But nine o’clock passes, and they are left behind. The clock ticks on indifferently, dramatic necessity recedes, and time resumes its reign. The waves rise briefly, the ocean remains.

Publicly flogging the clock-watcher (see “ Rights, privileges, fairness and equality,” Keep the Joint Running, 5/5/2008) by denying him a Crackberry is unlikely to get the improved performance ...

We are obviously not raising a generation of clock-watchers. Confiscate their phones, and these folks will work until you tell them to stop, at least until the next big thing — the wearable ...