Does anyone have the time?

McLean's Magazine had an article on the gadget of the year. Incidently, I don't read McLean's but Melanie reads it weekly... in order... cover to cover. She begged me to put this alarm clock on my blog.

In actuality, I DO have several staff who find promptness a real problem. Of course, it would be inappropriate to mention their names here. But I've tried various options to get them to come to work on time...

The current policy is that for up to every 15 minutes you are late, you have to stay and extra 1/2 hour.

Well, for Jarad, that solved that... except for those 6 a.m. shifts, of course! For me, I don't even have to track my sick days because I regularly clock in 60 hours per week. For the rest of the unnamed crew, it's not really an incentive either, because they just stay and work the extra time. So, I do get a lot more work out of people. Just not promptly in the morning.

Well, now there IS a better solution! The puzzle piece alarm clock! When the annoying alarm sounds, the puzzle on the top POPS off!! The annoying buzzer won't shut off until you re-asseble the puzzle. It's perfect!

It would have been particularly helpful for Melanie, who was battling Hawaiian jetlag a few weeks ago.

Say, Jon, Vicki, Rebecca, Mesfin, Jarad... do you have the time?