My bedside clock hates me.
I think it started its program of suffering when I decided that I did not need it to ring any more. I found waking up far more refreshing if the alarm didn’t go off.
Its first tactic was to disable the “alarm off” button. It would ring even if it was off. (I think it would ring even if I unplugged it.) Due to a distant power outage that reset it, that meant it would go off at midnight.
Fortunately, I compensated for this by being able to turn it off without waking up. I actually only noticed it on weekends when I would stay up late. That was annoying enough that I performed surgery on it and just snipped the power to the speaker. I did learn at how terrible the manufacturing was where the “alarm on” button only turns on a light on the front, and depends on the (malfunctioning) off button to prevent ringing.
A few weeks ago my clock figured out a new tactic. I’m not sure how, but it is reseting itself now. Not enough that the time goes back to midnight; instead it just starts flashing the correct time.
I could try setting the time again; that does stop the flashing. But because of a lousy user interface, that means I have to set the minutes time again, and that requires holding down the “minutes” button until it wraps around to the correct time. Did I mention that the buttons are barely working anymore.
Can it be considered that it has won if I decide to just replace it?
It took awhile. Most clocks are overpriced for what I want: the time. I don’t want to have a iPhone charger. I don’t want artificial sunlight. Just the time.
On a boxing day sale, I have gotten a new one that I will have to suffer it being a radio as well. Sony.
Never trust Westclox again.