In modern society, we have a substantial number of different social times, and we are live in under the different paces of life. Before stating my writing, I want to make sure the definition what is the time sense? and what is difference between social time and clock time? In my opinion, time sense could be formed by many different background such as culture, economic situation, quality of education and environmental factors. From the article on page 77, the writer defines that formal "clock time" may be a standard on which the world agrees, but "social time," the heartbeat of society, is something else again. Therefore, we can find many various time sense by different places.
If I compare my country which is South Korea with the United States, I can find many different time sense. I think the most different time sense between two countries is the pace of life. The United States' time sense is much slower than my country. For example, when I call the customer services to change my air ticket or rent a car, I have to wait more than 10 minutes at least. In my country, I cannot imagine this kind of situation. If this similar situation happens to me in my country, I can complain about that to the company and then the company will probably give me some promotion for the meaning of apology.
Another difference is a time concept. My country people typically love very fast culture. If we do something very fast and well, we praise or admire. Also, We often use a Korean word "ppalli" which similar means fast. When we go to restaurant, fast food, or any stores, we ask the clerk doing fast. However, American people do not care about how much time take. In addition, when I make an appointment with my friends. From my experience, we frequently meet lately than our appointed time or delay the appointment easily. However, American people keep their promise well.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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As you said time conception depend on culture, and so forth. I like the part that you said that we can go around blaming countries or people that does not have the same time conception as Koreans or Americans. As I said in my blog people in my coutry do not rely at all on time. Just depend on the person.
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