slo’s TUESDAY 11/14 poll - Snooze Button

[kdonnel]

One downside of working at home is that there isn't much motivation to get moving until my first call in the morning.

I have a daily standup that starts my day every morning.

 

[kanerf]

I have been working with DOD and other federal agencies for most of my working career and they want to see you bright and early, like before 7:00 AM, so while I do use an alarm, I get up when it goes off, these days around 4:30 AM so I can get out of the house and on my way at 6:00 AM and arrive at the office (currently DOE) at around 6:30 AM.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Well, I voted both "Sometimes" and "I don't use an alarm" because my "alarm" is the cats, wanting breakfast

...but I occasionally "snooze" them by keeping a container of treats near the bed to buy myself a couple of minutes to breathe before I actually get out of bed.

 

[ronandannette]

Ha! Fitting day to post this one, Slo! I always set the alarm (old-school digital clock radio) but almost never sleep until it goes off. I’m an early riser by nature and often wish I could get a little more shut-eye. On Tuesdays DH has an early meeting, so I set a separate one for him. This morning after he left I fell back into a deep sleep and when mine rang, I did snooze it...twice! It was kind of nice, actually.

 

[Praying Colonel]

As I'm getting older I'm finding it harder to get a good night's sleep. I wish I could sleep until my alarm goes off, but I'm usually awake before that.

 

[john7994]

No snoozes …

 

[soccerdad72]

2-3 times per morning (sometimes more )

 

[MamaMermaid]

I am a morning person and a teacher who needs to be at work no later than 7am. I never hit snooze!

 

[hertamaniac]

No alarm clock used except when traveling for vacation.

 

[fla4fun]

I have never hit the snooze button. I set the alarm as late as I can and still be ready on time, and then just get up when it goes off. To be honest, I don’t wake up completely until I am about halfway through my shower, but at least I am up and moving.

I don’t even bother going back to sleep if I wake up less than 30 minutes before the alarm is set to go off. I need to have time to get completely back to sleep or I wake up even more groggy than normal. Dozing on and off doesn’t work for me.

 

[disneychrista]

It really just depends. I have two alarms set 30 minutes apart. First one is to wake me up the other is for me to get up. I like to lay in bed for a bit read, check the DIS, email, etc before actually getting up and ready for the day.

 

[tvguy]

I always have set my alarm at the latest possible time I can so no, I never used the snooze bar. It is also why I have always showered at night before bed, not in the morning. My thinking always was, I was awake in the evening and I would only lose sleep by showering in the morning. Of course now, allergists recommend everyone shower at night so you aren't covered in allergens while you sleep.
The last 15 years I worked I got up at 2 am, and was sitting at my desk at work 13 miles away at 3 am. The 15 months I worked from home, I was up at 2:50 am and logged on to work at 3 am.

 

[sarahann77]

If it's a weekend and have a timeline I'll set an alarm and never snooze that one with getting up intentionally.
Regularly I have 2 alarms. The second I snooze always usually 2-3 times. It's mostly just to get my brain moving so I don't fall back asleep.

 

[Micca]

No snooze here, it just delays the inevitable. Alarm clock only for early flights

 

[CdnCarrie]

I don't use the snooze button. I get up when the alarm goes off.

 

[Lord Manhammer]

Our golden retriever lunges onto the bed which sometimes wakes us up. We usually have backup alarms though because now we're used to it.

 

[Kitty 34]

I am a morning person and a teacher who needs to be at work no later than 7am. I never hit snooze!

I was always at school, also, by 7:00 but I purposely set the alarm a tad earlier so I could hit the snooze twice.

 

[slo]

As of 12:20pm CST……
30 people never hit the snooze button
11 people always hit the snooze button
Very interesting results so far today.
Thank to all that participated so far today

 

[jimmalru80]

Never

 

[tvguy]

As of 12:20pm CST……
30 people never hit the snooze button
11 people always hit the snooze button
Very interesting results so far today.
Thank to all that participated so far today

Your work situation I think is a large part of it. My work world was made up where the two times of day with the largest number of people starting their work day were 3 am and 3 pm. I would thing those of us with a 3 am start would almost never hit the snooze because we wanted to get as much sleep as possible. Someone with a 3 pm start might hit the snooze because it is harder to oversleep when your work day starts at 3 pm. Harder, but not impossible. I would get calls from 3 pm shift workers at 7 am to request something....and they were calling just before they went to bed. Those are the people that belong to 24 hour gyms, which are amazingly packed at 3 am with night shift workers working out before bed.