Worst invention ever

The worst thing ever to be invented is the snooze button.  Shake your head or yell about it all you want, you know it is true.  How many times have you had to rush around because the snooze button was hit one or two too many times?  I'll raise my hand and admit that I have been late a few times to work because I have overslept, but I have also been a little late or almost last because I hit that damned snooze button for just a few more minutes of sleep.  But to what benefit is the snooze button?  I know that when I hit it too many times and have to rush out the door, and more often than not not get my coffee which is just an awful situation, while I am getting through the day I think back to the morning and think to myself, 'did the alarm go off?' 

The simple solution to the situation is just go to bed earlier and get the sleep then as opposed to try and catch up on sleep in the morning when you should be up and getting ready for work, but let's be honest who wants to go to bed earlier than than usual?  I worked twice this week at four in the morning and I felt like an old man going to be around nine o'clock at night, but it was smarter than going to bed later and hitting the snooze button repeatedly.  Generally speaking, I set my morning alarm about an hour before I have to be at work.  It gives me time to drink a cup of coffee and officially wake up before having to be at work.  It also allows me to hit that damned snooze button.  Just in case I need more sleep.  Ten minutes at a time. 


I made the analogy to a coworker that the snooze button is like heroin for an addict.  You don't want to hit it, but when you do, it feels so great.