The 'I'm a Moron' Chronicles, Chapter 439

[thessalian]

I figured out what happened!

I had a drinks meet with mitchy this afternoon. I conscientiously set my alarm for 11:30 so that I would definitely be up in time. Now, leaving aside the arsehole who was leaning on my doorbell and then not actually making sense when I got him on the intercom at 8 or so, I still should have been up in plenty of time, thanks to handy-dandy alarm.

However, the alarm was set on my snazzy shiny cellphone. Now, one of the things I adored about this phone when I first started using it was that you could programme repeat days on the alarm clock - set it up so that it only went off on the weekdays and you wouldn't have to switch it off on the weekends. No more forgetting to switch the alarm on for a Monday morning wake-up!

...Except, then I started using the iPod-dock clock radio thing as an alarm clock and forgot all about it. Which meant that when I started using my phone again this week, I forgot that my alarm clock settings were still set for "Only Goes Off On Weekdays". Which meant that I woke up not because of my alarm going off but because mitchy was ringing me, five minutes after I was supposed to be there, wondering where the hell I'd gone.

*headdesk* So, so sorry, mitchy.

Comments

[tithenai.livejournal.com]

I have, on more than one occasion, done that thing where you think you're setting your alarm for AM but in reality are setting it for PM, or you set it for AM but don't realize your clock's actually been running with AM/PM switched. I sympathise.

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

Eh, shit happens. No worries.