# Who needs an alarm clock to wake up? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 2, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-an-alarm-clock-to-wake-up/435998 "2008-02-02T18:00:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-an-alarm-clock-to-wake-up/435998/61 "2008-02-08T06:33:08Z")
Some days I “need” the alarm, some days I wake up automatically before it goes off (which I HATE because psychologically, I feel as if I got ripped off for those 5 or 10 minutes before the alarm goes off!). I know this isn’t part of your poll, but I’m also one of those weird people, yes, I set my clock ahead. Just the alarm clock. Technically, I know it’s ahead, but it gives me that little psychological boost. Oh yay, it’s not really 6am, I can still lay here for a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-an-alarm-clock-to-wake-up/435998/62 "2008-02-08T06:39:31Z")
I never use an alarm clock, invariably waking about 20 minutes before I need to get up each morning…I wake at 6.10 am and get up around 6.30. Weirder still, on those occasions when I have to get up extraordinarily early (to pick someone up from the airport or to make an awfully early appointment) I STILL wake up 20 minutes before getup time…whether that’s 3.00am or 5.00am…my body clock is acutely attuned to every-fucking-thing. It really sucks on the weekends when I WANT to sleep in of course. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-an-alarm-clock-to-wake-up/435998.md?page=3)