Economic Incentive NOT To Hit Snooze
Posted on January 07, 2008 by Him and tagged charity, fun
photo: DHDesign
There was a time in my life when I NEVER hit the snooze button. It was always alarm, get up.
Then I met Her. The snooze button suddenly became a viable option when there is a lovely, warm, and soft body next to mine every morning.
I'm thinking that if I had a different alarm clock, though, it might be a different story. Especially an alarm clock that donated to a charity that I hated every time I hit the snooze button.
Wake up to the smell of...Animosity...
The SnūzNLūz(TM) alarm clock connects to your network via ethernet or even WiFi, and from there you interface with it though a web based configuration utility. You enter in your hated charity, your bank account information, and viola! Every time you hit the snooze button, you make a donation!
Here are some of the "suggested uses":
Are you a butcher? Set your SnūzNLūz to donate to PETA
Are you a hippie? Set your SnūzNLūz to donate to the American Coal Foundation.
Are you a Ninja? Set your SnūzNLūz to donate to, hrrrm, we can't find a Pirate Charity at the moment. But there must be one...somewhere...anyways, the point is it's easy to setup once you identify your enemy!
If your resolution for 2008 is to get to work early, or even on time, this might be exactly what you're looking for.
(via Chicagoist)
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Catherine | Jan 7, 2008
FYI: That item is not real. It was "created" for April fools day either last year or the year before.
Lol, that would be kind of fun. *Shudders* I can think of a number of charities I wouldn't want donated to...
Maybe someone someday will come up with it. I suppose there'd be too many hitches. :)
I did see an alarm clock offered by Sharper Image that actually flies around your room when the alarm goes off (looks like a little helicopter). You must track it down, catch it and turn the alarm off for it to stop. My considered it for me, but was sure I would shoot it out of the air the first morning it went off. We decided to save our money!
MVP | Jan 7, 2008
I'd definitely be in if it had a feature that allowed me to donate to my preferred charity if I chose NOT to hit the snooze and instead got out of bed. That way, everybody wins, rather than someone I dislike (which I know would happen on occasion).
This is hilarious! If they did come up with something like that, it should be for high school kids who don't want to get up for school. It would substract from their allowance. =)
Ha, I didn't realize it was a joke when I heard about it before either. It really SHOULD exist and probably would not be hard to create.
Anyway, I used to be a big fan of the snooze button... well sorta. In high school and college I used my computer to wake me by setting up a scheduled job to run at the time I wanted to get up. Anyway, I always had this alarm set to go off exactly three times where the third time was when I actually needed to get up. I found that this method worked great. But, now I am married and my wife absolutely hates the snooze button (because each time it goes off it wakes her when she does not yet need to be up). Therefore, I rarely ever snooze and it nearly always accidental (I hit the snooze button to cut off the alarm quickly, then cut it off manually on the side switch).
The downside is that I have occasionally turned the alarm off and fallen back to sleep. I have never been more than 15 or 20 minutes "late" to work though, but with my job being a little late is not a big deal if it is occasional.
English Major | Jan 7, 2008
I should get this for my boyfriend, and set it to donate to the Huckabee campaign. He would get the hell out of bed, I think.
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