# Wakie, wakie! What do you want to hear when you wake up? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 18, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570 "2014-12-18T14:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/1 "2014-12-18T14:35:00Z")
I recently started using the [Wakie app](http://wakie.com/), which is “a community of people waking people” and I’ve found it to be very neat, both as a Wakie (one who wakes up other people) and as a Sleepy (one who gets woken up). This morning I was woken up by a very enthusiastic guy in Italy (which was a good thing). As a Wakie, I’ve been using a common, “Hello, this is phall0106 from (my state) with your Wakie.” they usually mumble something, which I then say, “Are you awake?” Usually they answer yes, then I say, “Where are you calling from?” And a very brief couple of sentences ensue, where upon, I say, “Have a great day in (your state).” The conversation is really limited (since we have a maximum of 90 seconds), and nearly everyone I’ve woken has been in a pleasant mood (if a bit sleepy), so I must be doing something right, but it got me wondering if there’s something else I should be saying when I wake them. What would you want to hear if someone woke you (via the phone)? Keep it clean–I’m not interested in describing what I’m wearing, or know what they’re wearing–and remember that I only have 90 seconds or less. ---
**Author:** ![susanlinda823](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@susanlinda823](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susanlinda823)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/2 "2014-12-18T15:14:19Z")
Wakie wakie eggs and baky! ---
**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:** [December 18, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/3 "2014-12-18T15:43:14Z")
I would do it more R Lee Ermy style – but that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/4 "2014-12-18T15:54:44Z")
My girlfriend telling me to go back to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/5 "2014-12-18T16:08:30Z")
“I think I heard a noise downstairs. It’s probably someone breaking in to steal your Lord of the Rings action figures or your vintage Alf lunch box. You should probably investigate, toot pronto!” I’d be up in a shot! ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/6 "2014-12-18T16:50:31Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > “I think I heard a noise downstairs. It’s probably someone breaking in to steal your Lord of the Rings action figures or your vintage Alf lunch box. You should probably investigate, toot pronto!” > > I’d be up in a shot! OMG I love this one. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/7 "2014-12-18T17:42:34Z")
AFAIAC, this app is undermined by the fact that _the first thing that you hear is the phone._ What I hear next is really immaterial. In a more personal environment, I’m looking forward to when the Firebug is old enough that I can holler, “drop your cock and grab your socks!” when it’s time for him to get out of bed in the morning. But I’m a traditionalist like that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Whatever4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/8 "2014-12-19T04:07:38Z")
The best wake-up? Two discrete knocks on the door, and a refined British voice announcing Breakfast, madam. I’m afraid that your 90 seconds would be up long before I could utter a word. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/9 "2014-12-19T04:13:48Z")
“Go back to sleep, nothing you have to do today is more important or valuable than getting completely rested!” … of course, I would also need that to be true. But hey, you asked! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/10 "2014-12-19T05:47:53Z")
“It’s Saturday, honey. Go back to sleep, I’ll feed the cats. When you wake up later, I’ll bring you coffee in bed.” ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/11 "2014-12-19T05:57:49Z")
“Good morning! The forecast is clear skies, sunny, with a high of 90.” ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/12 "2014-12-19T06:17:05Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > “Good morning! The forecast is clear skies, sunny, with a high of 90.” For a minute I thought that was going to be an ELO reference… “Morning! Today’s forecast calls for blue skies…” ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/13 "2014-12-19T11:52:36Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’m looking forward to when the Firebug is old enough that I can holler, “drop your cock and grab your socks!” when it’s time for him to get out of bed in the morning. > > But I’m a traditionalist like that. 🙂 You can do that now “Drop your blocks and grab your socks!” That one got me a “huh?” Kid has no appreciation for the classics. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/14 "2014-12-19T15:09:16Z")
I prefer to wake up to perfect silence. I nearly always wake up to my three year old wailing “I GOTTA GO PEEPEE! SOMEBODY GET ME UP!” She hasn’t figured out that she can just get out of bed and go. ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/15 "2014-12-19T15:56:30Z")
Although I’m well past my formal education years, being the husband of a teacher and having a child in elementary school, hearing “snow day” is about the best wake-up there is. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/16 "2014-12-19T16:28:20Z")
My preference is to hear, “slurp, slurp, slurp.” That is the only alarm clock I don’t want to throw out the window. Doesn’t really work on the phone though. How about, “Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties 'cause it’s cooooold out there today.” Of course this would have to be prefaced by, “I Got You Babe.” ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/17 "2014-12-19T18:11:31Z")
In real life - “My God you’re beautiful” On the phone - “This is Publisher’s Clearinghouse calling. Will you be at home around 10:30 this morning?” ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/18 "2014-12-19T18:17:02Z")
Well you could always memorialize the late Robin Williams “GOOOOODMorning Vietnam\*” (or whereever else you happen to be calling.) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakie-wakie-what-do-you-want-to-hear-when-you-wake-up/707570/19 "2014-12-19T18:19:41Z")
The sound at [5:08.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAXW_57f4Mc)