Inanimate objects play dead

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawr! My stupid alarm didn't go off this morning and it cost me 1100 precious money due to missed driver's ed. appointment. Inanimate objects really piss me off when they just lay there, doing nothing.
Why today?! Why when I was going to get billed for not showing up? Why not when I had a day off and just thought I might get up a wee bit earlier than... hrm... noon...