You Snooze, You Lose via WeTheUrban

If time is money, why waste it by continually smacking the snooze on your bedside alarm clock? This contraption will ensure you understand the literal cost of your morning laziness.

The Shredder Clock is just a concept, but it’s a pretty good idea, and a new spin on the notion that money is a great morning motivator. Other alarm clock inventions force you to feed them money before they’ll shut up, or automatically donate to charities that you hate until you get out of bed, but this one lets you see your money going to waste.

You could conceivably shred anything you find precious, from letters to pictures, so you wouldn’t have to stock it with Benjamins. Which actually might be a good idea, because as Mashable points out, willfully destroying legal tender is a federal crime. Is five more minutes of doze time really worth wasting a C-note and spending six months in prison?

This actually seems like a decent DIY project — it probably wouldn’t take much work to sync a paper shredder to your alarm clock. But it probably wouldn’t look this cool.

[wetheurban]

19 Comments

Isn't this illegal?

It's illegal if it's not your money.

For the Person who has everything.

Well, I have a clock-concept that releases mustard gas if you hit the snooze button.

I would snooze until 2/3 of the bill remained, which is still legal tender.

Somehow I don't think this will never be made.

If you leave a $100 bill inside your "Shredder Clock," you may as well just shred it (or burn it, or throw it out the window). Money that's stored in a clock has no utility or value.

By the way, will the clock make change if I click the snooze button?

I don't think a) people will buy it, or b) if people do buy it, they will quickly learn to just not put any money in.

well for your average millionaire this might not be a bad idea. but for the average joe this is just plain dumb. why not just build an alarm clock with a handgun pointed at your brain? if you don't wake up in time it lets off 2 shots.

Do people not realize that there are bills for smaller amounts of money? You know- 20, 10, 5, and until last decade- 2?

Doesn't even have to be money. You can shove things like a lotto scratcher or your girlfriend's picture in there or whatnot.

Anyways, not the best idea- but it's an interesting one.

Much more practical is just an alarm that'll give ya a zap everytime you hit the snooze button, though.

"well for your average millionaire this might not be a bad idea...."

Wow.. Some folk really don't understand the concept of a 'novelty'.. Of course you're not going to load it up with $100 bills (Although, the way things are going over there, you soon may as well make hamster bedding out of your currency ;) )It's just a bit of fun! There is certainly a market for it, I could name dozens of websites that only sell such things..

Are we so bereft of ideas this is the best someone could come up with?

I know you but you don't know me. You've been playing with other people'e money, but today, you will be waking up for you money.

@Dr Zoidberg

i still say its a lame idea.

How about a clock that can bang on your door and shouts out "Police, OPEN UP!"

Some people may get up and go to work, while others may jump out of the window in a panic thinking it's the real thing. LOL.

No one asked you, jedimindset. Besides, it's probably your idea anyway...

Cool idea!

@doitworstnow
no it wasn't. lol.

Attach this baby to your member and see if you even think about touching that snooze again. Also, it would make a good conversation piece in the sauna that way.

If I bought this clock, it would be shredding IOU's each morning.

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