinks the same time + 12 or the same time the next day ("1 day from now in Jitsi Meet room link xyz)
AND then because of natural anolog and digital worlds being separate (and diff for each user) I also deploy count-downs or warnings since I take my life and time serious (and know others don't!) so I write:
"Meeting in 2hours from now here: https://meet.jit.si/chatmeetingname"
That seems to solve it / leave less doubt / disappointment / prompt people and sort the men from boys (or whatever phrases)
If people don't show to like 3 reminders and time-points you know you have a dud and have less excuses for it all in the already full-of-excuse life.
Try it !
"Meet you in 12hours!"
"1 day from now at this URL"
"Same time now but tomorrow?"
"Same time next week?"
Does mean you have to send message time the time you want or something ready so they have message timestamp as reference (usually in bottom left of message) and generally reminders are needed in this distraction distraction world at one click is easy to go down rabbit holes and it's like "shit I miss meeting but I was so ready an hour ago"
CHIN up! And let Messages Fly!
@rastinza So just wait 3hours and then send message so it's always easy to +/- from message (they can bookmark it / keep it / set alarms/ calendar reminder in thunderbird etc)
All that UTC and using websites and Season changes can get out of hand [user error / site interfaces ].
So easy to mistake via interface for thigns like US timezone- I would include example of popular sites that show exactly what isn't clear (like showing tmie differences confusingly) but I'm sure people all experienced similar thigns:
- reading a site wrong,
- assuming things are UTC or that other acronym :)
- selecting wrong summer or wrong regions +1 or -1
- many other small things
so yeah maybe a bit of everything helps even putting reminders on phone or suggesting it to people as a copy and paste template (becuase phone is carried around when so an hour before they might be like 'oh shit I have to go for that meeting' will having fun outside).
Yup UTC is good, but people are still... errr .....
## 'AMAZING !' :)
@freeschool
I am supposed to work with professional people who know how to use a clock, not with children
@rastinza NO you are in a world full of muppets and people checkmated for time. These children didn't grow up or have enough attention.
Expect that.
And then if you want a bit of reality on top, if you don't expect or haven't had enough experiences then the child / unwise one is you from not expecting / knowing.
@freeschool
I can choose whom to work with, I don't waste my time with people who do not organise themselves.
Unless those people are my clients, in that case I am paid to be organised in their place
@rastinza feel free to say more!
(...you don't have to but it's interesting...)
@freeschool
That is a good idea when it is possible; however it's quite useless when it would be 1 week and 3 hours from now...
Moreover UTC works quite well, you just have to use it or at least specify the time difference in the place where you're at