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I don’t think anybody would mind at all if I whined about alarm clocks

It’s summer.  Who uses alarm clocks if they have 3 months off!? I had to, unfortunately so I could attend something that occurred at about 9 am.  I usually wake up around 10 naturally, so of course I turned my alarm clock on since the one on my Pre frequently doesn’t sound, or is too quiet.

So it’s about 8 in the morning , I’m groggy and I look at my BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. Beeping machine, and I look and I see this.

. Do you see the problem?

No, it’s not the fact that I didn’t slam snooze and sleep through my plans. No, the issue lies in the fact that I was genuinely dumbfounded by what I was supposed to do to silence the menace until it was the next morning.  If I press snooze, it will buzz me in 5 minutes.  If I do alarm set, all that does is set my alarm.  I look on the left of the clock and I saw this:

Now that doesn’t help me at all.  I am tired, and I’m not working at full brainpower.  I stand looking mighty angry in my underwear, and decide to switch it off.  The mean buzzing fades, and I smile in relief.  I shower, eat, and discover what was wrong with that scene. It took me about 2 minutes to figure out how to use a clock.

Now, I know.  I’m not a clock designer.  But if I made a clock, here’s how it would roll.  There wouldn’t be that many buttons on top, where most people look when its morning and they want to silence their alarms.  There would be two buttons.  One clearly labeled STOP ALARM, the other SNOOZE.  On the sides, there would be a switch to enable/disable alarms, all the normal clock settings, etc.

Wow.  It’s easy to use a clock now.  Thank me later.

Posted 9 months ago