Tyrant alarm clock dials your contacts if you don't get up

I always like to think about ways to break my alarm snoozing habits, but to actually follow through is self-sabotage. Sure, getting an alarm that runs away and hides under my dresser will theoretically get me up and starting the day, but I'll be pissed off for most of the morning because I had to chase down a frantically beeping toy car.

Fortunately Engadget has the solution: an alarm clock that calls random friends from your address book every three minutes after your desired wake up time. Great! Not only are you sabotaging yourself, but you're also giving your friends and family a reason to hate you too. This makes it more likely that I'll break the clock before breaking bad habits.

I'll take three! Who wants one?

iamian says

I seriously need one of these. The pressure of social embarassment should wake me up better than some noise or movement.

dearreid says

Now that's the kind of thing that might finally get me to beat the "Snooze" habit. Ah, who am I kidding... at that time of the morning, I don't care what any of my friends think of me.

mjfarina says

I would kick the shit out of someone if they put my number on that thing!

aookay says

Oh god, I can just imagine this calling my mom. It will be like highschool all over again, Do not want!

tifosiuno is probably the last guy's mother

My son is getting one if he doesn't get his ass out of bed for school this fall.

gers4302 has great advice

Unnecessary!

The secret is a clock radio. What most people fail to do is set it to the correct station. Instead of tuning it to cool station that you love, dial in to a country station, or worse yet, a Christian station.

Put the clock across the room. You will wake up.

Yeah, country music sucks.