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WHEN THE CLOCK STOPPED · The Timekeepers Dilemma

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Every workplace has a final moment.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The final meeting, the final shift, the final phone call.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But what happens when someone becomes obsessed with controlling that final moment?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Tonight's story begins at a small technology company where an employee was desperate to prove himself.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His career was slipping.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His dream were collapsing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Then, at exactly 6 p.m., the office clock stopped.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What happened next would expose a secret nobody saw coming?
• 0:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: This is when the clock stopped.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nathan Cole had spent 10 years trying to become an executive.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He worked late.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He volunteered for difficult projects.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He wanted recognition.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But his coworker, Adrian Wells, kept receiving the promotions Nathan wanted.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nathan became convinced Adrian was sabotaging him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His co-workers noticed the change.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nathan stopped eating lunch with them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He stopped joking.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He became obsessed with Adrian's schedule.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He knew when Adrian arrived, when he left, where he parked, and when he worked late.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Then Adrian discovered that confidential company information had been leaked.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He reported his concerns to management, management scheduled a meeting for Friday at 6 p.m. Adrian planned to present evidence, Nathan knew about the meeting.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At 547 p.m., Adrian entered the conference room at 553 Nathan followed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At exactly six o'clock, the office clock stopped.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The meeting never officially began.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Employees downstairs heard shouting, then silence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you minutes later, Nathan walked out.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He told security.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Adrian left through the back entrance.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But security footage showed something different.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Adrian had never left.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Police were called.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The conference room was searched.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Adrian was found unconscious.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He survived the attack.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nathan was arrested.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nathan had not leaked the company's information.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Adrian had been secretly selling confidential information to a competitor.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nathan discovered it and threatened to expose him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Adrian planned to blame Nathan.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nathan discovered the betrayal and everything exploded.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Both men's secrets eventually
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Adrian phase charges related to the theft of confidential information.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nathan phase charges for the attack.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The company replaced its security system and review is workplace policies.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But employees remember something else.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The clock.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For months, it had hung above the conference room.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After the incident, nobody wanted it repaired.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They removed it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The company eventually installed a digital clock, but some employees said the O clock had become a symbol, not because it had stopped, but because everyone had assumed they had more time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Adrian thought he had time to hide his crime.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nathan thought he had time to confront Adrian, management thought it had time to intervene.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And by the time everyone realized how serious
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The clock had already stopped.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Five stories, five workplaces, five moments when time became part of the crime.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This has been the timekeeper's dilemma.
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