I'm a clock-watcher.

As a watch-wearer myself, I find it vital in my everyday life. As a teacher, I need to know when it's time to bring the children in from the playground so they'll have enough time for lunch. I need to know when to meet up with another teacher with a group of kids while out on a field trip.

I wear a watch outside of work, too, because I like the power to check with the time. Time is important in my life. There's a time to get up in the morning so I'll get to work on time. I need to know when I'm expected back from lunch. I like to know when South Park is on so I don't miss it.

My husband does not wear a watch. He doesn't like the weight of a watch on his arm, but even though he has a watch that can hang off his belt, he seldom uses it.

He reasons there's enough clocks set up by others so that he doesn't usually need to have one on his body. There's one in his office, at his computer, in his truck, two on signs on the way to work, and he has an alarm clock by his bed to awaken him.

He also reasons WATCHING the clock makes it go slower, at least in perception. And clocks don't help you necessarily do something better--if a task at work usually take 10 minutes, doing it in 9.34 doesn't necessarily mean you did it better or worse than when you did it in 12.3 seconds.