10 minutes to snooze

Alarm clock is defined as an object that makes a loud noise at a specific time; an invention relied upon by those who have trouble popping out of bed early. I am one of those poor souls who would like mornings better if they started later, but that never happens. So with a resolution stronger than ever and in an attempt to justify my name (for all the ignorant beings, Prabhat means early morning), I decided to wake early. When I announced about this new endeavor to my family, it was rather met with lot of pessimism and snickering. I must say its not there fault as there previous attempts to get me alive early had been disastrous, some even fatal :-(. So this time I decided to rely on this reliable human invention whose documented usage exists at least as early as 300-400 B.C.

Here’s my setting for the alarm.

Alarm: ON
Alarm time: 07:00 HH:MM
Repeat: ON
Repeat days: ALL
Alarm Tone: Chimes
Volume: Loud
Snooze time-out: 10 MM

Next morning an obnoxious or rather evil sound got me up. Unable to turn a deaf ear to the devils music, I got up only to find a saving grace in the snooze option. Snooze button is a very strategic addition to the alarm clock, maybe a requirement which was released in the later versions of the alarm machine. It’s a utility which the alarm user must be using most often at least so did I. Guess 5 times to sum it up. Here’s how..

07:00: Extending your objective by a few minutes is not a crime. It’s my first day after all. I can’t be so harsh to myself.
07:10: 10 more minutes dude. I’ll surely save some time while bathing to compensate.
07:20: 20 past 07 is not integral. It either has to be 30 or 00. Ah the next interval is 30!! Perfect.
07:30: Ideal snooze interval should have been 20 minutes. Is 20-20 not the more popular format now?
07:40: Aah, I have missed the bus already. Anyways the alarm is on Repeat All day, and tomorrow somehow looks more auspicious ;-).