One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.

And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of drawers.

Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting there eating their breakfasts.

“Getting up early all the time”, he thought, “it makes you stupid.