THe Alarm Clock Speaks.
I must be the most disliked object on your nightstand, and I am the first sound you hear as I screech you into wakefulness. Beginnings are rarely easy, so I keep showing up. I watch you as you frustratingly fumble for my snooze button and come down on it like a ton of bricks and then try to get back into what’s left of your dream. Both of us know that it’s over, and it’s time for you to get back into the real world. I feel sorry for you, but then I was made to help you kick-start your day. Born in a factory, I’m made up of wires, springs, and gears and given a loud voice to wake you up. I was born to be loud, insistent, and impossible to ignore. I find myself on the nightstands of students, housewives, the employed, and even fitness freaks. I’ve been thrown across rooms and silenced and cursed in more languages than I can count. Yet, I’ve been thanked grudgingly when someone made it to work on time or caught a train or bus that they would have otherwise missed. Once in a...