Today, after buying 3 new alarm clocks, I finally decided to video tape myself all night to figure out if my alarm clock was broken or if I was oversleeping. Turns out I wake up around 4am each day and turn them off without remembering. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was late to school for the third time this week because my alarm clock didn't go off. I clearly remembered setting it, so I videotaped myself sleeping. It turns out I've been turning off my alarm clock in my sleep. FML
Today, I bought a new alarm clock because I kept sleeping through my phone alarms. The first morning, it went off exactly when planned. I promptly turned it off, went back to sleep for “5 minutes,” and woke up 3 hours later. The clock had been set correctly. I had just gone straight back to sleep. FML
Today, I heard my alarm go off, dragged myself out of bed, had breakfast and got ready for work. As I was heading out the door I checked the time again. It was 1:41 AM. Apparently my alarm never actually went off. FML
Today, I was starting a new job that requires me to wake up at 4 am. I set three alarms but was so nervous about sleeping through them that I kept waking up to check the time, which caused me to miss my alarms. Goodbye awesome new job. FML
Today, I set 3 alarms so I wouldn't miss an early morning event I was volunteering at. After I slept through the first one, my roommate turned the other two off without waking me up because they were annoying. I missed the event. FML
Today, I thought I'd been really clever by setting my alarm ten minutes earlier to get up on time. I did wake up ten minutes earlier… then promptly fell back asleep for another hour. FML
Today, I went to bed early, feeling responsible. At 2 a.m., I woke up in a panic because I forgot to set my alarm. While fixing it, I actually turned it off completely. I overslept, missed work, and proved once again that I should never trust myself. FML
Today, I decided to take a nap before a big job interview at 6. I set two alarm clocks to make sure I didn't miss it, but I woke up at 5:59. As I'm scrambling in a panic to get out the door, my mom says calmly, "I took your alarm clocks out of your room because you looked really tired today." FML
Today, my smoke alarm started chirping at 3 a.m. I replaced the battery, reset it, and got back into bed. Five minutes later, it chirped again. I searched for the source before realizing it was my roommate's alarm clock. FML
Today, my dad reactivated a digital clock we had lying around, and accidentally set an alarm on it. For 1 a.m.. So guess who went hunting for that noise in the middle of night. And guess who banished the thing to the living room, then forgot about it, and slept on the sofa in said living room. Or tried to. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
ilianaaa 8
I've always wanted to record myself sleeping, but I'm a little scared to what I might find out haha idk
HortonThelephant 15
I'll sell you a high quality rooster for only $29.95. Just you try to shut him up in your sleep without remembering it the next morning!
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (98)
Iamevil123 16
I LIKE PENIS!!!
carleybeak 21
Way to waste the first comment
ShyAnn29 15
Wrong FML
hama806 19
You should set them all a half hour apart instead of at the same time. You might not oversleep then.
lilhellian 27
Doesn't matter if Op keeps waking up at 4 to turn them off.
hama806 19
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
I thought he set all the alarms at 4am. Guess I was wrong. Oops.
KingGeorgeGal 12
You should probably re-read the fml..
hama806 19
22- yes you are correct. I read it after 24 hours without sleep. I will walk away now with my head down and my tail between my legs.
tj4234 36
you should probably go get some sleep and come back to this. You answered number 64, not number 22.
Theclarksondales 8
Here we have numbers like people used to have in the nazi concentration camps
hama806 19
I will take your advice 71. Thank you.
jojj351 12
72 - what the literal ****
Julianne_sings 10
I had the reverse of that happen a few times. I would wake up at 4 then rush around to get ready think it was 7. Hopefully you can figure out a way to stop that!
ShyAnn29 15
When i was in high school, I woke up from a deep sleep one morning, got all ready for school, then I noticed it was only midnight, so I just went back to sleep, lol
Misswildsides 22
My brother used to climb down our stairs on all fours in the middle of the night. We'd catch him and he wouldn't even speak, but he would listen to what we were saying. He still has no recollection of those incidents.
Enslaved 38
In High School, I sometimes used to just sleep in my normal school clothes instead of pajamas. This way I'd just need to brush my hair and teeth and I was ready to walk out the door. Damn I was lazy! but at the time I thought I was being smart. :P
chlorinegreen 27
My brother used to wake up at like midnight and other times later like at 6 and drive all the way to school and then realize the time and just sleep in his car till school started lol
Ms_ValS 27
#28 On all fours? Like in The Grudge? That's disturbing. And #34 that's just disgusting.
Enslaved 38
Lazy, yes Disgusting? Ummm my clothes were clean.
Jelbeztok 17
how is what #34 did disgusting?
CoffeeChickBlows 13
Shit, I don't wanna give Enslaved the attention she's always putting out for, but ah well. It's disgusting because you should be showering your stanky ass. Or at least scrubbing with soap and water, you sicko. And 43, seriously?
SilverInGray 25
46 - she never says she didn't shower the night before. Unless you sweat an abnormal amount during the night, you can be clean without showering every morning.
ShyAnn29 15
46, I'm sure she means that she showered the night before, put on her school clothes, went to bed, then when she woke up, she brushed her hair and brushed her teeth, and went to school.
hooligyn123 18
Thank you #48 & $52. just because she did so doesn't mean she stayed in the same clothes or never showered. I shower in the afternoon after work and not in the morning. of course I'm a baker and getting up at 2am to shower seems absurd since I'm just going to get covered in flour and crud at work.
ilianaaa 8
I've always wanted to record myself sleeping, but I'm a little scared to what I might find out haha idk
phoughto 5
Ur beautiful...there could be nothing scary to find
alstbv12 13
I always imagine someone crawling out from under my bed and standing next to me the whole night. In reality it'd just catch me spooning my dog...
Jjimen1654 9
I know what you mean, i want to record myself but im afraid ill catch some ghost or something scary, and then i wont be able to sleep anymore.
pewdiephile 4
Oh my god! I just remembered the Paranormal Activity. Now I cant ******* sleep. Lol
eXangelice 15
Try one of those clocks that wander around your room... annoying as hell, but may get the job done. Though, you may need to hide it from your sleep self every night, so you don't turn it off...
chlorinegreen 27
There's those alarm clocks that you have to figure out a math equation to solve. They make a lot of weird alarm clocks, I bet they even make one that can't be turned off at certain times just for people like you OP.
Mossears133 15
That's kinda what I was thinking- get someone to move it after she falls asleep
narrowords 18
For a cheaper fix, buy a small hamster cage, a code padlock, and put your alarm clock inside and lock the door. You'll still be able to hear it just as well, in the cage, and you'll have to be awake enough to remember the code.
isaiaah 6
Slide them underneath your bed so you're less likely to get them in the night
Pordexel 5
But then the ticking would make you think it's a bomb.
BlueFlatts 20
And when it goes boom you'd wake up. Oh wait, maybe that's just my alarm clock that gets louder. Personally I'd just put it on the other side of the room.
lucky24h 2
You should get one of those rocket alarm clocks that would blow up, beep all day long and it would only be turned off if you find it.
HortonThelephant 15
I'll sell you a high quality rooster for only $29.95. Just you try to shut him up in your sleep without remembering it the next morning!
Pordexel 5
Don't listen to this man. I'll sell you my rooster for only 10 bucks. It's a great deal. But I must warn you. My rooster only eats the finest seeds and drinks the finest whisky.
shorty6823 28
My rooster goes all day.
Enslaved 38
What's up with the **** talk?
rhcpgurl 18
Don't tell her that! She might end up killing it D:
BlueFlatts 20
There is a **** killer on the loose? Now I'm scared.
swaftmasterj627 12
That's a steal
Wizardo 34
Do mouse trap setup and foil yourself turning off the alarms, although it would strange waking up wrapped in bubble wrap...
Senseless_487 29
I call that "sleep ******* yourself."
TheBrochure 22
I would reserve that term for a different condition...