Waking Up was Alarming

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In all my born days, I’ve never had such a rude awakening! The cell phone sounded its usual alarm, although I thought I had dismissed it a few minutes ahead of time. Absolutely nothing would make it stop. I pressed the usual places on the screen, then I madly jabbed at them. I tried to turn the phone off, but it refused to die. I’ve had it only a few weeks, so I did not consider drowning it. The ruckus woke Kacey, who jumped on the bed with me and looked quizzically toward the monster sound. Closing the app did nothing. I probably should have tried deleting it. I’ve had Motorola phones for years and never had anything like that happen before. I saw it was possible to snooze the alarm for ten minutes, but it CLANGED for those agonizing ten minutes. I noticed the time was 7:10, and that’s how I know exactly how long it screamed at me. I might try having Alexa wake me tomorrow. If I don’t touch her, surely she will obey my voice. If not, I’ll have a triumphant win as I unplug her.

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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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  2. Seniors battling technology. Ya gotta love it!

    Grace & Peace,

    Dr. Russell Brownworth 167 Cedar Circle ​Thomasville, NC 27360 Mobile: 336-804-4702

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  6. I thought to myself…”she’s retired..why does she need an alarm to wake up”? Personally I wake up when my body has had enough sleep, but I guess some people need an alarm after using it for so many years. I haven’t used one in 20 years.

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  10. That’s odd and very annoying! I once had the carbon monoxide alarm go off as it reached end-of-life status. Its predecessor (same brand) went off, had a message it reached end of life, so I unplugged it, removed the battery and knew I’d have to buy a new one. So I did likewise with this alarm, but this was after I slammed my finger in the garage door and my finger on my dominant hand was not strong enough to get the battery cover off. I used a butter knife, the tip of a spoon – nothing would budge that battery cover, so I put it outside, but it was dark already and I thought a passerby, or even Jeff next door, would hear it, not find it in the dark and think it was a burglar alarm – the possibilities are endless what it could sound like. So at that time Jeff would respond when I texted him from my computer, so I sent him a message “hey, I put the C02 alarm outside my side door – can you please remove the battery cover and take out the battery as I am a weakling?” He couldn’t open it either so he put the alarm in a bucket of water where it continued chirping away happily for some time.

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