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I think this is the dumbest thing yet! It seems like the industry keeps "inventing" new crap that we just end up tossing in a year or so. When I need to know the time while in the bathroom I look at the small clock on the shelf. It's amazing how well that works!

I don't get people who are chronically late. Find out how long your morning routine takes and set your alarm clock appropriately. If you're meeting someone for lunch or something like that, give yourself fifteen minuets to a half an hour extra time to get there, depending on how long it normally takes to get there and how bad traffic is where you live. It's much better to be early then to be late.

There are much better ways to incorporate a clock into a bathroom then to stick it in the sink. This one doesn't look easy enough to read at a glance. You should be able to see the clock from almost any position in the room, and it should be easy to read. Hang one on the wall or put it on a shelf. This drain stopper clock doesn't seem very practical to me.

Ajax's comments remind me of a story my mom told me...

She's a teacher and this parent consistently dropped off one student exactly 15 minutes late. Finally, my mom brought in the parent in to discuss the matter and the woman's response was that she just didn't know how to prevent it from happening..she was just always behind. When my mom suggested that the family simply start their mornings 15 minutes earlier, the woman acted like it was the most innovative and clever solution she'd ever heard! The kid was never late again...

2-year guarantee... most clocks last much longer than that. It will end up in the landfill after it inevitably stops working or becomes permanently clouded with mineral deposits. Anyone can spare 4 square inches of wall space for a small clock.

This is gross. Who'd want clean up spit out toothpaste on a clock? ugh.

You can be on time all you want, but it's not in the rule book that you have to be a self-righteous jerk about it. I think the gadget's neat. It's probably too expensive to be at all practical, but whoop-di-do?

Notice that the website does not show the price. I saw these babies on the HGTV special about the Kitchen & Bath show and I got the impression that this one clock could cost hundreds of dollars. You can even get it with diamonds on the face. Talk about unnecessary!

i'm with darci ... i don't see how it would stay nice for very long.

It might be a pretty addition to your bath, but I wouldn't want to spit toothpaste on it either.

If being fed up with irresponsible people who are NEVER on time makes me a self-righteous jerk, then I'm guilty as charged.