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Idiotic things you've done while sleep deprived

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YellowRibboninHerHair · 29/03/2019 18:45

I ordered a toaster and kettle set at 4.33 the other morning, it seemed a great buy to start with and had money off, yeepee thought I.

It's a fucking toy set.

Arsebiscuits.

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LuckyLuckyWoman · 29/03/2019 20:40

put milk in the washing machine and comfort in my coffee

duckduckgoose2 · 29/03/2019 20:43

Found my phone in the bin the other day, after a search. Dh’s wallet was in a cupboard. Do not attempt tidying whilst tired!

Bluelonerose · 29/03/2019 20:43

Just this afternoon I had to stop myself from putting washing in the fridge instead of the washing machine.

ScreamingValenta · 29/03/2019 20:46

Another tooth-brushing one from me ...

Started brushing and thought -

'Why does my toothpaste seem greasy?'

two second later -

'Why doesn't my toothpaste taste minty?'

It turned out I was brushing my teeth in Phillip Kingsley Elasticiser Sad Envy.

Mammyofasuperbaby · 29/03/2019 20:46

Just before ds was born I went to work in my slippers. Had to style it out by saying my feet were hurting and they were all that were comfy. Thank god dp brought me my shoes so I could walk home.

TeddyIsaHe · 29/03/2019 20:51

@DontPanic42 bookshelf chicken has finished me off!

Cynara · 29/03/2019 20:51

Found my cup of tea in the fridge. Tried to let myself into the house using my work pass. Worst of all, driving home from a night shift I got irritated with traffic not moving out of my way at a red light and tried to turn on the sirens in my own car whilst aggressively attempting to cut through the queuing traffic.

Katieweasel · 29/03/2019 20:52

Put the washing in the oven complete with liquid capsule and a colour catcher for good measure. 180 degrees for 30 minutes, well until the smoke detector went off!

Jozen · 29/03/2019 20:52

Stood there pressing the button on my car key fob in the car park after a long night shift, looking forward to getting home.
It wasn't working, I'm getting more frantic and frustrated eventually bursting into tears. Stood there alone wailing until another nurse came over, gave me an odd look and unlocked the car, her car that I was standing in front of.
Not only was mine on the next level, I had a totally different car.

willisurvive3under2 · 29/03/2019 20:52

Tried to put the toddler in a newborn sleepsuit (had baby twins, it was brutal). The poor boy lied there and said Mamma, a little bit small.

123bananas · 29/03/2019 20:53

Got pregnant again so that I was sleep deprived for even longer when the next one arrived.

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YellowRibboninHerHair · 29/03/2019 20:55

@123bananas Grin Grin

I feel in good company at least!

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PotatoesPastaAndBread · 29/03/2019 20:55

One night c. 3am got up to feed DD. Put a bottle of formula in the microwave to take the chill off, but set it for the steriliser - after 4 mins on full power the milk boiled and blew the lid of the bottle... At the exact moment I realised what I'd done and like an idiot hit the door open button instead of leaving it contained. A quarter of a litre of boiling milk sprayed the kitchen. I was lucky it didn't hit me in the face.

One of my friends told me about getting up one morning, filling her mug with muesli and pouring boiling water over it.

DrDreReturns · 29/03/2019 20:56

Drove through a red light after a sleepless night. Makes me shudder thinking about it.

PotatoesPastaAndBread · 29/03/2019 20:56

Katie 😱

TheCanyon · 29/03/2019 21:06

A mum at nursery today who's an anaesthetist just finished night's and oncall was trying to unlock the nursery door with her house keys. Poor bugger was mortified, I think we all did a good "oh no, bless you must be so tired".

GayParee · 29/03/2019 21:09

I work for a large organisation and after months of sleep deprivation caused by DS2 I accidentally obliterated 30 000 client records.

As a student I tempted for a telecoms company and accidentally disconnected 1000 phone lines to then Inland Revenue. I had been out clubbing til early hours night before

LRL2019 · 29/03/2019 21:14

Spilt the milk it had taken my ages to express all over the kitchen argh!

Also went out in odd trainers

ratspeaker · 29/03/2019 21:17

@ mammy I turned up at a wedding in my slippers. Thought I'd done well getting toddler and baby dressed and to the church...sigh.

Most idiotic thing? Getting pregnant again!
We were how? When? How? When? Oh! Oops
Once we got over the shock it was ok despite grumblings from the consultant because it was a bit soon after a c section.

sar302 · 29/03/2019 21:17

I forgot to put the neutralising tablet in my contact lense bleach solution, and put them in the next morning.... resulted in a trip to A&E to get my eyes flushed out.

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YellowRibboninHerHair · 29/03/2019 21:21

Oh @sar that sounds incredibly painful, you poor thing!

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problembottom · 29/03/2019 21:23

Went back to the beauty salon for the first time since having my baby. Got up halfway through my treatment, put my coat on and went to leave. My body was in the room but my mind wasn’t!

Bunnybigears · 29/03/2019 21:24

Got in the bath fully clothed.
Drove to the shops but walked home
Fell asleep on the toilet only woke up when I had fallen forwards and broke my nose on the sink.

RippleEffects · 29/03/2019 21:25

I woke in the winter one morning and it was light, panicked as was so tired thought I'd slept through the alarm, got both DC up and dressed, fed them breakfast then looked at the clock and realised it was 5am. It had snowed over night and there was a full moon so it felt like dawn.

NWQM · 29/03/2019 21:27

Started an on line shop. Fully intended to finish it later as daughter had been sick again. Forgot. Came with three types of items. All were badly ordered as he confused weights with quantity. Most costly thing was the delivery. Driver couldn't help but laugh at my surprised face when he turned up. He said it happens quite often and unsurprising a common thing is that it includes baby products 😂