Morning people can all go to hell. They can go to hell and DIE!!! You know what I hate about not being a morning person (and somehow being expected by every employer to just adjust to their schedule)? The way non-morning people are looked at by the rest of the world. No, I’m not lazy - I get plenty of stuff done every day. I just don’t want to start doing it until 9:00 at the earliest. My poor husband is even less of a morning person than I am - his work often starts at 7:00 (but his brain gets up around 10:00).
I don’t have a job, my girlfriend does. She has to get up in the morning but likes procrastinating so she sets her alarm for an hour before hand so it can go off ever 10 minutes. I’d prefer to avoid the whole morning entirely, but the incessant cell phone alarm going off 6 different times prevents me from doing it. I hate mornings also.
Oh, tell me about it! My poor husband also used to hit his snooze alarm about fifteen times every morning. Either he doesn’t do it as much, or I just sleep through it now.
Ugh, yesterday I woke up to my alarm after having fallen asleep about 5 hours earlier. I am not the sort of person that can function well on fewer than 7 hours. I had to be in class at 8, so my alarm was set for 7 with the intention of hitting the snooze button at least twice. After the third snooze button slap, I sat up and turned off the alarm. I said to myself: “Yeah, I guess it’s about time I got up… well, surely I can laze around for 5… more… minutes… zzzzz…” Ah, well, I was only 45 minutes late for class.
Yes! Yes! Why do the morning people get to run the world? Why do they get to decide that it’s socially unacceptable to start your day at 10? I get more done between midnight and 2am (while they’re asleep) than they get done between 7am and 9am (while I wish I were asleep) – why are they so much better?
My favorite I-hate-morning quote is “Morning is the midnight of the soul.” I think it might be Calvin & Hobbes.
Also, Zoe: I hate you.
You ever hear the difference between an optimist and a pessimist?
The optimist wakes up, looks out the window, and says, “Good morning, Lord!” The pessimist wakes up, looks out the window, and says, “Good Lord! Morning!”
- cochrane the pessimist.
I’m not a morning person either, but I’ve found it easier to wake up early the older I get. One day I’ll be like my grandmother, up at 5.30 every morning. Willingly. ~shudder~
Now that’s where you’re wrong my friend.
The older you are the less sleep you need, you’ll be up and about beating the early birds to all the pigging worms.
That said you’ll enjoy afternoon naps and being able to doze off at any time, think Grandpa Simpson
gives Zoe a blank stare
You realize of course that the only reason you are still alive is because we’re not awake enough to figure out a way to correct that situation, right???
We could wait until late at night and get her while she’s sleeping.
But we’ll be in better moods then and won’t need to get her. That’s the thing about those damn perky morning people, when they’re pissing us off we’re not awake enough and then when we are awake enough they aren’t pissing us off anymore. Sneaky bastards.
Not only do I despise mornings (at my current job I’d have to get up at 5.30 to be at work at 8, I’m never at work at 8. Thank God for flexible hours.) but I have caffeine intolerance as well. It gives me horrible headaches and vomiting. So when I have to get up in the middle of the night (before 8) I have nothing to help me wake up. :mad:
Oh, and I would just add a hearty fuck you to the people at work who says that once I have children I’ll never sleep again. Well, there’s a bloody good reason not to have children. And if one more person mentions how I’ll get used to getting up at the crack of dawn, I’ll start plotting a terrible revenge once I wake up. Yes, there has never been a time in my life where I’ve had to get up early on a regular basis. :rolleyes: Apparently, they know how my body works better than I do.
The fascinating thing is that the one time I’ve been at work at 8 nobody did anything. They just wandered about drinking coffee and talking for close to an hour. No one did any work! I might start my day later, but I will actually spend it working so stop bitching. I put in more hours than you do anyway.
I have a child. I get up early, to go to work.
When I was on vacation my child didn’t wake me up until 8. He knew that early would not fly with me unless it was an emergency (I usually woke up slowly to him playing on the floor with his toys next to my bed, happy as a clam).
I despise mornings. The people at work seem to think I’m a morning person but they forget that I have been up for two hours by the time I get to work, because I take the bus and live on the other side of downtown. They never see me before my first cup of coffee (thank goodness for timed pots…). That sucks you can’t drink coffee, and actually at times if I drink too much I get the same way so I end up cutting back.
There’s some really nice wake up teas…
My roommate in college was deaf in one ear and guess which ear she always happened to be sleeping on when the alarm went off.
Oh, I’ll sing, all right. Then you’ll be sorry.
See, I’m wide awake the moment my eyes open. I’ll admit to occasionally putting my undies on inside out or putting orange juice in my cereal, but it just doesn’t happen that often…I know you’ll all jump on me for saying this, but I can’t help but have this sneaking suspicion that you night owls are just not trying hard enough and if you too got to bed around 10pm and had a good night’s sleep, you’d all be morning people too!
Umm, no. If I have a good night’s sleep that means I will not be tired at 10pm the next night so when you are blissfully snoozing away I am up. I am 50 years old now and still like to sleep late, In fact there are many days I drag my butt out of bed counting down the days until I CAN sleep late.
I.Hate.Mornings.
There is no good reason to get out of bed at those unholy hours.
I’ve often said that I’m about 4 hours behind the rest of the world. First-and-a-half shift, so to speak. I like to roll out of bed around 9, lunch between 2 and 3, then supper around 10. Unfortunately, most of the restaurants in this two-bit town close at either 10 or 11 which leaves me choices like Taco Bell or Steak 'n Shake…<sigh>
When I get to rule the world, you chipper morning freaks better watch out. (Zoe I’m watching you…o.O)
I loathe and despise mornings. Every atom of my being is screaming for more sleep. I suppose it’s because of my sleep apnea that was diagnosed last week. Once I get my CPAP hopefully it will get better.
Must. kill.** Zoe**.
Can’t. find.** Zoe**.
Eyes. too. bleary.
Will. kill. later.
I like to wake up at 0900. What is wrong with that? Everything, so my life says. <sigh>