What's the worst thing you've been woken up to?

1. 68

   waynetposted 14 years ago

   For me it was only last week and the couple next door where making donkey noises ............eeeehhh ooooreee!!

   replyreport
   1. 59

      pddm67posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      That's nothing - you're lucky
      
      I woke up to the fire alarm beeping. Had an electrical fire in the bathroom. At first i thought it was my regular alarm going off. Thank goodness it was pretty small and confined to the bathroom AND that it happened when I was home. Could have been much worse.

      replyreport
      1. 68

         waynetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Whoa lucky escape there!!!

         replyreport
         1. 59

            pddm67posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Tell me about it! AND I did the worst thing I probably could - I panicked and put it out with water - a big no-no from what I was told. Totally forgot about the extinguisher i had in the next room. Like I said, coulda been worse

            replyreport
            1. 68

               waynetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Water and electrics do not mix...I know this from when I pee'd against an electrified security fence....for a full month my wife was treated to a black mans ding dong!!

               replyreport
               1. 59

                  pddm67posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   
                  
                  Variety is the spice of life!
                  
                  

                  replyreport
                  1. 68

                     waynetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     Yep and it was burnt spice... ouch!!

                     replyreport
               2. 89

                  mistyhorizon2003posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  LOL, I actually got chatting to a female friend who was telling me how her boyfriend and his mates went to a neighbouring island for a night out and dared each other to put their knobs on the cattle's electric fencing. Apparently they were being thrown backwards 5 or 6 metres at a time... ouch!!!

                  replyreport
                  1. 59

                     pddm67posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     LMFAO
                     
                     At a time!!! They tried it more than once!!! Wasn't seeing one mate thrown back enough to deter them - too funny!!!

                     replyreport
   2. 76

      starme77posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      the puppy had diareah on the rug where I put my feet in the morning and that really felt gross this morning

      replyreport
   3. 59

      Superman05posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I woke up to the house being on fire. That was an interesting experience.

      replyreport
2. 68

   Rod Marsdenposted 14 years ago

   Two neighbors fighting was the worst thing I ever woke up to. It was about three in the morning and after heated talk he hit her a few times. I phoned the police to sort it out as did a few other people. The cops came. It was basically a good neighborhood and the couple didn't stay for very long. I hope she eventually left him. They were in their twenties and neither one was suited to a live in long term relationship. They weren't what you would call mature for their either their size and age. This was about ten years ago.

   replyreport
   1. 68

      waynetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Ahh the bad neighbours awakenings, remember being woken up as a kid with some crazy women screaming because she burnt her toast...lol!

      replyreport
3. 60

   Ohmaposted 14 years ago

   Daughter screaming like a banshee because son had just poured a whole bottle of pancake syrup on her. they were 13 an 15 at the time, and having cereal for breakfast.

   replyreport
   1. 68

      waynetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      lol kids eh?

      replyreport
   2. 62

      Miekaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Haha, that is hilarious! I guess not if it happens to you though...
      
      My worst wake-up ever was in a hostel in sydney. Some drunk idiot Irish guy climbed in my bed with me by mistake. But he was to drunk to realise, and passed out hugging me. Took me a while to break free of his embrace. I was unable to wake him up and get him out of my bed. I ended up taking a shower in the middle of the night (this guy was smelly and sweaty), and then I just sat at reception, talking with the receptionist guy for the rest of the night. No way I was getting back into my bed, or his bed!

      replyreport
4. 79

   mega1posted 14 years ago

   long time ago, my ex coming in drunk as a skunkaroo about 3 am and wanting to argue - that was worse even then the time the neighbor guy (also drunk) was tearing down his fence at 4 am and the cops were there trying to get him to stop.

   replyreport
   1. 68

      waynetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Neeeeiiiighbours! Everybody needs good neighbours!!!

      replyreport
5. 60

   Ohmaposted 14 years ago

   Oh yea drunks I had forgotten how much fun they can be. I once had a beer bottle thrown through my window at 2 am because the guy next door was fighting with his wife and to drunk to know which house was his.

   replyreport
6. 68

   waynetposted 14 years ago

   Ohh drunken neighbours and passers by are the worst!!
   
   When I was a student someone tried to piss through our letterbox and I slammed that letterbox flap so hard...wasn't until the morning that I found the foreskin of the idiots ding dong splattered on the door....that made me sick for weeks!

   replyreport
7. 60

   Ohmaposted 14 years ago

   ewww and ouch!

   replyreport
   1. 68

      waynetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yep and that was probably the worst thing he ever woke up to lol!

      replyreport
8. 60

   Ohmaposted 14 years ago

   No doubt!

   replyreport
9. 0

   StormRyderposted 14 years ago

   I went to a big party while in college at locals house and I got pretty drunk so I passed out in one of the five bedrooms. I couldn't have been in there too long when I woke up to a warm, wet feeling on my chest and tummy...Yep, some drunk douche bag threw up up on me...nice!!! Ahhhh..good times

   replyreport
10. 61

    Green Lotusposted 14 years ago

    It was really bad. My brother in law got shot in a restaurant by a nutcase at another table. Hope that was my final worst wake up

    replyreport
11. 89

    mistyhorizon2003posted 14 years ago

    I woke up to a cat I had at the time raking its claw down the sole of my foot... that really really hurt.
    
    Another time I woke up when a different cat decided to pee on the duvet and I felt the warm wet feeling sinking through to the mattress....
    
    But the worst has to be waking up to hear my own somewhat pissed Husband peeing in the bed in his sleep, at which point I rudely woke him up and turfed him out of the bed and the bedroom at a rate of knots. I was NOT impressed!!

    replyreport
    1. 61

       Green Lotusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       now that's bad

       replyreport
       1. 89

          mistyhorizon2003posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          It was, but what do you reckon was the worst?? I am opting for my Husband peeing the bed!

          replyreport
          1. 61

             Green Lotusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             That's definitely the worst. All the others are acceptable by comparison

             replyreport
12. 0

    Pani Midnyte Odinposted 14 years ago

    Hm... In my very first apartment, there was this old, perverted man who lived in the apartment next door. Every single night, I would be woken up by the sounds of him and his girlfriend... uhh... making donkey noises. Now, this wouldn't be so bad, but what I found disturbing was... that after they were done, the woman would cry for a good hour or two before they finally turned the TV onto some pornographic movie and were quiet.

    replyreport
    1. 89

       mistyhorizon2003posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       That is really weird and disturbing at the same time!

       replyreport
       1. 0

          Pani Midnyte Odinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I agree. I actually considered calling the police a few times as I was concerned for the woman. She was quite a bit younger than him and... well, she was crying. But every time I saw her, she seemed happy, never had any bruises or black eyes, was free to come and go as she pleased. So... I have come to my own assumption that they were just really kinky... and not in a sexy way.

          replyreport
13. 0

    sneakorocksolidposted 14 years ago

    My dog licking my nostrils at 3am. He wanted to go out.

    replyreport
    1. 0

       Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Are you sure you maybe didn't have some leftover food still on your face?

       replyreport
       1. 61

          Green Lotusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             

          replyreport
       2. 0

          sneakorocksolidposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I am a food wearer but I rarely snort my food.

          replyreport
          1. 0

             Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Your nostrils thank you, BTW.

             replyreport
14. 0

    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    hmm...let me think...the neighbor talking and laughing really loud on the phone and he didn't get off even with me pounding on the wall so my husband and I were both up until 5 in the damn morning.
    then there is my husband's snoring that keeps me up and wakes me up.
    and last my kitten Tiger jumping on me in the middle of the night so he can snuggle, purr and kiss me before he falls to sleep, leaving me awake for a good 20 minutes before I could fall asleep again.

    replyreport
    1. 0

       Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       This is all in the same night?

       replyreport
       1. 0

          Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          lol thankfully no! but the snoring and the kitten one happens almost every night

          replyreport
          1. 0

             Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Perhaps earplugs or a sledgehammer might help?

             replyreport
             1. 0

                Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                Tried ear plugs...that doesn't work. he is going in next week for a sleep study so yea we'll see how loud he snores for them

                replyreport
                1. 0

                   Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   They'll probably send him home to you before the night is out. Seriously, that could really be just a simple procedure to correct that.

                   replyreport
                   1. 0

                      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                      You would think but NO it took three doctors to say yea you need to get checked out. the first two said it's just allergies and gave him allergie medicine. I should have talked to them of course I would have been kicked out for yelling and curinsg and even the third doctor noticed that my husband's nose is crooked which is most likely the cause of the snoring. I saw that and knew it way back when and I'm not a doctor

                      replyreport
                      1. 60

                         Ohmaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                         I wrote a hub about my experiance with slep apnea maybe it could help you and hubby know what to expect.

                         replyreport
15. 0

    theawwwbutmumposted 14 years ago

    It's been the three D's for me that have hit the hardest!
    - Divorce
    - Death
    - Debt

    replyreport
16. 60

    caravalhophotoposted 14 years ago

    A phone call 1/03/1998 2:30am...my father died.

    replyreport
    1. 68

       Michael Willisposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I know the feeling. My dad hadn't died yet, but was told he would not survive and had to hurry to hospital if I wanted to see him before he passed. I was 4 hours away at the time and it was 3am.

       replyreport
       1. 60

          caravalhophotoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I'm sorry Michael, I hope you made it in time to see him....

          replyreport
17. 60

    Lita C. Malicdemposted 14 years ago

    A habitual drunk in the neighborhood who challenges everyone in sight to a fist fight.

    replyreport
18. 0

    moonphlowerposted 14 years ago

    An earthquake...small one but still freaky! 

    replyreport
19. 60

    Jumpnessposted 14 years ago

    I hate alarm clocks. I can wake up to music or ocean waves, but a typical alarm clock will ruin my week.

    replyreport
20. 85

    Lily Roseposted 14 years ago

    First time ever away from home, at college, alone in apartment because roommate hadn't moved in yet - was awakened by a 6.5 foot boa constrictor that came up my toilet!!!!!

    replyreport
    1. 66

       Ivorwenposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Yikes! 

       replyreport
21. 59

    flread45posted 14 years ago

    My dogs yelling at me to run a mountain lion off the porch..

    replyreport
22. 66

    Ivorwenposted 14 years ago

    I have been woken up by faulty fire alarms, more than once.  We finally replaced all of them.... at least I know my kids know what to do in an emergency.
    
    One time I thought I heard one of the kids crying and went to check, only to discover that they were all sound asleep, but that our furnace was on fire.  I was able to blow it out, but we were without heat for two days during the winter. 
    
    There have been a couple of neighborhood fires that have woke me up.  More than once I have had to call the fire department.
    
    There have been a couple of vehicle wrecks by drunks, which the cops never make it to... the drunks always get their buddies to rescue them and their vehicle.
    
    There was the AC/DC wanna be band, at the local bar that played until 3 or 4 am, before this little town got it's own police department.  That happened more than once. 
    
    Of course, there is the sound of someone puking, as every mother knows.  Hate hearing that one, and knowing it is my job to deal with it.
    
    But the worst was being woke up by sticks being broken, night after night, outside our tent, and knowing we had a stalker.  Every morning I could find a pile of twigs where the jerk had sat.  We finally started sleeping armed -- shot gun and knives.  He finally got the hint, and left us alone.

    replyreport
    1. 68

       Cassidellaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       By far, I must say it was my mother's frantic voice on my answering machine telling me to wake up because the "US was under attack and NY was being bombed!" What she was trying to describe then without full details we now know as 9/11!

       replyreport
23. 79

    H.C Porterposted 14 years ago

    Probably had to be when I was 18-had just had my tonsils removed 4 days prior. I woke up choking on what I thought was vomit. When I caught my breath and flipped on the light I noticed I was drenched in blood that was still coming out of my mouth.
    Ended up getting a blood transfusion and was told the incision had reopened. But waking up covered in blood isn't my idea of a good wake up call.

    replyreport
24. 60

    heart4thewordposted 14 years ago

    I was awakened to seeing the walls moving, and the waterbed moving like I was in a small boat in the ocean.  It was a 5.4 earthquake!

    replyreport
25. 70

    Beth100posted 14 years ago

    Something cold. 
    
    Stiff. 
    
    Discolored. 
    
    Dead.

    replyreport
26. 60

    TLMinutposted 14 years ago

    9/11 call, my little brother frantically telling me, "I'm okay, I was late to work and our older brother DIDN'T make it to work yet, I know he didn't, he couldn't have, he was only one train ahead of me. He's okay. I know he's okay. He is, he IS!" We did manage to find my older brother at around seven that night, not in the best shape but alive and now doing okay.
    
    And the kids' dad had just gone to D.C. And my brother-in-law was on the construction team at the Pentagon (nobody knew he had been moved a couple of weeks earlier).
    
    They're all okay but I certainly don't ever want a day like that again. Ever.

    replyreport
    1. 64

       Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       9/11, absolutely. My cable was out but my roommate had a dish out the back door for his TV. I was asleep on the couch, and he woke me up, and showed me the fuzzy view of local news on my antenna TV. I said, it's a trailer for a movie!, He said, no, and took me to his room to see a clear picture "We're at war" is all he said.

       replyreport
27. 60

    Pandoras Boxposted 14 years ago

    The news that my father had died.

    replyreport
28. 61

    defenestratethisposted 14 years ago

    When my dad called to tell me that my older brother had drowned.

    replyreport
29. 92

    habeeposted 14 years ago

    A phone call in the middle of the night saying that my father had shot himself.

    replyreport
    1. 76

       Fluffymetalposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       those are just so sad.  I'm not even gonna write down my worst thing... just doesn't compare to some of these.

       replyreport
30. 70

    ddsurfscaposted 14 years ago

    My son who was just under a year old, painting the wall next to his crib in his own poooh!!

    replyreport
31. 71

    borge_009posted 14 years ago

    My bed was half submerged in water when typhoon strikes at our place.  But that was when I was 10 yrs old

    replyreport