The alarm clock has come a long way. Most of us have gone the way of using our cell phones to angrily remind us to get up. Yet, like the traditional digital bed side alarm clock, it keeps the whole experience clinical and does nothing to make us eager to rise and shine. Gotta be a better option, right?
We’ve got that covered, and are offering up the Sony Dash for one lucky Digital Trends reader. Best described as an alarm clock on steroids, the Sony Dash provides you a bright screen that will bring your groggy tired eyes not only the time, but weather forecasts, stock reports, breaking news of the day, photos and more. The Dash also gives you the option to download apps for Facebook, Netflix and YouTube as well, so you can focus more on getting ready for the day instead of propping yourself up in front of the computer or turning on the TV with those way-too-cheery-to-be-human daytime anchors.
How can you make the Dash yours? Simple. In the comments, share the worst experience that oversleeping has caused you. Whether you forgot to plug in your cell phone and the battery died, or you hit the snooze button one too many times and realized an hour had passed, share it here. Did you end up being late on turning in that crucial final paper for class? Find yourself racing through an airport only to find the gate to that cross country flight for an important job interview closed never to be opened? We’ll look through them all and the best, funniest, most embarrassing or other experiences will be the winner.
I woke up at 10 panicking I needed to be at my brothers graduation in an hour when it’s a two hour drive. Only to remember half way there it wasn’t until next weekend
In college, during finals week. I was pulling an all-nighter to study for my o-chem test. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it and fell asleep around 5:30. I didn’t hear my alarm going off for over an hour, but managed to pull myself of the couch where I was studying 5 minutes before class started. I rushed out of the apartment and made it to class with seconds to spare. I grabbed a copy of the test, sat down, looked over the questions, then promptly fell asleep with my head on the desk for 50 minutes when people were turning in their finished tests. I groggily filled out some answers for 10 minutes. Needless to say, I had to take that class over.
Was at a blues festival, and had to drive some of the artist/crew around afterwards. After hanging out at a blues club, we ended up in one of the rooms having a (pretty mild) after party with a whole bunch of people. Nothing bad, just hanging out, but it became late. However, we had a meeting in the late morning with some other people. I set my alarm clock, but must have hit the AM/PM switch, because when I woke up, the meeting was about to begin, and I was miles away. Needless to say, I didn’t make it. And during the meeting several things were decided that were not smart decisions, bad for the image of the club, creating tensions and eventually my breakup with the organization. Talking about a long-term effect of the AM/PM switch.
Once, I was on a business trip to the Caribbean. The alarm clock included never woke me up and when I looked at it all was fine. It turns out it was just a crappy alarm that caused me to miss my meeting :P
My worst experience of sleeping through an alarm was back when I was 20. I was in the military adn on a 6 month float to Okinawa Japan. I was out one night tying one on with some friedns and we ended up back at their house off base. I had duty the follwoing morning and needed to be back on base and ready at 8 AM. I neer heard the alarm and got up 1 hour late. Hurried back to base where I was noted as AWOL. This was a very serious offence and I was in deep trouble for some time.
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My worst experience was a time when I slept through 2 alarms and finally woke 5 minuted after my flight home took off.
Lets see…
I woke up and looked at the clock..
It was 2 hours after I was supposed to be at work.(SPIT)
I jam on my clothes, jump on my bike..
Race to work. I get there in 30 minutes after waking.
Get to the T and A system scan my card, get ready to work..
I see my boss and apologize for being late.
He looks at me, and tells me, “this is my day off, What are you doing here?”.
10 years ago, the day of my wedding! I went to bed pretty late the night before, of course, and our wedding was early in the afternoon, I woke up to pounding on the hotel door, it was 5 minutes until my wedding!! My bride was going crazy, not knowing where I was. Luckily we were staying on the grounds where the wedding was, and I made it to the wedding just in time, but I have had a bad history of sleeping thru my alarm, and this time, I almost missed my own wedding! UGH!! I need a good alarm clock!
In high school, I had set my alarm clock to go off early next morning because I had 2 AP tests to take. During the night, a power surge completely reset my alarm clock. I woke up at 9 o’ clock, 30 minutes before my first test!!! I ended up getting there 2 minutes late to the testing room AND had to pay a fee of $250 because I wasted the time of those who had to prepare my test :P I got inside only to fail the test because I was nodding off the whole time
We used to have water sprinkled on our heads as kids if we didn’t get up when called so alarm clociks are always respected!
Our alarm clock is a million years old and I think it is finally ready to give out on us. Twelve years ago when my husband and I got married we received a brand new fancy digital alarm clock for a wedding gift. It came with all the bells and whistles (literally). We soon found out that it didn’t compare to our super stylish wood simulated 1970′s vintage alarm clock. Luckily when we switched to the new alarm clock that we received for a wedding gift, we were still in “honeymoon mode” so we didn’t miss much except for maybe an early morning “appointment”. Twelve wonderful years later we are still waking up to that blaring 1970 edition alarm clock!!!
I was at Lackland Air Force Base and was awakened to the sensation of flying and landing on the floor as I was unceremoniously ejected from my government-issued quarter-bouncing sleeping apparatus by the US Air Force Training Instructor who felt my sleep-to-awake response was inadequate in the early phase of my Basic Training and required calibration. It improved considerably after this valuable lesson, and I still sleep with one eye open. I’ve been out of the US Air Force 18 years now, and I can still get out of bed fast- just stay the hell out of the way of me and my morning cup of coffee! If I win, i’ll make the wake-up announcement ‘Reveille’…
Final exams, sleep through alarm but there’s still time to get there – dress, comb hair, grab spraay can and spray hair — with starch. (put on scarf, take test, return to dorm and wash hair and wash hair etc.)
Back in the day when the world was simpler, we used to prepare for breakfast the night before. Dishes were set, cereal was put out, ready to go for the morning rush. Well smartie-pants, that would be me, woke up looked at the alarm & thought, “oh my goodness I overslept!” Jump out of bed & rush down to grab breakfast. Scoffing down cereal, popping bread into the toaster & putting the kettle on, I’m making such a ruckus that my parents are alerted of my activities. “What’s going on?”, they say. Argh, can’t parents be more annoying, what does it look like? HELLO?!?!, I’m late for school! Sheesh!! Well don’t they get back at me, “umm, it’s 10PM in the evening.” heehee, oops. Guess I was really craving some carbs! The end.
Oh & to add, I still have the same radio … Lloyd’s FM/AM electronic clock with gorgeous wood grain. Doesn’t always get the airways & have to wiggle the knob at times so yes I have jumped faster out of bed more than a few times. Sad to say, dad sold the matching wood grain station wagon, so the Sony Dash HID-C10 alarm clock would be a better accompaniment to my black Honda ;) hint-hint. Cheers! Good luck everyone & great stories.