Miscellaneous: Today, I'm staying in a hotel where the lights are automatic....

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 - 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 firebombtimEFUCKERS - 29/09/2012 16:32 - United States

Today, I finally managed to sleep, after two days of being kept awake by the miniature floodlights my neighbors have installed to scare off burglars. Only a couple of hours into my sleep, I woke up to the sound of their car being broken into. FML

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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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Alarmed

By Anonymous - 08/09/2019 20:01

Today, after 5 hours of attempting to sleep, I began to finally drift off. Then, some fuckwit who'd parked his car right outside my door took 20 minutes to switch his alarm off. I have to be up in about 4 hours, after a 12-hour night shift, heading into another. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/12/2017 06:00

Today, I moved back to a small town after 4 years in the city. I was looking forward to getting away from the light pollution until I woke up in the middle of the night, peered into the pitch black void above my head, and had a panic attack. I need a night light at 23. 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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Blacked out

By Darkness, Darkness - 18/11/2022 03:00 - United States

Today, I was awoken at the ungodly hour of 1 a.m. to find that everything was very dark and quiet. It took me way more time than I'd like to admit to figure out that there was a blackout. As I tried to doze off again, I was jump-scared by the sound of everything coming on again. This happened twice. FML

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Damp, dark night

By Entity303 - 14/11/2020 21:32 - India

Today, I'm staying in a hotel. The power went out while I was having a shower. So I waited for it to come back on, until an announcement came over the fire alarm, "Due to generating failure, the power will be off for the rest of the night. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused, and have a good night." 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 Anonymous - 24/03/2019 19:00 - United Kingdom - Sutton Coldfield

Today, I'm dead on my feet. My flatmate's alarm went off for 20 minutes at 5 a.m., which I heard and he didn't. A car alarm went off outside my window for half an hour at 7 a.m. My building fire alarm went off twice, at 8 and 8:10 a.m. Just let me sleep. FML

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1215116a 14

Saturday 23 July 2011 16:05

What kind of hotel is that?

rosha267 21

Saturday 23 July 2011 16:08

My closet does that! Thankfully I don't sleep in my closet

Comments

Tshep4209 6

Wednesday 3 October 2012 6:35

Shut up an go to sleep dam it XD

shorty6823 28

Saturday 5 January 2013 1:07

Only 30 people before you said that

klumzy0123456789 6

Wednesday 30 January 2013 9:48

put something infront of the sensor

Kitten_Lover 8

Tuesday 19 March 2013 18:00

Try sleeping with your head under the blankets

sbok01 1

Tuesday 18 March 2014 12:13

That's a weird hotel... But you could've called the front desk or something.

LyricaSilvan 29

Monday 23 February 2015 1:47

Over-sensitive motion sensor lights suck. Sorry, OP.

writerchic85 25

Sunday 24 May 2015 23:32

Can you call the front desk about that

GAeroNKissR 26

Wednesday 2 December 2015 6:09

yeah, just keep telling yourself it's only you causing the motion sensor to activate. Nighty Night!

gatorgirl7563 22

Monday 1 February 2016 15:10

Cover the motion sensor!!! Problem solved. Or sleep with a blindfold. Or unscrew the light bulbs.

Edgar Zuniga 6

Thursday 4 October 2018 1:31

unscrew the lightbulbs

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