Comments on: The magical allure of the snooze button

By: mojotek

mojotek — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:59:39 +0000

The Phoenix: Yes, it is like self trauma all over again. Since writing this post, I’ve made the resolution to try and get to bed at a reasonable hour so I can actually get 8 hours of sleep before getting up at 6:30AM.

I think my real problem with alarm clocks stems from my habit to only get about 5 hours of sleep most week nights… which causes me to sleep for 12+ hours on the weekend.

By: The Phoenix

The Phoenix — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:41:38 +0000

I’ll hit snooze once…but it does mess with your sleep pattern. You can fall right back to sleep, and then the alarm goes off again. It’s like self trauma over and over.

By: mojotek

mojotek — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:29:03 +0000

crazy_dan: No, crazy_dan, I don’t feel refreshed, I’m just lazy.
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Dawn: I wish I could do that… but my ‘natural’ wake up time seems to be anywhere between 11AM and 2PM.

By: Dawn (webmiztris)

Dawn (webmiztris) — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:58:47 +0000

I never ever use the snooze button. I like to set my alarm for the absolutely latest time I can get away with and then actually getting up when it goes off. I never understood Snooze….you just lose more sleep that way!! It always seemed kind of backwards to me.

By: crazy_dan

crazy_dan — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:02:37 +0000

Does anyone actually wake up 15 min later and say damn all of a sudden I feel refreshed and ready to go. Your worse then my women I turn the lights on and throw water on her in the morning to get her out of bed

By: mojotek

mojotek — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:46:46 +0000

ngregory00: It’s very encouraging to know I’m not the only blogger out there with this ‘affliction’.
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April: That’s exactly what I use it for too… I set it for my preset “wake-up” period, so that I spend 45 minutes (that’s 5 button pushes), getting my body ready to get out of bed. It’s either that, or actlike an angry bear locked in my office all day if I get up on the first alarm sound.

By: April

April — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:53:51 +0000

My snooze button and I have a special bond. It is like a pre-wake up reminder so when I really do need to wake up I’m not as groggy as I would have been 27 minutes ago. (That’s 3 snooze button hits times 9 minutes each.) No, I do not get to sleep an extra 27 minutes, usually, but it’s like a pre-coffee pick me up. If I actually woke up the first time my alarm clock went off, I’d be a bitch for the rest of the day. Ok, I’m all ready a bitch for the rest of the day, but I’d be an even bigger bitch! So I agree that snooze buttons are essential.

By: ngregory00

ngregory00 — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:39:32 +0000

Gah dude, it’s frickin EERIE how much this sounds like me. I had to keep checking the blog to make sure I wasn’t reading one of my own posts!

Needless to say that I’m 100% with you on this whole alarm thing. Especially the delectability of hitting the snooze button till the thing practically falls off.

Besides, if I set the alarm to the time I actually plan to wake up, I’ll just hit the snooze button again anyway.