What's the most obnoxious, effective alarm clock that you've seen?

My daughter.

This one ought to do it . . .

Then, there is also this one . . . It kind of depends on what her exact problem is with waking up and then GETTING up.

I have also been known (before extremely early flights, for example) to put a very loud clock in the other bedroom, so I have to get up to shut it off!

It was a Hello Kitty alarm clock that was loud as hell and would play an excruciating generic jingle, slow enough to where we couldn’t wait to jump out of bed and smack the top of it’s head to make it stop. We were pretty bummed when it died after 5yrs.

Give this one a try, it would certainly get me out of bed, though I’m not sure about what mood I’d be in after. Perhaps it will also insinuate that they need to stop acting like a baby and get to work on time.

Mine is my ring tone… I use my cell phone. *There is never anyone there when I get it.

The MOST annoying alarm clock, that would get me up everytime… Would be this…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astISOttCQ0 <———- on the opposite end of the room,

*Although I might chew off my own ears if I just so happened to trip on something and couldn’t get up to shut it off?

Just schedule her 15 minutes before you want her to come in.

Assuming you’re her boss… maybe be frank with her that her repeated tardiness isn’t acceptable and ask her to show some professionalism by coming in when she is supposed to.

Should be a wake up call for her (pun very much intended)

My lab if he isn’t fed by 5:45 he will wake the neighborhood. Then he needs petting at 7:00.

Something very similar to Clocky – proposed by @Kayak8 – was advertised on the IgNobel website a few years ago. Perhaps it is the same device.

Loud people—I hate (yes, I said hate) loud people in the morning.

My Blackberry has an escaling one that works for me.
Aside from that, an alarm clock in the other room that you cant shut off easy.

I volunteered at a firehouse for a few years. You get woken up by a loud noise, lights coming on, and the dispatch guy blaring over the loudspeaker. Didn’t matter how little sleep you had, it woke you up and got your ass out of bed immediately.

Basic Training Drill Sargent

@wonderingwhy‘s discovery is the most obnoxious, I think, and thus gets the prize.

@syz: I think that that would be an appropriately ironic gift; if she is ever late again, then you have a real problem. (And it’s only $10.)

It’s not the alarm; it’s how you use it. A clock radio set to an obnoxious station ought to do it. Especially if it’s placed halfway across the room.

I used to use two and even sometimes three alarms, set to go off at intervals, to break through the fog gradually. The one on the bureau, beyond my reach from bed (across a cold linoleum floor), was pretty effective. So was the one on the shelf above my head; I would reach for the cord to yank it down, and half the time it hit me on the head.

One was always set 27 minutes fast. After the first OMG!, I would remember that it was fast, but in the morning haze I could never compute a difference of 27 minutes, so I just had to get up.

My roommate in college had a Baby Ben alarm clock. He left it on one day for no reason so I took it outside and shot it. (We lived off campus, obviously.)
You can still buy these at GoodWill for $1 – $2..

There is one on instructbles that uses car horns.

Hmm, the Clocky and Sonic Boom were already mentioned. Also, maybe one of those clocks with a light built in that gradually brightens as the alarm time approaches, simulating the sun (Philips makes a few models). They’re expensive, though ($100+).

I’ve heard of one that rolls off your nightstand and goes into a corner of the room and beeps there. You have to get up to shut it off.