Set the alarm clock for 3:01 am

How to use the online alarm clock

As you hand the pub’s night delivery over to the next person on shift, a 3:01 am alarm can mark the exact moment when their responsibility begins. It separates the handover from the remaining checks and leaves nearly an hour before 4:00 am, when another task or staff change may already be due.

A delivery handover can fail quietly if the alarm sound has been routed to headphones left behind the bar. The selected time should therefore be paired with a visible screen alert, while the sound output is checked before responsibility passes to someone else. The delivery could also be missed if the browser is no longer running or the computer has gone to sleep, so this alarm cannot replace a separate backup agreed with the incoming person.

Anyone waiting for a pub delivery at this point in the night is working while most of the house is silent. A moderate alarm volume, a closed door and a position away from shared walls can reduce how much the 3:01 am signal carries upstairs. If another person must hear it, placing the computer in the room where the handover happens is more considerate than making the alert loud enough to reach across the house.