Who ever invented the snooze button on the alarm clock.

[Throck]

Thank you.......

[NanceGreggs]

1. Because there are those of us ...

... who are convinced that if we have five more minutes of sleep, we will be WIDE AWAKE AND READY TO FACE THE WORLD!

We are also the same people who, if frozen during prolonged space travel, would insist on a snooze button that gave us five more centuries.

[luv2fly]

2. Why 9 minutes?

Every alarm clock I have had with a snooze gives you nine more minutes. Why nine I wonder?

[NanceGreggs]

3. Mine is five minutes.

I suspect foul play.

[underpants]

8. Good question. Looked it up. It has to do with the gears on an old clock

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The main theory behind why the snooze period was set to nine minutes is a technical one. The snooze function had to be worked in around the existing gearing of a small alarm clock, and keeping the time period in single digits is said to have presented a more logical technical solution.

The secondary reason, which may be due more to user experience, is that nine minutes is a satisfactory time for a brief rest. If you get past the 10-minute mark, your body may start to fall into a deep sleep, making waking up again more unpleasant.

https://mashable.com/article/everything-you-need-to-know-about-snooze-button-alarm-clocks/

You can look it up but you’ll find the same info on Southern Living, Readers Digest, Mental Floss, etc.

[luv2fly]

9. Interesting

Thank you, I should have done that myself!

[underpants]

13. Gears not bears

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[TEB]

4. Nance

You and my dear wife are in lock step on the snooze

[NanceGreggs]

5. I believe we are a movement ...

... and we WILL be heard.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

6. Who ever invented retirement...

Thank you...what’s an alarm clock? By the way...what day is it?

[Sherman A1]

7. Agreed

After retirement I took the alarm clock out of the bedroom and it is never to return. Functionally the cell phone on the nightstand works in it’s place should I ever need it to do so but I don’t see that happening.

Everyday is Saturday.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. I need mine. I have a schedule in my retirement.

Early tee time for golf, early court time for tennis, breakfast with friends (a pre-covid event that may be done after vaccines are available), many reasons to get up, get going.

Nobody said retirement would be easy.

Then there are all the retirement staff meetings. Wait, there ARE NO EFFING STAFF MEETINGS!!!11! WooHoo!

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

17. I've been waking up...

at 4:30/5:00 am for probably 30/5 years. Never needed a clock. I haven’t worn a wristwatch in as long either.

Never really cared too much about time.

[CTyankee]

15. I ask that to hubby every day. He always knows. I don't.

[doc03]

10. I blamed that button for being late for work many times before I retired. I used to hit it in my

sleep. Now that I am retired if I set the alarm at say 7 am I wake up a few minutes before it goes off. It wasn't
the snooze button that made me late it was WORK.

[Karma13612]

11. 👍🤣 n/t

[smirkymonkey]

19. +1000

[AirmensMom]

12. I'm in the minority.

When I was working, I put my alarm clock where I couldn't reach it from bed and got out of bed when it went off. The snooze button just made me dread getting up. I still wake at the same time every day, without an alarm. And as luxurious as it might feel to lounge in bed, it just delays the start of my day ... the dreaded workout.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. I usually didn't need one because I had cats.

Now that I'm retired I sleep in, and now so does the cat. She seems to understand that she gets fed when I wake up and she's cool about it.

[Le Roi de Pot]

18. You still use an alarm clock ? I just ask either Alexa or Google ( depending on the room)

to snooze ..

I dont even have to lift my hand