Originally Posted by
Jeeves
More than half the time, the Hilton clocks are not set for the correct time. Most of the time they seem to be off by 7 or 8 minutes. I had one clock off by about an hour. I called the front desk and they said they would send up a maintenance guy. He arrived within a few minutes of the call. He then took out a small screwdriver and opened up the back of the clock radio. He then depressed a small button behind the cover and started to adjust the time. He said this is the only way to fix the time.
These clocks are a good idea gone bad.
Not just a Hilton thing though. A little bit of difficulty in changing clock times can be a good move though since many hotel guests deliberately put the clocks a few minutes fast so they won't run late, then don't bother to readjust them before they check out. These are the kinds of unconscionable people who do the same to your car dashboard clock when you're not looking, and have their clocks at home fast.
Anyway everyone should always travel with a small screwdriver (even if you can no longer carry it onto an aircraft in your handbag).