College Student Blames Her Roommate’s Alarm for Missing Her First Class

The daily life of a student will mostly consist of phone alarms that you will either turn off or snooze to get that extra five minutes of sleep. It will be the most annoying sound every day, especially on dreadful Mondays. However irritating the alarm is, it helps you get to school on time. Using an alarm clock to divide your hours for studying different subjects is also helpful. Time management will be easier when you utilize an alarm well. For this reason, it’s essential to have your own, whether it’s on your phone or an actual clock.

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If you have dormmates, especially in college, there will be times when your roommate will depend on your alarm. However, it is not wise, especially if your roommate is unaware of it. You’ll surely get late for class when they turn off the alarm when classes get canceled. For this reason, having your own alarm is a responsibility because, in college, you are on your own. Unknown_Unwanted brought this issue up on Reddit, and she wanted to garner opinions from many people to assure herself that she wasn’t the one at fault in the situation.

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According to her post, OP has a roommate who occupies the room adjacent to hers. The walls are thin, so both of them can hear each other as if they’re in the same room. One morning, she woke up at 7:45, which was earlier than her alarm. OP checked her emails and opened a message that indicated her first class was canceled since her professor was sick. It was good news for a student, especially when you could return to slumber. OP turned off her alarm since her next class will be at 12:00 PM.

However, this became bad news for her roommate, who depended on her alarms daily. When OP woke up, she noticed that her roommate was moving quickly and seemed to be running late for class. Unknown_Unwanted went out of her room and saw her roommate in the hallway. Instead of a good morning, OP was greeted with a scowl and a question that surprised her. The dormmate relied on OP’s alarm since they had the same schedule in the morning. She was furious at OP for turning off her alarm which resulted in her being late.

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“I told her my first class got cancelled and that I wanted to sleep in a little. Then she tells me that, thanks to me, she’s super late for her first class. Apparently, she relies on my alarm going off in the morning rather than setting one herself. I had no idea that was the case and still don’t really understand why she doesn’t have her own alarm set.” Unknown_Unwanted shared.

OP couldn’t believe that her roommate dared to blame her, especially when she was unaware of it. She even tried to apologize, even though it wasn’t her fault — only to be ignored. Reddit users comforted her through the comment section, saying that her roommate is not her responsibility. OP didn’t even have to apologize because she did absolutely no wrong.

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“I tried to apologise” NO!! At 20, she can set her own alarm. There was no communication from her she relied on your alarm. She wanted to blame someone other than herself for something 100% HER fault.” RationallySkeptic commented. Aside from calling out the roommate, people also pointed out why she couldn’t even use her own phone. “Seriously, we all have phones, every phone has an alarm app.” DisasteoMaestro wrote.

It’s easier to maneuver college life if you don’t rely on anyone for everything. Setting up your alarm in the morning is your responsibility. It’s easy to create one on your phone, and you don’t even have to buy an alarm clock as it’s already within your grasp. Blaming others for your faults is truly an alarming behavior — especially condemning someone completely unaware of the issue. Hopefully, OP’s roommate realized her mistakes and started being mature by owning up to those flaws.