Tuesday, July 12, 2005
the Russell Crowe Factor
Lets go back to June 2005 in New York where Russell Crowe threw a phone at a hotel clerk because he could not get through to his wife downunder in Australia. I am not condoning uncontrollable rage, but I am asking you to wear Russell's watch.
New York Time in June is Eastern Daylight Time. Sydney Time in June because it is winter is Standard Time. Now lets go through a typical day if you are in the US and your loved one is in Australia. When you are waking up on the east coast of the US. The Australians are putting the finishing touches on the day you are just beginning and off to bed they go as you are hurrying off to work or school. They are sleeping as you are working. When you go home from work, the Australians are beginning a new day. As you are finishing your day, they are eating their noon meal. The cycle continues. Finding time to connect with your loved one means there are going to be sacrifices made.
Sure now days are other means of checking in with your loved one like txt or emailing. Not the same though if you are really wanting to connect. Nothing like hearing your loved one's voice or your child's loving squeal of delight to chatter with you over some matter of the day. So try wearing Russell's watch before making a judgement.
Russell's watch runs mainly from the Southern Hemisphere. His work in the Movies mainly runs on Northern Hemisphere time. The Southern Hemisphere's seasons are opposite of the Northern Hemisphere. Putting this to Time, means that it runs from a 15 hour time difference to a 17 hour time difference when you are talking from Australia to the US . So when the time changes you are calculating from one hour to two hours depending which season you are in from one hemisphere to the other.
Confused? Well, all I hear is how good daylight savings is for business, but when you put on another's watch and really live in that time struggle, you see how crazy a notion daylight savings is. Nothing is saved but more chaos in family life as well as business life.
New York Time in June is Eastern Daylight Time. Sydney Time in June because it is winter is Standard Time. Now lets go through a typical day if you are in the US and your loved one is in Australia. When you are waking up on the east coast of the US. The Australians are putting the finishing touches on the day you are just beginning and off to bed they go as you are hurrying off to work or school. They are sleeping as you are working. When you go home from work, the Australians are beginning a new day. As you are finishing your day, they are eating their noon meal. The cycle continues. Finding time to connect with your loved one means there are going to be sacrifices made.
Sure now days are other means of checking in with your loved one like txt or emailing. Not the same though if you are really wanting to connect. Nothing like hearing your loved one's voice or your child's loving squeal of delight to chatter with you over some matter of the day. So try wearing Russell's watch before making a judgement.
Russell's watch runs mainly from the Southern Hemisphere. His work in the Movies mainly runs on Northern Hemisphere time. The Southern Hemisphere's seasons are opposite of the Northern Hemisphere. Putting this to Time, means that it runs from a 15 hour time difference to a 17 hour time difference when you are talking from Australia to the US . So when the time changes you are calculating from one hour to two hours depending which season you are in from one hemisphere to the other.
Confused? Well, all I hear is how good daylight savings is for business, but when you put on another's watch and really live in that time struggle, you see how crazy a notion daylight savings is. Nothing is saved but more chaos in family life as well as business life.
