wake-up calls
Hotel phone rings
A wake-up call is a phone call from a hotel desk to rouse a guest at a requested time: I scheduled a wake-up call for six a.m.
The figurative sense dominates: an event that alerts someone to a problem or danger they'd been ignoring.
A health scare becomes a wake-up call to exercise more; an economic crisis serves as a wake-up call about spending habits.
- reminderMemory aid
- alarm clockTimed sleep-ender
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- warningAlert about danger
- final warningLast notice before action
last straw · turning point · urgency · prompt · aha moment · eye opener · alert · epiphany · constructive criticism · near miss · health scare · paradigm shift · signal · performance review · realization · reality check · moment of truth · mortality
- Hotel etiquettecheck-in, check-out, tipping, room service, concierge
- servicescleaning services, streaming, delivery services, salon, bellhop
- hotelshotel staff, hotel room, accommodations, hotelier, innkeeper
- hotel dutiescheck-in, check-out, housekeeping, front desk, room service
- wake-up thingsalarm clocks, roosters, coffee, espresso, caffeine
- conciergeconcierge, hotel concierge, front desk, reservations, recommendations
wake-up callslullabies
Soothing songs for children
sedatives · blinders · snooze buttons · rose-colored glasses · sleeping pills
wake-up callssnooze buttons
Alarm postponement mechanisms
delays · deferrals · postponements · procrastination · dismissals
wake-up callsdenial
Refusal to accept reality
willful blindness · rose-colored glasses · head in the sand · blissful ignorance · wishful thinking
call, awake, recall, calling, called, calls, caller, awakening, wake