8:00 = 8:00 + 10 minutes

One thing you'll notice right away when you come to Michigan is the concept of "Michigan Time." Whereas the rest of the world expects you to be somewhere at a designated time, say, at 4pm for a meeting, "Michigan Time" dictates that everything is actually the stated time +10 minutes. For example, my 8am classes don't actually start at 8am, but rather 8:10am. Everyone here conforms to Michigan Time.

The concept is so novel that all of my professors even provided clarification regarding Michigan Time the first day of classes.

BUT to complicate Michigan Time, although everyone at Michigan follows the +10 min. rule, the same thing apparently doesn't ring true when it comes to people visting from elsewhere, such as recruiters coming in to give company presentations. Also, last week I went to a career counseling appointment and arrived within the ten minute window, but I couldn't tell whether Michigan Time also applies to personal appointments. To me, this whole concept is just like those of you who set your clocks a little bit ahead of "real" time in order to build some fat into your day... what a crock of shit!

I wonder what's going to happen when daylight savings time kicks in...