If you want to get a sense for where the author is coming from, I would refer you to the many stories of Amazon workers who pee in bottles because the clock-bas

If you want to get a sense for where the author is coming from, I would refer you to the many stories of Amazon workers who pee in bottles because the clock-based schedule imposed by their employer apparently does not permit even the flexibility for universal bodily functions. Depending on a where a driver is on their route, taking a piss might be 2-minute pop into a fast food bathroom, or a 20-minute diversion to find a bathroom. This is a good example of how important and basic human experiences don’t conform to the idea of universal and repeatable time increments that can be bolted together to make schedules. Instead of the schedule accommodating the person, the person must accommodate the schedule. This is what the author means when they say the clock creates time. One of the ways we measure power in society is the ability to resist this. The Amazon driver has to pee in a bottle to keep their job. But everyone has to wait for the CEO if they need the bathroom between meetings.