# How do you wake up? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 8, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142 "2017-05-08T17:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/41 "2017-05-09T02:19:49Z")
old cellphone. I feel like I’ve seen this thread before. Uncanny ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/42 "2017-05-09T02:39:19Z")
Digital alarm clock unless I’m on the road. In that case I have an ancient wind-up Big Ben that works perfectly, wakes me every time, and refuses to die. My Dad used it from the 50s until 2001 when it became mine. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/43 "2017-05-09T03:00:25Z")
The blind dog pokes his cold nose in my back. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/44 "2017-05-09T17:47:49Z")
Never heard it called a Blind Dog before. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/45 "2017-05-09T18:03:42Z")
Normally and at home my cat. When it is mission critical Alexa (on battery backup), When I am away from home and mission critical Siri sets an alarm. When away and don’t have a specific time, body clock or the sun, or other people making noise. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/46 "2017-05-09T19:29:50Z")
the cat. My alarm starts going off at 5:30, but he’s usually waking me up around 5:15 - I think that’s when I have the coffee set to start brewing, and he knows it’s almost time for me to get up and feed him then. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/47 "2017-05-09T19:49:31Z")
We have a dog, who will always wake us up around 6:10. We alternate getting up with him while the other stays in bed. On workdays the other will get up at 6:40 and really I don’t need an alarm for that. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/48 "2017-05-09T19:55:43Z")
I set my digital alarm for 5:45 and usually wake up before that due to my internal alarm, and the cat making noise. So I chose other. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/49 "2017-05-09T21:41:42Z")
I really love that there are so many people who are woken up by their cats. 🙂 What would we do with out furry little alarm clocks? … Probably sleep longer I guess. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/50 "2017-05-09T23:09:45Z")
I have never used any sort of alarm but looking back I think I would have slept better had I used an alarm. I have been retired for 5 years now and still wake up about 4 am every morning but I tend to sleep better not worrying about it. Unless I am going through some bout of insomnia which usually last a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/51 "2017-05-09T23:10:53Z")
I have a tablet that plays a song with slowly increasing volume. The volume is set to increase to max over a 10 minute period. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/52 "2017-05-10T15:29:29Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I have a tablet that plays a song with slowly increasing volume. The volume is set to increase to max over a 10 minute period. Mine plays a rooster crowing, slowly increasing in volume. I like alternative alarm sounds with gradually increasing volume, they are not as jarring as **BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!!** ---
**Author:** ![Emergency911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@Emergency911](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emergency911)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/53 "2017-05-10T17:26:18Z")
I usually have an alarm on my phone set, “just in case”, but wake up before it almost every day, even my days off, when I don’t set an alarm. Until last week, I that almost wouldn’t have been in the above sentence. Last Saturday I needed to be up at 7am. Since I usually have my alarm set for 5am during the week and I’m up by 4:30, I figured I didn’t have to set an alarm. I can’t even remember the last time I slept past 5:30. I went to bed at my normal time and was shocked when my eyes opened and the bedroom was full of light, (it was 7:30). :eek: While it wasn’t the end of the world and I wasn’t in trouble, it still bugged the living daylights out of me that I slept so late. I get plenty of sleep and rarely wake up feeling like I need more sleep. I spent most of the day berating myself for oversleeping. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/54 "2017-05-10T18:16:45Z")
> [@](#): > > How do you wake up? State: grumpy Method: clock radio when home, cell when traveling (because I, with good reason, don’t trust hotel alarm clocks or wake up calls). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142/55 "2017-05-10T22:53:50Z")
I generally wake up well before I need to. Fucking insomnia. I use a clock radio for backup, but its function is almost always to remind me to get off the computer and start getting ready for the day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wake-up/786142.md?page=2)