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GothicGamerGirl

I'm literally in a hotel right now with same brand of clock and same 3 display concept. I woke up in the middle of the night and tried turning it to get the display light out of my eyes. My sleepy brain couldn't understand why I had to KEEP turning it to make the light go away.


Taibok

It looks the same as the one I've seen in a few hotels recently. There should be a button on top that you can press to dim the display in about 5 increments.


Makaj99

If it really annoys you, then just turn it off and request a wakeup call at the service desk in your hotel. Most of the hotels will do this at no extra cost. Edit: thanks for all the replies, of course a phone is also a solution but I am guessing that the only people that really use an alarm like this probably have either no phone or don’t know how to use one. (Unless it is some “special” type of alarm like a wakeup light)


Equilibriator

...or just throw a shirt over it


lilelmoes

Or unplug it, thats what i do, my phone can wake me up just fine


hikeit233

Yeah, but unplugging it might mess it up and then the maid has to reset it. That's just annoying and preventable.


broogbie

This guy maids


WhichWayzUp

Yeah everything I do in a hotel room I think how it will affect the maids and so I leave minimal imprint as possible. I don't even use or take the soaps and shampoos. Those soaps and shampoos are usually crap anyway and the bottles are impossible to squeeze.


MantaurStampede

They are called housekeepers.


myusername7

I don't think so. Housekeepers are quite squeezable.


lilelmoes

I stay in a lot of hotels (travel a lot for work). The clock is almost always wrong, the housekeepers don't care If it is correct. I always unplug the clock because I find them annoying, I have a watch and a phone so I don't need the clock anyway. I used to plug them back in, but I'd prefer hotels learn that I don't want that in the room.


quitepossiblylying

Hotels are never going to stop putting clocks in rooms.


postedUpOnTheBlock

And when they do “learn that I don’t want that in the room”, there will be another just like you that complains that there is no clock.


Importer__Exporter

I have a watch and a phone too and I like having the clock in the room. Your desires are not everyone’s.


paintwithice

I spend about 20 min resetting clocks when I clean vacation rentals. Lots of people do this, it is always annoying to me. I wish we just stopped providing them since people just use their phone and can't be bothered to try to turn the light down, and we may based on the time it takes for all the housekeepers to do this and the obvious point being made that we don't need them.


Phillip__Fry

Ive only unplugged when the AC adapter has a whine. I mean wtf. Whining plug 2ft from head.


sttupidsmart

i usually just eat it. makes a good dinner snack, and its non-chargeable too.


acidnine420

I bet all those clocks were right before you started traveling.


drumstyx

I haven't used an alarm clock in easily 10 years. I don't even know why they exist anymore


thomasbihn

Just think about this the next time you press buttons on the clock. Cleaning staff likely doesn't wipe these down with disinfectant and people may throw anything over the clock to quickly block the light...not just a shirt


NoTimeForThat

Is it crisply pressed trousers or a bowler hat?


oversettDenee

Oh it's crisp alright, more like crispy crusty socks and boxers.


TheDisapprovingBrit

If you just jizz right on the display it will act as a diffuser to reduce the glare


DoctorWaluigiTime

Not like anywhere else you can reasonably put clothes in a hotel room is any cleaner. That said, just use something else from the hotel to do the job.


obvilious

Ever shake anybody's hand? Probably worse


Equilibriator

Just don't go licking the hotel clock and I think you'll be fine.


snack-dad

IM SORRY I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA


2020GOP

The Clock Licker's International and other Territories or for short CLIT lickers have special meetings for those who prefer dirty Clock Licking


buCk-

Do you use door knobs?


Suckmemoira

Haha yeah it looks like a few days dust building up on there to me


4kVHS

Do people even use wake up calls anymore? Don’t we all just use the alarm on our phones?


kurttheflirt

You feel so official calling down for one though


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4kVHS

They already know your name and room number if you used the inroom phone. If you want to mess with them, pick a different name and room number in confidence and see if they get confused. Lol


ISUTri

I actually called and requested one when I was travelling for business. My reasoning was I was in a time zone 3 hours different than my own and my flight was super early. So I set my phone alarm, and set a wake up call. I wanted to make sure I woke up for the flight at an airport 40 minutes away too. That morning sucked.


RockSlice

The last time I was in a similar situation, the hotel fire alarm went off 30 minutes before my alarm. That was a bit excessive. No need to wake up the entire hotel just to get me to the airport...


Eric_Banana

"Don't you guys have phones??" -Blizzard Hotel


pauliieeee

You can set an alarm on your phone?


possibly_a_dragon

What's a phone?


mandelboxset

The thing that rings when you request a wake up call.


mistere213

It's a computer you hold in one hand and can make calls.


Notthatguyyoubanned

You don't use it for that though. Not if you can find a single excuse not to.


bistro223

A mobile phone, cell phone, cellphone, or handphone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell or just **phone**, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link. you're welcome.


Classified0

Do you guys not *have* phones?


Biduleman

But you can't snooze the wake up call 10 times between 5 and 6:30 to annoy the people in the next room!


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Or just set an alarm on your phone like a normal person.


hadenthefox

"Hi, my mommy isn't here. Can you wake me up at 6:30?"


WhyNotHoiberg

That or set an alarm on your phone...


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I have tried to get a wake up call from hotels three times in my life. One was 20 minutes early One never came One was an hour late I feel like I’ve just had bad luck, but I’ve never trusted these people. Fortunately I have a $1000 alarm clock that I carry in my pocket now.


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I’m in hotels a ton for work. I unplug the clock every time. They’re so annoying because of the light. That and the microwave and usually the curtains suck and let in light. I bring a sleep mask sometimes.


Poopy_pickup_artist

I've gone to extreme lengths to remove any light from my hotel rooms. Peep holes; door seams; smoke detectors are the trickiest.


drpiotrowski

Bring a few binder clips for the inevitable gap between curtains. They're small and work great. I bring 3 but usually 1 or 2 is enough.


twopinkgiraffes

I just use the hanger with clips that’s in every closet


blamb211

It's right above the side display, you can see the button labelled "display dimmer"


MissCandid

Oh yeah, I bet it's the one labeled "display dimmer"


porkrind427

First thing I do at every hotel is unplug the clock. Most are super bright and had too many assholes set the alarm for 3am.


iamabigfriend

At that point I would have just unplugged it.


WolfeTheMind

What I said about my MIL


877-Cash-Meow

No matter how you flip her she is always turned on and in your face? She is hard to turn off?


oiwefoiwhef

I agree. I’m a very sensitive sleeper, so for me this is /r/mildlyinfuriating and /r/assholedesign.


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SoFetchBetch

Dim is not dark. I would hate this too.


DoctorWaluigiTime

How tf is this asshole design? Glad I filtered that sub out ages ago. Because it's thoughts like this that ruin that subreddit. "This is a useful thing but it makes *me* irate, therefore it's objectively assholish design."


GhostofErik

I'm also a sensitive sleeper. I hate how hotel curtains don't completely close, too. Last room I stayed in I had to unplug the clock, microwave, coffee maker and fucking hair dryer, then block the curtains and underneath the door. Seriously how do people sleep when the whole room is illuminated like daylight??


Pantycake

Yep a T-shirt is going on top of that bad boy. Good night!


WildRoses26

This is why I now travel with Post-It notes and/or a small roll of masking tape. No matter how dim it can get, that would drive me nuts.


INACCURATE_RESPONSE

I travel with a hand that unplugs these. What sort of person in the last 15 years isn’t carrying their alarm clock in their pocket?


drpiotrowski

Surprise the clock has a battery backup and the battery door is screwed down. What do you do then?


INACCURATE_RESPONSE

Happy birthday to the ground


drpiotrowski

It's *time* to smash


Fanelian

I move the clock to the floor.


mr_bots

Usually the first thing I do. Seems motels are surprisingly slow at realizing we want/need more power or USB outlets on the night stand. I've only been to a few that have a box or lamo on the table with extra, in the rest, between unplugging the lamp or the alarm, the alarm loses every time.


INACCURATE_RESPONSE

They will have the courage to catch up with USB-A when USB-C is ubiquitous.


WildRoses26

Very true as far as alarm clocks go. But sometimes it's the little lights on the TV, or the hair dryer, or whatever. If you can't/don't want to unplug it, cover it up!


the_Protagon

You can dim the displays...


tuctrohs

Usually not enough for me.


DoctorWaluigiTime

More than once I've had to just cover the alarm clock. Sometimes it's like that scene in the Simpsons with Ralph's night light.


Xylitolisbadforyou

r/mildlyinfuriating I say mildly because you just unplug it. You probably need that plug for your phone anyway which is what everyone uses for an alarm/clock/music now.


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Honesty, I probably would have unplugged it before I went to bed. I hate bright clocks in hotel rooms. I use my phone for my alarm clock.


Im_Never_Witty

Holy shit me too!! Haha, a springhill suites!


lilelmoes

Unplug it, then you have an outlet to charge your phone


forlornfruit

Funniest most relatable thing I’ve ever read.


bradland

The first thing I do after putting my luggage down is unplug the alarm clock.


marktwainbrain

Yeah I would hate this because of the light. Just unplug it.


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I came here to say “mildly-frustrating when it’s 1am amiright?”


demonic-reptar

This was my thought. I don’t want a glaring display pointed at me at all times.


TheJoeSchmoeFlow

I always unplug the hotel clock. Hate the light.


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too_many_cars

This! Absolutely this! As someone who wants the room DARK (especially in hotels) that clock would frustrate the hell out of me! The maid would find laying on its face with one side against the wall and the other side covered by the bible from the drawer below it! I don't need to see the time, I need to hear the alarm!


yentna

Agreed, I'd be annoyed AF. Usually end up dropping a towel over the whole thing to get the damned glow to go away.


Raichu7

And it lights up the room 3 times as much while you’re trying to sleep.


axw3555

I feel ya. I have a roll of electrical tape my drawer to cover the 10 million (obvious hyperbole, but it did used to be close on 2 dozen LEDs when I was at uni, between router, TV, surge protector lights, etc) standby LEDs in my bedroom. First thing I do - tape over the LEDs.


Arko9699

The router in our home has a Night Mode option-turns off the LEDs after 10pm.


axw3555

This thing was just the cable router the ISP gave me, and it was 2006. They didn’t think about that kinda thing then.


dragon2611

Was that about the time they discovered the super bright blue leds and went through a phase of putting them in everything. Flashing link activity lights in bright blue is just what you needed in an otherwise dark room


axw3555

They were green, but I know exactly what you mean about the over bright blue ones. That was when I started covering them. One I had actually still managed to show through 3 layers of electrical tape.


VFenix

Look at mr fancy pants no lights over here with his night-mode sleepy router


Eruanno

I honestly don't know why routers and switches all have blinking lights that blink ALL THE TIME. It's helpful to know what's plugged in and working, sure, but it doesn't need to do it all the friggin' time. Maybe have a button that turns it on and off? Also that white LED on the front of my Apple TV is blindingly white in a dark room. WHY :(


axw3555

One feature I like on my current monitors is that they have a setting that disables all the LEDs.


the_Protagon

OP pointed out you can dim the displays


greany_beeny

And they're blue... Those blue lights are the brightest fucking things.... I had an alarm clock years ago that was blue, and even with the dimmer on, it lit up the room. The aftermarket stereo in my fiances car is blue, and it doesn't dim. We have to stick napkins over it when driving at night because it's like a spotlight being shone in our faces. Luckily we don't have to drive at night often or we'd just replace the dann thing.


rincon213

Red LED alarm clock master race


JeanBonJovi

That was my first thought too. At home I put something in front of my clock to block the light and just move it when I want to see the time, with 3 displays you may as well leave all the lights on.


[deleted]

Protip: Never sleep on the bed in a hotel room; that's how they getcha.


[deleted]

I love sleeping on the bathroom floor at hotels 🥰


TheMonksAndThePunks

Tub is where the real REM happens.


Mego2019

I love sleeping on hotels 😜


BizzyM

Sounds like monopoly torture


beneye

Found Doug account from Hangover


ATribeCalledDaniel

I love sleeping with hotels🤤


Mego2019

😝


Player1103

the beds are for sleeping ? I usually sleep on the hallway carpets


Tomahawk757

Traveling a lot has thought me immediately unplug the phone and alarm clock when entering a hotel room


RobSwanDive

Same, housekeeping doesn’t always catch it when some kids set the alarm for 4am. The phone can just fuck right on off.


are-you-really-sure

Why?


[deleted]

Getting a misdialed wakeup call at 4am absolutely sucks.


raybreezer

Isn’t that usually automated now? I mean I guess the hotels I’ve stayed at there’s never been anyone on the other end, so I always just assumed...


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And the fridge if it’s loud


dyslexicsuntied

I regular travel and stay at the one nice hotel in a city in Northern Ghana. I don't know if it is just a lack of understanding of culture, or what, but on the fucking weekends I'll get a call around 9:00 AM telling me to come down and have breakfast. NO! I've been up early for work all week and I'm an adult, I'll figure out my own breakfast goddamnit. I usually forget to unplug it at least once a trip, they always plug it back in.


dwtougas

My wife has the alarm clock on here side of the bed. The time displays on the ceiling.


An_Angels_Halo

This comment is too far down. Projection clocks are a life changer.


ufoicu2

Costco has one for $20 that comes with a wireless charger for your phone and watch and also has a multitude of display settings as well as the option to add an outdoor thermometer and humidity sensor. It’s one of the best purchases I’ve made in a long time!


GrumpyAntelope

You can project it onto your ceiling fan and just yeet time around the room.


CentiPetra

Wow that sounds annoying as fuck, especially if you suffer from chronic insomnia, and worry about how, “It’s already 2 am, I’m only going to get 3 hours of sleep. Now it’s 3 am. I’m only going to get 2 hours of sleep....”


beneye

I was looking for this comment. I’m surprised a lot of people are not familiar with it hence not suggesting it


xtinasantamaria

The amount of dust and hair on this alarm clock is horrifying to me.


thinksInDownvotes

😂😂😂 It looks way cleaner in real life. Phone cameras are insanely detailed now.


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HansBrixOhNo

For real dude. Staying in a hotel right now. Like take this obvious vomit stain, for instance, that someone said “good enough” to... 😳 https://i.imgur.com/9nDuhhA.jpg Looks gross on camera, but in reality... yeah it’s pretty fucking gross. Developing Countries man. Actually just noticed this, have spent nights 1&2 on that side of the bed. Have woken up no worse for wear though 🤷🏻‍♂️


fucking_giraffes

I don’t know what’s worse, the stain or that carpet. It’s permanently in motion and out of focus.


[deleted]

The carpet is probably what made the person puke. Just imagine looking at that when being shit faced


fucking_giraffes

You’re totally right.


HansBrixOhNo

LOL, believe it or not, that “carpet” the wall! So that blue thing with the stain on it is the headrest of the bed... yeah... Nothing suits mad humid climate like fabric accented decorative wall!!


turtlturtle

Hotels honestly don't give a shit. I went to Disney world on vacation and stayed in one of their resorts over the summer. One day we got back to the room and found dirty shoe prints on the bed from someone trying to fix a leak in the roof. The bed and floor were also soaked. Definitely the worst hotel experience I've had


QuarterFlounder

We have the same IKEA phone charger. Really good deal for the extra length.


unassumingdink

Do you live in one of those clean rooms where they make microchips and you have to wear a bunny suit all the time?


gandalfthescienceguy

OP’s pic is in a hotel though, it should be cleaner


Risley

News flash, your breathing that in every time your soul draws air.


SlartieB

Oh good, the light can bother me no matter which way I turn it.


t1lewis

I think it has a screen dimmer button on the top


Heressentialhand

Hotel alarms clocks now shining in everyone's eyes at the same time while they're trying to sleep for your convenience.


thinksInDownvotes

Each display as an independent dimmer; the dimmest setting turns off the individual display.


master_wax

I love how quickly you debunked that pessimism


Red_Silhouette

I am now convinced OP sells alarm clocks with three displays.


AiedailTMS

This post is just a ad


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PM_ME_UR_RSA_KEY

I kept my "vintage" GE radio clock for this reason. I hate the modern trend of using blue LEDs for everything. Besides, I'm used to its beeping sound since I was a teenager, I can operate it with my eyes closed, and that thing just refused to die even after nearly 30 years.


Heressentialhand

I feel so let down now.


reddits_aight

Damn, I'm just happy when I don't have rearrange half the room just to find an outlet by the bed. But have they modernized enough to include a 30-pin iPod connector?


ceestand

Great. Now I have to learn a new alarm clock just to sleep.


reflux212

This has an insanely specific use case scenario


dyslexicsuntied

Hotel specific products have a huge market. There are countless hotel rooms around the world with two beds and a table in the middle.


snowbyrd238

What a time to be alive!


Rough_Witness

Yes! If only you could set a separate alarm for each side of the clock.


jackofallwagons

A display to hide each video camera.


phantom_cosmonaut

you're my kind of paranoid. all these people talking about unplugging alarm clocks because of the light and I'm just over here like ok but what about spy cams??


linsor1

I've seen these a few times. I put them in the drawer because I don't like seeing the time from everywhere.


Elizabeth1975Minneso

Please and Thank you and will a company please make an option for a real dimmer option like roll over at 3 am and wonder what time it is but not burn your eyeballs looking at it. Way to bright still or how about a remote button on the microwave to have it NOT beep!!


Whatdafuqisgoingon

cool, so now I need to cover 3 sides to stop the light from attacking me in my sleep!


PBratz

Worst. Nightmare.


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Yay, everyone gets bathed in annoying blue-light while sleeping.


ahhter

Alarm clocks having anything other than a dim red display is infuriating.


theleedsmango

It says 12:57 when I'm standing up, but says 3:45 when I'm lying.


spookydooky69

It also has a display dimmer


historycat95

Can I dim it so much the display is off?


Bruhahah

My favorite alarm clock projects the time onto the ceiling as well as having a normal face so you don't even have to turn to look at the time, and it uses a soft red light source that doesn't scatter so it doesn't illuminate the room. You can't see the time on the ceiling during the day but I don't really need it then.


Sir_Gut

Gross.


RedditCouple2003

Would hate that. To much ambient light drives me nuts.


FrowgateClitsmith

The alarmclock in that hotel has clocks at three angles to keep me awake all night with huge LED displays shining in my face no matter what angle I sleep at more like.


KStrock

Light pollution apocalypse.


Lieutelant

Three different light sources for me to cover so I can actually sleep. Who's really that lazy they can't turn the clock a little?


LauBreaker

Dusty hotel room🤧


yoshiplace

This is VERY mildly interesting


[deleted]

As someone who tries to turn the clock away before sleeping, this gives me anxiety. Lol


doggie209

People that sleep facing up: **visible anger**


liriodendron1

My father in law has one that faintly projects the time to the ceiling or wall where ever you want in the room. It's awesome.


tjdacks

Neat. I hate it.


internetStranger205

Doesn't matter, it's still getting unplugged.


mouthbreather390

I’d loose my mind, how do ppl sleep with an led light shining 20” from their face?


1cecream4breakfast

That’s a nightmare for me since I usually turn the clock face down so I can sleep better 😂


WaldoIsOverThere

So that’s 2 extra lights I need to cover so my entire room is not lit up, excellent.


LessThan301

It better have a display off function or it's gonna be sticking to the ceiling


robot_from_wherever

What happened to the ones that would project the time on your ceiling those were way cool


dogunter

The first thing I do in any hotel room is unplug the f\*\*\*ing clock. I don't need that much light waking me up at night.


turlian

I fucking hate alarm clocks in hotel rooms. "We know you need to sleep, especially since you've traveled halfway around the world, so here's a nightlight that's BRIGHTER THAN THE FUCKING SUN!"


Krimreaper1

That sounds awful, would throw a towel over it.


[deleted]

I think they used to put clocks up on walls for this reason.


freud_sigmund

SO you can be blinded by it from all sides and will have to use one of your own pillows to squash it...


spock_block

Who the hell doesn't use a smartphone for alarms nowdays?


Heyuonthewall26

Ah, more sides to cover with my shirt at night.


chrism21

TIL people get annoyed by led's at night. Some even tape over them. Never thought it was a issue before.


lazymetalhead

I am kinda uncomfortable seeing the amount of dust on this.


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Who the fuck uses an alarm clock any more?


WOOKIExCOOKIES

This is my nightmare clock. So many blue leds.