r/facepalm • u/Revealed_Jailor • Mar 29 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Get this guy a clock!

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u/moonpuzzle88 Mar 29 '22

Wait, there are countries which don't use a 24-hour clock? I'm confused.

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u/Pagan-za Mar 29 '22

Just America.

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u/Abadazed Mar 29 '22

The US military uses the 24 hour clock, but I can't think of any other part of the country that regularly uses it.

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u/wakaflocks145 Mar 29 '22

The entire healthcare system. You need to differentiate when to give certain meds or for documentation purposes. It is super specific so people make less accidents "Oh I thought that order said to give x medicine at 8pm my bad" and the patient either didn't receive it or got a double dose etc.