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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today, I was running late and tried to sneak out of the house without waking anyone up. My phone alarm, which I forgot was set on max volume, blasted a loud “WAKE UP!” at 7 AM right as I opened the front door. Everyone in the house was wide awake instantly. FML
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
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
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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core01 30
Narcissistic ahole who thinks old ppl in danger are annoying
Billsonhamsen 17
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
Narcissistic ahole who thinks old ppl in danger are annoying
Billsonhamsen 17
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
It says it was near them
Jessica Carey 11
I'm so sure they did that just to annoy you and they know exactly when people are asleep 🙄🙄 get over yourself
Billsonhamsen 17
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
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.
Chazzster 32
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.