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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today, the power went out. Thankfully, it was early in the morning so I should've been able to sleep through it. Then I realized I have an impossible time sleeping during power outages. FML
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1215116a 14
What kind of hotel is that?
rosha267 21
My closet does that! Thankfully I don't sleep in my closet
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Comments (185)
thelastlucifer 17
should have done what mr.bean does when he goes to bed, Shoot the light bulbs!!
creamcheese724 0
I stayed in a hotel like that once and you know what I did? I turned the switch to off...even automatic lights have a switch to keep them off try looking around next time
THRASHtillDEATH 6
can you cover the sensor or anything? like tape?
lilovatch 4
you can turn it off ez ?
elbishay93 0
you know there's a switch to turn that off right? but I guess you didn't bother to look lol.
incredibadder 0
how about unplugging them and if they are ceiling lights, take out the bulbs. or if you feeling bold, smash them to bits like a Man.
duhhitscolin 7
too user friendly eh haha
cowgirl7109 4
unscrew the light bulb
OfficeNinja 5
it's called "duct tape over the motion sensor". try it. electrical tape works too. or, there is a switch that turns the sensor off. the meeting room at my workplace has one of those switches, and I turn it off all the time.
mady90G 5
Register into a new hotel, if it weren't obvious enough.