The sound of the iPhone alarm as a ringtone makes my skin crawl

It always hits me when I’m least expecting it. When I’m standing in a crowded room, say. Or, when I pop out for my lunch break to grab a quick sandwich. 

I’m talking about the skin-crawlingly intrusive sound of the iPhone alarm clock being emitted from a stranger’s phone. A sound that, to me, is akin to nails on a blackboard. 

My alarm clock is the oh-so-familiar default “Opening” sound. It sounds once at 7am, then again at 7:05am, and then again at 7:10am. And, let’s be real, at 7:15am, too. At this ungodly hour of the day, this alarm clock is far from pleasant. But, it jolts me out of my very deep sleep and brings me (unwillingly) into the land of the living.  Read more…

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