Well. I have carried a pager for about 45 years now, and when that thing goes off at 3:00 AM, even still, I levitate about a foot off the mattress, spinning in mid-air, and my heart hammers like a drum.
An alarm clock with any kind of alarm does the same thing. I used to have a “Baby Ben” wind-up alarm clock, and that was just awful. All of that was like having a bucket of ice water thrown on me while someone clangs together ash can lids like cymbals. Just the worst way to wake up.
For many years now, I wake to classical music. But if the pager goes off...well, that is Katy Bar The Door.
Beepilepsy.
EC
I didn’t realize people still use pagers today!