Daily Riddle — Jun 12, 2026

The trick here is that the alarm clock is the most obedient thing in your house, and it still can't catch a break. Every night you set it — telling it exactly when to go off, handing it its one job before you drift to sleep. Come morning, it does precisely that job, ringing right on schedule like a dutiful little machine. No confusion, no mistakes, no snoozing on its own part. And yet what greets it? Groans, muttered complaints, maybe a palm slammed down on its snooze button like it committed some crime. The riddle plays on the gap between instruction and gratitude — following orders perfectly doesn't spare you from being blamed anyway. It's a small, funny injustice we all recognize, which is exactly why the answer lands with a smile instead of a stretch.