Miscellaneous: Today, I installed motion sensor lights in my house to save on...

By zzarzzur - 29/12/2015 09:49 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I installed motion sensor lights in my house to save on energy. When I laid down in bed, I saw the lights turn on from downstairs to the kitchen. I live alone. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/01/2017 23:42

Today, I was the last to go upstairs, so I had to turn off the lights. My tired brain decided to use my phone flashlight to check if all the lights were out. FML

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Brain fart

By jonjon - 13/06/2010 13:16 - United States

Today, after spending the evening with friends, I went home and realized that the living room light was on. Thinking someone was robbing me, I hid behind a bush. I got impatient and crept up to the door. Then I remembered that I'd left the light on before I left. FML

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By anonymous - 22/10/2014 02:11 - United States - Levittown

Today, I fell asleep on the couch. My parents didn't wake me up, went to bed and set our burglar alarm. If I trip a motion sensor, a siren will go off. The motion sensor in my living room is pointed directly at me and I have to pee. It's been 2 hours. FML

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By someone - 23/07/2011 08:50 - United States

Today, I'm staying in a hotel where the lights are automatic. They turn on when something moves and turn off when everything is still. I'm a sensitive sleeper and I move in my sleep, so the light wakes me up. It's currently 2 a.m. and all together I've gotten about 20 minutes of sleep. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/05/2012 06:25 - United States - Bedford

Today, my neighbors got a motion sensor light that points at my window. It's so sensitive that it goes off every time an insect flies past. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/01/2010 16:35 - United States

Today, I was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling with the lights off. It was 1AM, and I'd just finished watching a scary movie, so I was a little paranoid. I was about to fall asleep, when an eerie light lit the room. I jumped, got tangled in the sheets, and hit my head against the bed frame. Where'd the light come from? Not a space ship. Not someone breaking in. It was my phone. FML

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By wtfisgoingon - 28/04/2013 10:30 - United Kingdom - London

Today, I was in the middle of having a shower when I noticed a camera hidden in the corner of the room pointing directly towards the shower which I stood in butt-naked. I live by myself and have recently only moved in. FML

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By liynda - 06/05/2011 01:49 - Canada

Today, I knocked on the door of the bathroom to make sure nobody was in there before I walked in. Then I remembered I live alone. FML

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Fright night

By Anonyme - 04/11/2023 11:00 - United Kingdom - Cheddleton

Today, I couldn’t sleep because the hall light was too bright. Someone left their room; I waited for them to return so we wouldn’t cross paths. I got up and went for the light, only to find them peeing naked with the door open. In a panic I flipped any switch, which made the hall brighter, then ran. FML

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Enough!

By pissed off - 02/07/2014 21:52 - United Kingdom - Milton Keynes

Today, my dad finished installing our new home security system. One of the features lets him control any light in the house from his phone. He keeps trying to piss me off by turning my bedroom light on at random intervals. I don't know how to make it stop, and I can't sleep. FML

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RodzillaX 30

Tuesday 29 December 2015 15:30

Demand some rent/utility money. Ain't no ghost living off you for free, especially if they're going to run up the electric bill.

princesskammm 20

Tuesday 29 December 2015 15:28

Apparently you don't...

Comments

cloudyface 23

Tuesday 29 December 2015 17:16

Maybe you have rats?

PES_fml 14

Tuesday 29 December 2015 17:19

must b a cat man... just sleep...

abnormaalz 7

Wednesday 30 December 2015 10:53

lol he said he lived alone he has no cat

BooBooKittyF11 21

Tuesday 29 December 2015 17:21

possible an animal outside got close enough to the house to trigger it or you have a creature in your house

exo_went_insane 12

Tuesday 29 December 2015 17:51

Could be anything from a reflection, to stray light, to something outside. The motion sensors at my parents work through a yellow relief-pattern glass door. Some sensors are super sensitive.

sillygirl247 14

Tuesday 29 December 2015 17:55

Time for a exterminator...

brewing_anger 4

Tuesday 29 December 2015 18:02

Spooookyyyy.

KeatonHanson 28

Tuesday 29 December 2015 18:44

Good call gating those lights.

suckceed 17

Tuesday 29 December 2015 18:55

Who you gonna call? Ghostbuster! Or better yet call an electrician to check the damn wiring.

just_dorky_me 22

Tuesday 29 December 2015 19:14

A big enough bug right in front of the motion sensor is enough to activate it. I wouldn't get too worried OP we have a motion sensor for our outside lights and sometimes all it takes is a moth to fly in front of it for it to turn on.

the_real_dvd 21

Tuesday 29 December 2015 19:25

Don't get freaked out yet. Motion detectors are notoriously lousy devices. I'm an electrical contractor and have been in this industry for 20 years. I always steer my clients away from using them. Vacancy sensors would've been a better product to install. Or use timers. Installing LED lamps will save you even more money then.