Goddamn You Snooze Button!!!!

[Judge Smails]

<p>I used to have a Snooze Button and never had an issue with it.&nbsp; For years now I've had a regular alarm clock because my wife felt that a clock radio didn't go with the decor of our bedroom, if you can believe that.&nbsp; Then a little over a year ago that one broke and I got a new one with the dreaded Snooze Button. </p><p>At first it wasn't a problem and I never even used it.&nbsp; Then, I started to occassionally&nbsp;hit it, if I was particularly tired, and go back to sleep for an extra 9 minutes.&nbsp; What started as an occasional thing became an every morning thing.&nbsp; Then as the months past I started hitting twice and then three times.&nbsp; Eventually it got up to four or five.&nbsp; I've started setting my alarm for 5:00 am to ensure that I actually get out of bed by 6:00 am.&nbsp; It's crazy!&nbsp; It's actually made the quality of my sleep worse and not better.</p><p>Recently, I've been waking up late for work on at least five occasions.&nbsp; At first I thought the alarm clock was broken because it wasn't going off.&nbsp; My wife then told me she noticed that I've been hitting the Snooze Button in my sleep as many as six times!&nbsp; Well, it happened again today, and I'm going buy a new &quot;Snooze Buttonless&quot; alarm clock before I go home today.</p><p>Snooze Button = worst invention of the 20th Century.</p>

[Furtherman]

<p>Yea, it sucks sometimes.&nbsp; 9 extra minutes, whereas it probably takes you 2 minutes to fall asleep again and once you fall back into &quot;deep&quot; sleep, that is probably another 3 to 4 minutes, so you're only getting another 3 minutes or so of sleep.</p><p>My snooze button stops working after an hour.&nbsp; And there had been times I've hit it 7 times and been late because the snooze stopped snoozing.</p><p>What I do now is also set my cell phone alarm across the room, or sometimes the other room, so I have to get out of bed to turn it off.&nbsp; That makes the trip to the shower much easier.</p>

[Chip196]

<strong>Judge Smails</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I used to have a Snooze Button and never had an issue with it.&nbsp; For years now I've had a regular alarm clock because my wife felt that a clock radio didn't go with the decor of our bedroom, if you can believe that.&nbsp; Then a little over a year ago that one broke and I got a new one with the dreaded Snooze Button. </p><p>At first it wasn't a problem and I never even used it.&nbsp; Then, I started to occassionally&nbsp;hit it, if I was particularly tired, and go back to sleep for an extra 9 minutes.&nbsp; What started as an occasional thing became an every morning thing.&nbsp; Then as the months past I started hitting twice and then three times.&nbsp; Eventually it got up to four or five.&nbsp; I've started setting my alarm for 5:00 am to ensure that I actually get out of bed by 6:00 am.&nbsp; It's crazy!&nbsp; It's actually made the quality of my sleep worse and not better.</p><p>Recently, I've been waking up late for work on at least five occasions.&nbsp; At first I thought the alarm clock was broken because it wasn't going off.&nbsp; My wife then told me she noticed that I've been hitting the Snooze Button in my sleep as many as six times!&nbsp; Well, it happened again today, and I'm going buy a new &quot;Snooze Buttonless&quot; alarm clock before I go home today.</p><p>Snooze Button = worst invention of the 20th Century.</p><p>The Snooze button is the biggest fight in my marriage.&nbsp; I hit it 3 or 4 times every morning and my wife wakes up completely while I am doing this and can't fall back asleep.&nbsp; My alarm starts going off at 5:00 AM but she doesn't need to wake up until 7:00 - 7:30 .... needless to say it's caused arguments.&nbsp; I've been getting better at it, but I think I need to get a snoozless alarm clock and put it accross the bedroom so I have to get out of bed to turn it off.</p>

[angrymissy]

My alarm is set at 7:45AM and I snooze it until 8:30AM every morning.

[MrPink]

<p>I don't think there any alarm clocks without snooze anymore. Make sure you get an electric one that keeps going off until you actually get up and turn it off. Lately I've been getting up turning off all my alarm clocks and then just going back to sleep. For the past 2 weeks I've been going to class with morning piss wood. We need to start going to sleep at normal hours!</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by MrPink on 3-15-07 @ 12:55 PM</span>

[Death Metal Moe]

<strong>angrymissy</strong> wrote:<br />My alarm is set at 7:45AM and I snooze it until 8:30AM every morning. <p>Man that's some nice snoozin'.&nbsp; I have my clock radio set to play O&amp;A every morning at 6:45 and I snooze 3-5 times.&nbsp; That ususally has me getting up at like 7:10 or 7:20.</p><p>But that 45 minute snooze has me very fucking jealous.&nbsp; I may try that.</p>

[Reephdweller]

Man, this morning I hit the snooze on my radio at 5:03...I woke up at 6:30 and had to scramble to shower, get dressed and drive in to work by 7. I was about 20 minutes late.

[reillyluck]

i hit the snooze at least 40 minutes before i have to get up.&nbsp;

[JPMNICK]

<strong>angrymissy</strong> wrote:<br />My alarm is set at 7:45AM and I snooze it until 8:30AM every morning. <p>i have a 2 snooze limit in my house. i never snooze more than twice, and no chick that is over is allowed to snooze more than twice, unless I am already awake then I could give a shit. </p>

[Marc with a c]

why is the snooze button the biggest button on the clock radio, and why can you seconds after waking up find that thing with deadly accuracy in the dark with you eyes closed?

[ralphbxny]

I never use the snooze button. I have issues falling asleep. So I sleep till the last min with out being woke up every 9 min for an hour and just get a good nights sleep.

[Tenbatsuzen]

<strong>angrymissy</strong> wrote:<br />My alarm is set at 7:45AM and I snooze it until 8:30AM every morning. <p>Mitigating factor: YOU WORK FROM HOME</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I've actually gotten to the point where I use my cell phone's alarm and I put it away from my bed, so I have to get out of bed to turn it off.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Fallon]

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When I have to get up for something important I set my alarm clock, phone and TV. I also wake up every hour on my own to see what time it is. I hate important mornings!

[AngelAmy]

i never hit snooze, i just play with fire and go back to bed hoping i wake back up on time

[JPMNICK]

<strong>AngelAmy</strong> wrote:<br />i never hit snooze, i just play with fire and go back to bed hoping i wake back up on time <p>that is the exact plan that made me miss an exam in college. what a bad idea that was. since then&nbsp; always an alarm, and for important shit alarm + cell phone. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>and always cell phone when I stay in hotels, never trust those alarm clocks</p>

[AngelAmy]

<strong>JPMNICK</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>AngelAmy</strong> wrote:<br />i never hit snooze, i just play with fire and go back to bed hoping i wake back up on time <p>that is the exact plan that made me miss an exam in college. what a bad idea that was. since then&nbsp; always an alarm, and for important shit alarm + cell phone. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>and always cell phone when I stay in hotels, never trust those alarm clocks</p><p>from now on i will just be setting my fanta to go off when i need to wake up</p>

[Mike Teacher]

<p>Some of you should get this...</p><p><a href="http://www.nandahome.com/products.clocky.html" target="_blank">The Moving Alarm Clock</a></p><p>=</p><p>This alarm clock doesn&rsquo;t just make noise, it breaks the snooze-button habit: after the first snooze period, Clocky rolls off the nightstand and runs away. </p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/technology/08clock.html?ex=1328590800&amp;en=5d19893c85461c37&amp;ei= 5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss" target="_blank">NY Times Mention</a></p>

[Furtherman]

<strong>Fallon</strong> wrote:<br />Matty has the best idea with the cell. <br /><br /><p>Example #76 of no one reading my posts.&nbsp; </p>

[lleeder]

<strong>Mike Teacher</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Some of you should get this...</p><p><a href="http://www.nandahome.com/products.clocky.html" target="_blank">The Moving Alarm Clock</a></p><p>=</p><p>This alarm clock doesn&rsquo;t just make noise, it breaks the snooze-button habit: after the first snooze period, Clocky rolls off the nightstand and runs away. </p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/technology/08clock.html?ex=1328590800&amp;en=5d19893c85461c37&amp;ei= 5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss" target="_blank">NY Times Mention</a></p><p><font size="3">Who named that thing, Dave?</font></p><p><font size="3"></font></p>

[Judge Smails]

Yep.&nbsp; Good call Matty.&nbsp; I can't believe no one mentioned that sooner.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

My Alarm Mistake is setting it for&nbsp;7pm,&nbsp; instead of 7am,&nbsp; I usually am honest when that happens with work, My Manager and I both share a Laugh at my expense

[Fallon]

<hr color="cococo" align="left"></font><strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br><strong>Fallon</strong> wrote:<br />Matty has the best idea with the cell. <br /><br /><p>Example #76 of no one reading my posts.ÿ </p><hr color="cococo" align="left"><p></p>
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[Fallon]

<hr color="cococo" align="left"></font><strong>Mike Teacher</strong> wrote:<br><p>Some of you should get this...</p><p><a href="http://www.nandahome.com/products.clocky.html" target="_blank">The Moving Alarm Clock</a></p><p>=</p><p>This alarm clock doesn't just make noise, it breaks the snooze-button habit: after the first snooze period, Clocky rolls off the nightstand and runs away. </p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/technology/08clock.html?ex=1328590800&en=5d19893c85461c37&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss" target="_blank">NY Times Mention</a></p><hr color="cococo" align="left"><p></p>
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[SatCam]

Im pretty good about the alarm. The first thing I do is set my alarm clock to use 24 hour time so there's no messing up AM and PM. The next thing is that my clock has two alarm modes... Snooze and Alarm. Snooze enables the snooze button, while alarm just has the snooze button deactivate the alarm. I use the latter feature and it seems to work pretty well.

So far I've fucked up twice and woken up 5-10min before Ive had to leave... I still get to work on time, but forget taking a shower, eating breakfast, any of that......

[Gvac]

My clock radio is set for 6 AM, and I've been known to hit the snooze button in my sleep.&nbsp; To solve the problem, I set the alarm on my cell phone to go off at 6:15 and I keep it across the room on my desk.&nbsp; This forces me to get up out of bed and walk a few feet, which is usually enough to get my ass going in the morning.

[patsopinion]

i use a second alarm and flip on ron and fez... never trusted a snooze button