Post by Jackimo on Jul 11, 2015 7:13:26 GMT
Now, unless this is literally the first thread you have read on this forum, I'm sure you are aware that there are many different people from many different countries and many different time zones in the crew. I, myself, am Australian and so at any given moment I am either being screwed over by lag, time zones, or both.
I have often heard people talking about "today's race" or "yesterday's event" and this irritates me because more often than not, those sorts of statements won't be accurate in my time zone. The F360 races I run on 3pm UTC Saturday are actually on Sunday for me. So throughout Saturday I'll here about how people are going to be late to "today's" race. And that just simply isn't true for me. It's tomorrow!
This problem will also work in reverse, with people saying that "yesterday's race" didn't go well or whatever it is when often, it'll be the same day for me!
For this reason, I never say "today" or "yesterday" but instead I will use the term "this week". Now, I'm not saying that everyone should stop using terms that can be different in different time zones, but I just want people to be aware that today isn't always today.
I have often heard people talking about "today's race" or "yesterday's event" and this irritates me because more often than not, those sorts of statements won't be accurate in my time zone. The F360 races I run on 3pm UTC Saturday are actually on Sunday for me. So throughout Saturday I'll here about how people are going to be late to "today's" race. And that just simply isn't true for me. It's tomorrow!
This problem will also work in reverse, with people saying that "yesterday's race" didn't go well or whatever it is when often, it'll be the same day for me!
For this reason, I never say "today" or "yesterday" but instead I will use the term "this week". Now, I'm not saying that everyone should stop using terms that can be different in different time zones, but I just want people to be aware that today isn't always today.
