Today, I'm a college student. Just like every other goddamn day, my roommate set about twenty alarms a good two hours before she even needs to get up. She just sleeps through the first hour or so of alarms while I wake up. I've been waking up at 6 a.m., even though my first classes are at 9. FML.
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Today, like every other day, my roommate's alarm began to go off at 7:30am. What time does she have to wake up? 10:00am. Why does she have her alarm go off for two and a half hours? Because last semester she needed it to go off then and she is too lazy to change it. FML
Today, my roommate set her extremely loud alarm clock for 5am and continued to hit the snooze button every ten minutes until 7:30. FML
Today, like every day, I woke up at 3 in the morning because my roommate needs "a three hour warning" before his real alarm goes off. His alarm is a constant beeping noise which he always ignores for a good 10 minutes before finally getting up and turning it off. FML
Today, my roommate's extremely loud and obnoxious alarm went off six times, waking me up each time, before she finally gave up on hitting the snooze button and went back to sleep for good. FML
Today, just like every other day, I was woken up 2 hours earlier than I needed to be, by the alarm belonging to my upstairs neighbors. They won't wake up until their real alarm goes off: me, pounding the walls and yelling in frustration. FML
Today, my roommate gets up at 3:30am for work and wakes me up each time. I try not to complain about it, but whenever I come back to the apartment at midnight, she gets mad that I woke her up. I told her that she wakes me up in the morning, but apparently that’s different because she’s going to work. FML
Today, I set 3 alarms so I wouldn't miss an early morning event I was volunteering at. After I slept through the first one, my roommate turned the other two off without waking me up because they were annoying. I missed the event. FML
Today, I woke up to the sound of my roommate's alarm clock going off at 6:00 in the morning. His bedroom door was locked, and he was passed out in his bed from drinking too much. It rang continuously for five and a half hours before it finally ran out of batteries. FML
Today, I'm dead on my feet. My flatmate's alarm went off for 20 minutes at 5 a.m., which I heard and he didn't. A car alarm went off outside my window for half an hour at 7 a.m. My building fire alarm went off twice, at 8 and 8:10 a.m. Just let me sleep. FML
Today, I didn't get to sleep until 5 a.m., as I stayed up to finish off a big project that I have been working on for the past week. I was then woken up at 6 a.m. by my daughter saying she was ready for school. School starts at 9 a.m., and is a 2-minute drive away. I'm now at work, living off an hour of sleep and coffee. FML
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inks98 14
Have you thought about talking to your roommate? Maybe she'll understand if you ask her to set fewer alarms!
Solano2580 24
Take it up with your DM (Dorm Manager).
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inks98 14
Have you thought about talking to your roommate? Maybe she'll understand if you ask her to set fewer alarms!
FMLUser404 4
Talking HA. only savages talk. Nowadays we are all super passive aggressive assholes. (I'm being sarcastic, talk it out with your roommate op)
Solano2580 24
Take it up with your DM (Dorm Manager).
Galym3d3 18
Dungeon Master? Roll for SHUT YOUR DAMN ALARMS OFF!!
NightKat 25
I'm guessing your intimidation check was a nat 20? I immediately think "dungeon master" any time I see "DM" too!!
paigemagee44 2
They might not live in the dorms.
Eldslibo 20
My boyfriend does that as well. It's super irritating. My tip is to go up and make sure your roommate won't go back to sleep. Repeat until it sinks through.
zaidthunder1 27
I've tried that, it doesn't work. Period.
ayyy_bro 26
On the bright side, waking up early is really beneficial! You get so much more done.
Seabass_Chan 33
I'm guessing you've never lived the life of a stressed out, exhausted college student.
The12thPaladin 8
Doubt OP would be eager to get work done while being tired from getting woken up early.
PaolaBlack 7
I remember being a college student with a full-time job. A lot of stress and sleepless nights getting things done. I still cherish my sleep, even those extra 5 minutes I can sometimes treat myself to. I would also still snap at anyone waking me up 2-3 hours earlier than I need to. Plain disrespectful.
blacklightening 11
I'm a high school students and i know just how much it sucks
jrl227 5
you have no idea what college is like with stress and sleepless nights until you are actually in it.
naviajack626 16
Honestly, all you need is good time management. I'm an athlete (cross country), college student, and I have a job. I have never once stayed up past midnight. I get up around 6 for practice and usually get to bed around 9:30-11ish
BananEnigma 24
:/.... High school was WAY more stressful than college, for me.
el_Jeffe_D 11
random idea that might work: get one of the "alarms" for the deaf. it's a small device that goes under your pillow and shakes at whatever time it is set for. She can use it as long as she wants without bothering you.
FailStaff 15
I have to set alarms every 15 minutes for 2 hours because I've tried, fewer alarms don't cut it
domolovesyoshi 33
Get the alarm that shakes the pillow as well as one that makes a sound can't ignore both
shadypalmtree 20
As a person whose slept through some earthquakes and hurricanes, I can say shaking my pillow doesn't really help. I also do the many alarms thing for two hours, and I always get up after around 3 of them. The rest are to ensure I don't fall back asleep or keep me up if I need to do anything. If I'm completely up though, I'll turn the all off.
NightKat 25
Me too... I have to have like 12 alarms every 5-10 minutes just to wake up every day at 4 am for work. I even keep my phone under my pillows, and every alarm is a different tone. I still sleep through them. It's a good thing I live alone.. I'm sure my bf would kill me if he lived with me lol
PencilTips 19
I think many people sleep through alarms because they are used to the same tone every morning and the brain starts to ignore it. I have an alarm that has my own voice yelling to get up. A human voice calling out for someone to wake up is much more effective than a continous alarm tone that you are used to.
vicfirthfan 11
Place your alarm across the room so you have to get up to turn it off. It blows my mind that people struggle with alarms this much.
KristaAaronn 25
If my alarm isn't right by my head, I won't hear it, no matter how loud it is. Setting it across the room would ensure that I would sleep through it lol
viipeterson98 14
have two set for the same time. one nearby one across the room. one will wake you and the other one will bother you so you get up
Brandi_Faith 34
I set a few alarms (usually around 3) about 5-10 minutes apart each around 20-30 minutes before I have to get up. This isn't because I won't hear it, but because I have trouble getting up and functioning after one alarm and being shocked out of a deep sleep. This way, it's kind of a gradual wake up, I wake up to the first alarm, check the time, realize I have a few a bit more to sleep (which is so precious and awesome) then I go back to sleep but it's a really light sleep and is easier to get up the next time or two around. My alarms also vibrate to the ring.
izzajaneful 24
That just isn't true. Maybe if all you've ever tried is a phone alarm. But there are alarm clocks you will hear from five or ten feet away, I promise you.
Tripartita 45
I had a similar situation one year. My roommate woke up to "Come and Get Your Love" daily, which is the song Peter Quill dances to in the beginning of Guardians of the Galaxy. When I first saw the movie in theaters, I nearly had a panic attack, thinking I was waking up from a dream to his stupid alarm.
shadypalmtree 20
Is this a true story? I can never tell with your awesome comments
Tripartita 45
Unfortunately, it's true. It even made sense to me. "The dude who played Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation is now a Marvel hero" sounds wacky enough to be a dream.
mattlikesfunions 22
i think i would be the same way if i had a roommate. i have this alarm that is really loud and it shakes my bed because i don't wake up on time
creditless 14
looking at the times u listed, it sounds like yall should be waking up at the same time... she shouldn't need a series of alarms to get up
deathshead 19
Hello! I am the male equivalent of your roommate! please, feel free to be annoyed my the constant alarms while we sleep like babies :D
Zebediabolical 45
If I was your roommate, I'd make sure you didn't get to sleep. Even if I had to dump you out of the bed onto the floor to do it.
deathshead 19
good luck! I have rolled off the top bunk of the bed I shared with my brother when I was young and slept through it