Deadline Calendar Counting Has Been Granted Temporary Authority
The deadline is in nine days. This has been confirmed four times since breakfast.
HEARING TRANSCRIPT Proceeding: Review of Deadline Counting Activity Chair: Unnamed Witness: The Calendar
CHAIR: Please describe what you have observed.
CALENDAR: At 8:52 AM, the subject opened me to the current date and counted forward to the deadline date. The deadline is March 31. Today is March 22. The count confirmed nine days remaining.
CHAIR: And this was the first count?
CALENDAR: The first count of the day. The count was also performed yesterday evening, yielding ten days. And the day before, yielding eleven. The pattern is consistent: one count per evening, one count per morning.
CHAIR: Has any work been produced as a result of the counts?
CALENDAR: No.
CHAIR: Has the count changed the amount of remaining time?
CALENDAR: Each count has accurately confirmed the number of days remaining. The days have decreased in the expected manner. The subject is aware of this. The counting has not altered the rate of decrease.
CHAIR: Then what is the purpose of the count?
A pause.
CALENDAR: The subject recalculates how many days remain instead of using one of those days to start.
CHAIR: What happens after each count?
CALENDAR: The subject determines that time is still sufficient. This determination produces a brief sense of stability. The work is not urgent yet. The count confirmed this. The count is therefore useful.
CHAIR: The work has not been started.
CALENDAR: Correct. The deadline is nine days away. Nine days is sufficient time.
CHAIR: Has nine days always been sufficient?
CALENDAR: The subject believes this now. The subject will believe this until approximately March 28, when nine days will be three days and the count will be performed with greater frequency and less satisfaction.
CHAIR: What happens at that point?
CALENDAR: The work begins. Under pressure. The work will be completed. The deadline will be met. The subject will note, afterward, that it worked out.
CHAIR: And next time?
CALENDAR: The counting will begin again.
Hearing adjourned.