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About 4 or 5 years ago, I was in need of a new alarm clock. This was before the Target in the mall (in Poughkeepsie) opened so I headed down to the Wallmart.

For 20 dollars I got a pretty sweet alarm clock. 2 alarms, that I have set for weekend/weekday. And the best part? it set the time from the radio waves. I would never have to worry about resetting it after a power outage. Awesome, cause I am pretty lazy.

That was until 2007. See, this clock has “smarts.” It knows when to reset it self for day light savings. (Don’t get me started on how much I hate DST.) When the US Congress decided that instead of fixing real problems, they would screw with time, they changed when DST started and stopped. No one told my alarm clock.

I woke up this morning, like every morning when the alarm clock went off at 5:45. I walked the dog. I made the dog breakfast. I finished up my laundry. I showered, dressed and woke up my special lady friend. I had to give her a ride home and then head to work. Then I noticed the clock on my cable box. 8:30. The alarm clock said 7:30. Confused, I rushed to my cell phone. 8:30. Her cell phone; 8:30 Damn. Thinking that maybe just maybe the cell towers were screwed up, I went to the car. 8:30.

My alarm clock thinks we still set the clock back on the last Sunday of October, not the first Sunday of November. I was an hour late to work because of it.

Now my question is, who should I be mad at? Congress for changing DST? The manufacturer of my alarm clock ? or myself ?