[apu]

I actually purposely used to set all the various clocks at home ahead by anywhere from 0 - 15 minutes. At first, I could remember which ones were ahead by how much, but then soon I started to forgot and had to just assume they were running at the right time. It worked great.

After a few years of this, I set them all back to right time and found that I had trained myself to just leave at the right time, with no more trickery needed.

[inerte]

I only have one alarm. If it fails I am late. I found out that depending on complex systems work against you.

Once I had three wake up alarms, at different points at the bedroom. Didn't work.

Being late is lame. Suffering its consequences is the best teacher one can have.

[chipsy]

Were you the college roommate I had who suspended the alarm on a string over the bed so that standing was required to turn it off?

[pestaa]

I saw an alarm that had a propeller on top of it. The clock made it fly and you had to hunt it down (even if it falls behind the furniture) to shut the alarm.

[andrewflnr]

I've heard of alarms on wheels that run away from you but that takes the cake.