Serial snoozer
I would like to appeal to the general public about your thoughts on snoozing. Are you a snoozer? Are you like me, a serial snoozer, snoozing anywhere from 1 to 8 times a morning? Do you secretly loathe your snoozing and long to be an upright, bolt out of bed non-snoozer? If you’re a non-snoozer, do you have any advice for a snoozer whose bottomed out on their habit? And while we’re at it, how do you feel about schnoodles? Snoozing schnoodles?
8 Comments
- Anne replied:
I think the technical term is “snooze-alarmer.”
I am a dyed in the wool snooze-alarmer, anywhere from 2-4x a morning. I would love to be a jump-out-of-bedder but it ain’t gonna happen in this world.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:52 am. Permalink.
- MJazzhands replied:
Maybe if the snooze button randomly electrocuted people, they would use it less.
March 13th, 2008 at 2:37 pm. Permalink.
- LD replied:
am I a snoozer?
Is the pope catholic?
8-10 times a morning, snoozing between US99 songs blaring.
March 13th, 2008 at 9:53 pm. Permalink.
- Collene replied:
hahaha! Ah, you people crack me up. I agree though… as much as I hate my snoozing, it’s here to stay. In fact, if you ever see me pop out of bed, please make sure I have a pulse and haven’t been replaced by a RoboCollene Unit.
MJazzhands: LOVE your idea. I think we should start a whole line of alarm clocks that actually WORK. These others are for wimps. I’ll start on the designs for CujoTime, with patented retractable teeth.
March 14th, 2008 at 6:23 am. Permalink.
- Miranda replied:
I designed the most effective alarm clock ever in college. It would be placed across the room. If you approached it it would squirt you with cold water and not stop until you correctly answered a two-step math problem. If you’re not awake after that, you are actually dead.
March 15th, 2008 at 11:04 am. Permalink.
- laura replied:
my circa 1970’s snoozing device… aka Spartus Neptune, bit the dust today!!! i am deeply saddened…
i hit the snooze button exactly twice, it seems it takes me around 20 minutes to transition from “dream mode” to “crawl to the coffee maker mode”.
March 16th, 2008 at 8:56 am. Permalink.
- Darx replied:
Wow, so many snoozers! I am a non-snoozer. In fact, I am a non-alarm-clock user. Even with having a job that starts at 7:45 am some days, I don’t use an alarm, and I’ve only overslept once, with no major consequences.
The keys, although I know you don’t really want to hear this, are going to bed early enough that your body gets enough sleep, and literally just telling your body as you’re falling asleep to please wake up at a certain time. Andy used to be a die-hard snoozer, and he now uses the self-programming method. He’s even a coffee drinker (although not necessarily first thing every day), so it’s really possible. We still use alarms for things like leaving by 5 am for an airplane, but on a daily basis, no alarms at our house.
We also set backup alarms sometimes for the last time when we have to get up, just in case, but we are usually up before them. Start setting your alarm for the last possible minute when you have to get up or you’ll be late for work– that’ll cure your snoozing habit right quick!
March 18th, 2008 at 8:48 am. Permalink.
- Collene replied:
Thanks, Darcy! I am trying to turn around my night owl ways…
What time do you head to bed usually? Just curious. I can’t even believe I am getting to bed around 10 or 10:30 these days. I am usually a midnight gal, which I know doesn’t allow enough sleep.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:17 am. Permalink.
