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Check your closets, folks

By Spooked - 18/11/2023 21:00 - United States

Today, I was woken up in the middle of the night by an alarm on my phone going off. Thinking it was warning me of an incoming weather emergency, I checked it. It was a Silver Alert near me. Why wake me up for this? FML

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By Anonymous - 26/07/2024 12:00 - Australia

Today, my phone alarm went off at 3 AM. I don't remember setting it, but it turns out I'd somehow activated an old "Wake up for a meteor shower" reminder. Despite it being the wrong day by months, I got up, looked outside, and only then did my brain kick into gear and I realized it was set for the wrong date. FML

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Not so smart

By Jilleanna Montana - 20/11/2024 07:00 - United States - Billings

Today, at 6 a.m. I rolled over in bed causing my smartwatch to vibrate with an alert that it had detected a hard fall. Ten seconds after I dismissed the alert, I heard a voice from my watch with the dreaded words, "911, what's your emergency?" FML

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You deserved it 140

By Coach - 30/10/2009 13:19 - United States

Today, I was woken up from a phone call from my boss. He asked if I had been asleep. I told him I wasn't, that I was in my car on the way to work. Then my alarm went off. FML

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Troublemaker

By RIP - 08/11/2019 08:00 - United States - Lambertville

Today at 10:00 pm, someone rang my doorbell 4 times, while I was sleeping. I thought it was an emergency and I opened the door to my neighbor who just want to ask if I had a blackout at noon. FML

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By Rachael - 30/11/2012 07:29 - Australia

Today, I was woken up by my elderly neighbor banging on my door at 2am. She needed "urgent" assistance as she had forgotten how to turn her TV off. I'd just fallen asleep. FML

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Use the military clock!

By Jeremy - 17/01/2025 12:00 - United States

Today, I set my alarm to wake up early for work. It turns out I set it for PM instead of AM. I woke up to my boss calling me, asking if I was still alive. FML

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You deserved it 252

Hazy day

By Laurence - 18/03/2025 22:00 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, my alarm went off, and in my half-asleep state, I grabbed my phone and snoozed it. When I woke up an hour later, I realized I'd actually snoozed my work email notification for the same amount of time, and my boss was emailing me every five minutes, asking where I was. FML

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You deserved it 392

By esoog - 19/05/2011 17:38 - United States

Today, I woke up in a panic to what sounded like a plane about to crash into my house. I was so scared, I peed myself and passed out. It was just my cell phone vibrating under my pillow. FML

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Wakey wakey

By Thanks, Mom - 26/11/2023 03:00 - United States

Today, I wasn't sure if I would have to go to work. My mom told me the night before that she would wake me up if I had to. I woke up, and seeing that it was past the time I normally go to work, I happily assumed I got called off. That is, until I got a phone call from my boss asking me why I wasn't there yet. FML

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By Noname - 13/03/2009 03:42 - United States

Today, I woke up to find my car broken into. After being upset for not hearing my car alarm go off I realized it had in the middle of the night. I had woken up and cursed the idiot who set off their alarm and put a pillow over my head, falling back to sleep shortly after. FML

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core01 30

Sunday 19 November 2023 4:13

Narcissistic ahole who thinks old ppl in danger are annoying

Billsonhamsen 17

Sunday 19 November 2023 16:26

I don't know if you live there but California has several different alert systems depending on who is lost. It's going to get to the point where people just turn off the alerts on their phone. Just like that prop 65 warning label. When everything is a cancer hazard and you label it that way you're unable to evaluate the actual risk.

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core01 30

Sunday 19 November 2023 4:13

Narcissistic ahole who thinks old ppl in danger are annoying

Billsonhamsen 17

Sunday 19 November 2023 16:29

Do you know if they can release these alerts just to local areas? Statewide manhunt for an old person who can only walk two blocks may not always make sense. Releasing it to a specific area and saying there's an old person in your area missing might make more sense.

core01 30

Tuesday 21 November 2023 4:35

It says it was near them

Jessica Carey 11

Sunday 19 November 2023 11:24

I'm so sure they did that just to annoy you and they know exactly when people are asleep 🙄🙄 get over yourself

Billsonhamsen 17

Sunday 19 November 2023 16:27

OP did say the middle of the night. Don't you think it's safe to assume that people are sleeping in the middle of the night? I think I'll be a safe bet like 80% of the time.

Billsonhamsen 17

Sunday 19 November 2023 16:26

Chazzster 28

Sunday 19 November 2023 19:40

OP, most phones can be set as to what emergency alarms they notify you of. Check out your phone settings… OP, I agree that an alert in the middle of the night when you are sleeping for something that you cannot do anything to help at that time, and is not an urgent personal safety warning is unwarranted. And that’s why most phones can be set as to what emergency alarms go through.