In your books where time is measured in glasses, how do your characters determine which glass is current? And, is a ‘glass’ based on something like a sand hourglass?
The glasses I mention are sand hourglasses. On ships and in military installations, a junior individual was assigned to flip the hourglass and log the time. Often people don’t actually know the precise time, but estimate because they know about long a glass takes to empty.





In the US Congress is it the Chief of Staff or another staff member who is responsible for reminding the VIP when a Vote or appointment is due?
Is this usually achieved via text or in person or how? It must vary but most commonly it is done how?
Each party chooses by vote a party secretary, who is the one to inform Senators and the VP of upcoming votes. No particular method of informing senators is specified, from what I can tell.