Do you still use alarm clock to wake you up?

@markmoney (2868)
Philippines
June 24, 2009 7:10am CST
Me, every working days, I use alarm clock to wake me up. I should wake up early and if I don't use alarm clock, I will be late coz my sleep will be continues till lunch. I am using my cell phones as my alarm clocks. Actually I use two phones, with different time of alarm so that if one fail, there's still another one. But I don't wake for the first alarm, I will just press it to alarm again after 10 minutes. It always took me about 30 minutes before I finally wake up. Lol! How about you, what is your story about alarm clock? Do you still use it to wake you up?
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@thhoon72 (1009)
• Singapore
25 Jun 09
Hahaha, I am exactly like you =)) I am not a person who will wake up immediately when an alarm goes off. I have a total of 3 alarm clocks to wake me up in the morning. The 1st alarm to go off is from my handphone but I will just let it ring until it stops by itself, cos it will ring again 10 mins later. Next, will be my radio clock which will goes off 15 mins after my handphone's 1st alarm. By this time, I am almost awake to my favourite radio station. Then, the last alarm will ring 5 mins after my radio clock. This will be my final call to wake up. I am the only one in my family who is so lazy to wake up in the morning. Cheers o
• China
25 Jun 09
When I was still working everyday (before the end of the semester), I had to use alarm clock to wake me up. I must get up at 6:00 or I'd miss the bus and be late for my work which was a serious incident. Students had to sit in the classroom waiting for me, and also the steering group would got informed of this. The result was I'd be warned for the first time. If this happened again, the financial department had every right to strike off a certain amount of my salary which is usually half of my month salary. Fortunately, I'd never missed the bus . When the alarm clock rings, I get up immediately. lol.
@klw5000 (213)
• United States
25 Jun 09
I set an alarm, not that I actually use it though. I work a rotating schedule of 2weeks on days and then 2 weeks on nights and I work, Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat and Sun of one week and the Wed, and Thurs of the next week, so it makes it really difficult to have any type of schedule. I just sleep when ever and get up when ever.
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• United States
25 Jun 09
i tryed but thet dont work for me so i have to use the on on my phone i have to but it under my pillow so i can wake up.
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
7 Aug 09
Yes, you better put it besides you or somewhere near you so that you can hear it's alarm and wake you up. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!
@vivianchen (2646)
• China
25 Jun 09
Hi, Yes, i do. I still use alarm clock to wake me up. But it's not exactly a clock, i use my cell phone to set the alarm. I can't get up on time to go to work without a alarm. I am just too lazy! lol
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@queennee (186)
• Philippines
25 Jun 09
hi markmoney,yep i always set my fone to alarm everytime i wanted to wake up early and set it on time that i wanted to get up :).but i set the alarm 15 minutes before my sched time so that i still have 15 min.to just laydown before really getting up :) its important to have an alarm clock specially if we wanted to wake up early to do some errands or have an early appoinments.cellphones are useful and i think thats what most people use when setting an alarm :) good day!
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@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
24 Jun 09
i do, sometimes i dont need it but on days like this morning where i had to get my youngest daughter up for school and get up for work myself, i have to. i was really tired this morning and would have slept in if i didnt have my alarm.
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
Yes, it mostly use for school and work, when you needed to wake up early. Alarm is really useful. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!
@hairypits (294)
24 Jun 09
I use two! I set my mobile and a seperate alarm clock. I press the snooze button for around 30 minutes or until my little boy wakes up and comes in my bed
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
It's better to use two alarm clocks. Me too, I always press the snooze button several times before I finally wake up. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!
@abruzzi10 (622)
• Latvia
24 Jun 09
I use alarm clock only on my mobile phone. Of course i don't use it in summer. But in other days almost every day i use this stuff :)
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
Yes, that one great feature of mobile phone. It's good that the manufacturers included the alarm clock on it's features. It is very useful. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!
@doryvien (2284)
• United States
24 Jun 09
While I seem to have my own body clock and I'm almost always up so early, I still prefer to set the alarm clock every morning so I don't get to oversleep. I hate being late in going the office because traffic in my country can really go nasty. I wanna be in the office early so I can choose the best parking space provided by the company.
@jrking (51)
• United States
24 Jun 09
I use an alarm clock too. I would worry if I didn't. Strangely though, I tend to wake up at the same time on my days off anyway.
• United States
24 Jun 09
Nope no alarm clocks here. Luckily for me I have toddlers to do the job. When it's time for me to get up I'll hear "Mom, i'm hungry" repeated for at least a couple times then I am up and ready to go for the day.
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
Haha! Your alarm clock are your kids. It's good that they're calling you whenever they are hungry or have a problem. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!
• United States
24 Jun 09
I have to use an alarm clock to wake me up for work, otherwise I will sleep waaaaay too late.
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
Yes, that is why alarm clock is important. It helps us to avoid tardiness. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!
• United States
24 Jun 09
I dont use alarm clock at all ...I have a body clock
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
Haha! Good for your you that you don't need an alarm clock anymore. You are so fortunate to have a body clock. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!
• Brazil
24 Jun 09
LOL. I use two phones as alarm clock, more often before I wake,because I spent much time of my life waking early to go to school, I put the alarm only as a guarantee if I slept too late and not wake the right time. But if I were you I try to sleep too because a doctor can be a disease.
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
Alarm clock really helps us to be on time. I always sleep lesser than the proper hours during weekdays but I sleep long every weekend. Yes, sleeping is important to our body. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!
@WebMann (4731)
• Canada
24 Jun 09
I used to use an alarm clock to wake up and was always tire, unless I was going fishing or something important like that. Then I had a heart attack which wasn't fixable. Now I take medication, for the rest of my life, but it immediately did something to my body which I found strange. I now wake up every day, 7 days a week, at 5am. No need for an alarm clock at all. Now I get up at 5am, come down to my home office and work until noon. My day is done at noon and I have the rest of the day to do what ever I want. The down side to waking up at 5am every day is that i want to go to bed by 8pm at night unless I have something to do that will keep me awake, like go to a guitar jam with my guitar buddies.
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
25 Jun 09
First of all, I'm sorry to hear about the complications you have had. I think the medication just help to discipline your body. Your body now has a regular routine. I hope that changes is more of a positive effects. Thanks for the response and sharing a part of your life. Happy myLotting!
@angemac23 (2003)
• Canada
24 Jun 09
I have to use an alarm clock to wake me up in the morning or I won't get up!
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
24 Jun 09
Yes, alarm clock is important specially in the morning. Thanks for your response.
@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
24 Jun 09
Wow, you seems to have problem waking-up. Luckily your cell phones works for you. If not, you will be late for work everyday. Well, i also using my cell phone as my alarm clock. It saves me a lot, that i don't have to buy another alarm clock, just to wake me and my family, in the morning. We also wake at the second alarm sound, that's 10 minutes later...
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
24 Jun 09
Yes, it's because I always sleep late. That's why it's hard for me to wake up by myself because I should still sleeping by the time I should wake up. That's why alarm clock really helps. Well at least you wake up on the next alarm, not like me that took several 10 minutes to finally wake up. Lol! Thanks for your response. Happy myLotting!
• Malaysia
24 Jun 09
I am not a morning person. Same as you, I used my phone as an alarm. I always wake up late, and often snoozing. lol. Though I tried to sleep early but still I woke up late. Hmmmm..I don't know! Cheers!
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
25 Jun 09
Yes, it's really hard to wake up early morning, alarm clock really helps. Thanks for the response.
• Australia
24 Jun 09
i definitely always have an alarm set in the morning as a back up. i too use my mobile phone as my alarm & i generally set it 30 mins before i intend to get up because i am a 'snoozer'. usually i am awake long before my alarm because i am a mother of 2 children under 18 mths of age & at least one of them wakes me much earlier than i have set my alarm for! but time is really precious to me these days & i have important activities on certain mornings & even though i know i'm likely to wake up in time i still cannot go to bed without setting my alarm just incase my children don't wake me up.
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
24 Jun 09
That's really the hardest moments in motherhood, when your children are still at the very young age. Your sleeping time will really be lessen, so you really have to adjust. Time is really precious. Alarm clock is really needed. Your babies are also serves as alarm clocks but you don't know what's the time of alarm. Lol! I hope you're always doing well. Happy myLotting!
• United States
24 Jun 09
no...for some strange reason i always wake up early....even if i go to bed late...alot of the time i go to bed atleast a little after midnight....and i wake up usually around nine at the latest...lately i have been going to bed around ten and waking up around six or seven.....sometimes i dont get to bed though untill around three or four am....and lucky me...im still up around nine at the latest....sometimes i want to sleep in though and cant and it gets very annoying....i enjoy sleep and wish that once in a while i could sleep a little more....oh well though...im never late for work...lol...
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
It's good for you that you don't need an alarm clock to wake you up. You have no problem in waking up early. Yes, we should enjoy sleeping because it is needed by our body. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!