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Tourist Furious After She Was Left Behind For Chronic Oversleeping: “Just Knock On My Door”
Many adults aren’t getting enough sleep, which can make hitting the snooze button in the morning very tempting. This often results in oversleeping and lateness and sometimes even leads to neglected responsibilities and missed important life moments.
As it happened to this woman, who kept oversleeping on a tour through Sicily, which forced the tour guide to leave her behind. Because of it, she missed an entire day of sightseeing and became infuriated, blaming the tour guide for abandoning her.
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As it happened to this woman, who missed sightseeing in Sicily because she failed to wake up on time
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Adults who are in sleep debt are more likely to oversleep
More than ⅓ of adults sleep less than recommended, which is approximately 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night. This may put them into sleep debt or sleep deficit, which can make it harder for a person to wake up in the morning and feel more tempted to hit the snooze button.
In fact, one study found that 57% of their participants were habitual snoozers—showing just how common it is. “So many people are snoozing because so many people are chronically tired,” said Stephen Mattingly, lead author of the study. “If 1 in 3 people aren’t sleeping adequately, that means a lot of us are turning to other means to manage fatigue.”
In some cases, snoozing and oversleeping may simply be the result of catching up on sleep, especially when a person is in a sleep debt because they stayed up late due to various reasons. But when oversleeping becomes a frequent occurrence, more serious causes can be hidden behind the scenes, such as sleep disorders, depression, or taking certain medications and substances.
It’s important to have a regular sleep schedule and avoid chronic oversleeping, as it can not only result in lateness, neglected responsibilities, or missed important life moments and opportunities but also have a negative impact on our mental and physical health.
“Sleeping too much to the extent that it makes someone socially dysfunctional, disrupts routine and causes avoidance of routine activities, could be a serious underlying issue,” said Dr. Jagdish Khubchandani, professor of public health at New Mexico State University. “Just like sleep deprivation, oversleeping is associated with heart disease, obesity and chronic diseases, and mental health issues.”
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Embracing a few healthy habits can help regulate a sleep schedule
If a person doesn’t have underlying health issues, there are a few habits that can regulate their sleep schedule and help them wake up more easily in the morning. The first and most important thing that experts recommend is having a consistent sleep schedule. This means going to sleep and waking up at the same time every day, even on weekends. Avoiding staying up late and oversleeping can help to re-establish a healthy, natural sleep routine.
Something that can help to maintain the routine is getting as much daylight in the first half of the day as possible by taking a morning walk or trying to spend more time near a window. Also, try dimming the lights in the evening and avoid being on the phone before your bedtime. The light can disrupt your rest, while a dim environment sends signals to the brain that it’s time to sleep, which may help you fall asleep and wake up earlier.
In addition, creating a relaxing bedtime routine that involves something enjoyable and opting out of screens may help to wind down and improve sleep quality, and make waking up easier. It should include calming activities, like listening to soothing music, journaling, having a bath, or meditating.
An extra tip that might aid in keeping up a healthy sleeping routine is going to bed when you feel sleepy. If you get into bed at a certain time because you want to fall asleep and you don’t doze off right away, lying awake may add to anxiety and insomnia. Instead, wait for the drowsiness to come and then get into bed—this can contribute to keeping a regular wake time, too.
The last trick that may leave oversleeping in the past is changing up your alarm. Once you get used to the sound of your alarm, you might start to tune it out. Switching it up can help you pay more attention to it. If that doesn’t work, try using an alarm clock that isn’t integrated into your phone. Studies have shown that people who use a physical alarm clock tend to oversleep less than those who use their smartphones.
Some commenters were on the guide’s side
Others thought it was both of their fault
While some blamed the guide
Later, the guide also answered some of the most burning commenters’ questions
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Shark Lady 4 months ago
Once again the YTA crowd aren't living in the real world. The sleepy tourist needs to get her act together and realise that she is one of many and the Earth doesn't revolve around her. I bet if it was a treasure hunt with real money she would be able to get her a**e out of bed.
Ms.GB 4 months ago
Plus the tour guide DID try to wake her up by calling her. She didn't answer.
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spacer 4 months ago
ive met a few chronically late/oversleepers in my life and its always the same. even if they set alarms they will turn them off and go back to sleep or they wont hear them at all and everyone else will have to wake up to their phones blasting. had one that tried to work at my place and she knew start time was at 7am, guess how often she showed up at 7am...... she didnt last very long.
Romy Rösli 4 months ago
I hate getting up before 7 am and are always the last to arrive in the office (and of course the last to leave in the evening) but when I did an internship at a hospital and was required to start at 6:50 am I made sure I was there on time. Every single day. It’s what adults do.
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Romy Rösli 4 months ago
How hard can it be to set an alarm? That’s why I prefer individual travel. I don’t want to be made waiting for an obnoxious fellow tourist.
NJ P 4 months ago
Tell your customers, they have one job "to be on time" and to have fun. OK, so second job. Maybe turn it back to others to help latecomer
Rika 4 months ago
When I was a teen, my dad agreed to drive me to a gig but told me we were leaving at some exact time because it was a long drive. As always, I ended up changing my outfit at the last minute, chatting online, waiting until that cool radio song ended... When I made it out the door at least 15 minutes late, the car was nowhere to be seen and my dad didn't answer the phone. He returned later, when it was too late to make it to the gig anyway, and told me that's how real life works: he'd reminded me the time we were leaving several times and I had no emergency that'd justify me being late. I deserved to miss that gig because it was 100% my responsibility to be ready on time.
Kate Johnson 4 months ago
I'm sorry, that was delusionally entitled to think a tour guide, responsible for many folks, has time to cater to your incompetence and inability to adult.
Tabitha 4 months ago (edited)
If I was on that tour with that b***h, she wouldn’t want ME to wake her up. I would drag her a*s out of her bed, her room, and the hotel, and throw her on the bus in her pajamas and curlers, kicking her on the a*s and cussing her the entire way. Maybe embarrassing her like that would make her straighten up and fly right—-and be ON TIME from that day forward.
Mike F 4 months ago
I used to watch a program (on A&E iirc) called Parking Wars. In nearly every episode there was someone whining about a ticket and saying "I was just over at (fill in the blank), why didn't you just come tell me?". It's laughable in any context because WHY should someone else be responsible to notify (or wake) you of something you know you need to do? You're a freeking adult, act like it and take responsibility for yourself.
Janelle Collard 4 months ago (edited)
"Do your job!!!" "I'm the tour guide, not the alarm clock."
Parmeisan 4 months ago
Yeah, that bugged me too. Tour guide definitely "had one job" but it's not waking you up.
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ghost gurl 4 months ago
LOL wiiiiild for anyone to call YTA for not waking the tourist up. Thats like saying if you serve breakfast you should spoon feed someone if they keep causing a scene everyday asking you to. You dont owe people more than your job. anyone who called YTA on this, is im sure someone who oversleeps and blames other pppl for it. grow up.
whiterabbit 4 months ago
My narcissistic, entitled boss who has a major god complex thinks he's too important to have to view our daily schedule on the computer (I also print the schedule, hang it above his computer and if we start earlier than normal I circle and highlight the start time), so he will often be late, which upsets our first patients of the day. He told me I need to text him on Sunday to remind him what time we start on Monday. Hahaha yea no, I will not do even the smallest of work tasks on my day off. Grow up and get yourself to work on time.
KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
Day 2 I would have left her. That way she would learn quickly that the world in fact moves without her and either got her s**t together or not booked another excursion. Day 2 if I was another person on the bus, I would be in her face about her lack of manners and consideration.
Mel in Georgia 4 months ago
On a big group tour with people we know. Fellow traveler was notoriously spacy (he may have been on the spectrum). Clear instructions about when and where to meet to depart on a bus for our hotel for the night. He didn't show up. Waited 15 minutes. His wife said, "go." He's a grown a$$ man who knows where we're staying. He later got to the hotel on his own. Didn't even seemed phased. Probably happened a lot!
Touhou Youyoumu 4 months ago
This is why never do group activities on any holidays. Want to sleep I will thank you.
Shark Lady 4 months ago
Once again the YTA crowd aren't living in the real world. The sleepy tourist needs to get her act together and realise that she is one of many and the Earth doesn't revolve around her. I bet if it was a treasure hunt with real money she would be able to get her a**e out of bed.
Ms.GB 4 months ago
Plus the tour guide DID try to wake her up by calling her. She didn't answer.
Load More Replies... spacer 4 months ago
ive met a few chronically late/oversleepers in my life and its always the same. even if they set alarms they will turn them off and go back to sleep or they wont hear them at all and everyone else will have to wake up to their phones blasting. had one that tried to work at my place and she knew start time was at 7am, guess how often she showed up at 7am...... she didnt last very long.
Romy Rösli 4 months ago
I hate getting up before 7 am and are always the last to arrive in the office (and of course the last to leave in the evening) but when I did an internship at a hospital and was required to start at 6:50 am I made sure I was there on time. Every single day. It’s what adults do.
Load More Replies... Romy Rösli 4 months ago
How hard can it be to set an alarm? That’s why I prefer individual travel. I don’t want to be made waiting for an obnoxious fellow tourist.
NJ P 4 months ago
Tell your customers, they have one job "to be on time" and to have fun. OK, so second job. Maybe turn it back to others to help latecomer
Rika 4 months ago
When I was a teen, my dad agreed to drive me to a gig but told me we were leaving at some exact time because it was a long drive. As always, I ended up changing my outfit at the last minute, chatting online, waiting until that cool radio song ended... When I made it out the door at least 15 minutes late, the car was nowhere to be seen and my dad didn't answer the phone. He returned later, when it was too late to make it to the gig anyway, and told me that's how real life works: he'd reminded me the time we were leaving several times and I had no emergency that'd justify me being late. I deserved to miss that gig because it was 100% my responsibility to be ready on time.
Kate Johnson 4 months ago
I'm sorry, that was delusionally entitled to think a tour guide, responsible for many folks, has time to cater to your incompetence and inability to adult.
Tabitha 4 months ago (edited)
If I was on that tour with that b***h, she wouldn’t want ME to wake her up. I would drag her a*s out of her bed, her room, and the hotel, and throw her on the bus in her pajamas and curlers, kicking her on the a*s and cussing her the entire way. Maybe embarrassing her like that would make her straighten up and fly right—-and be ON TIME from that day forward.
Mike F 4 months ago
I used to watch a program (on A&E iirc) called Parking Wars. In nearly every episode there was someone whining about a ticket and saying "I was just over at (fill in the blank), why didn't you just come tell me?". It's laughable in any context because WHY should someone else be responsible to notify (or wake) you of something you know you need to do? You're a freeking adult, act like it and take responsibility for yourself.
Janelle Collard 4 months ago (edited)
"Do your job!!!" "I'm the tour guide, not the alarm clock."
Parmeisan 4 months ago
Yeah, that bugged me too. Tour guide definitely "had one job" but it's not waking you up.
Load More Replies... ghost gurl 4 months ago
LOL wiiiiild for anyone to call YTA for not waking the tourist up. Thats like saying if you serve breakfast you should spoon feed someone if they keep causing a scene everyday asking you to. You dont owe people more than your job. anyone who called YTA on this, is im sure someone who oversleeps and blames other pppl for it. grow up.
whiterabbit 4 months ago
My narcissistic, entitled boss who has a major god complex thinks he's too important to have to view our daily schedule on the computer (I also print the schedule, hang it above his computer and if we start earlier than normal I circle and highlight the start time), so he will often be late, which upsets our first patients of the day. He told me I need to text him on Sunday to remind him what time we start on Monday. Hahaha yea no, I will not do even the smallest of work tasks on my day off. Grow up and get yourself to work on time.
KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
Day 2 I would have left her. That way she would learn quickly that the world in fact moves without her and either got her s**t together or not booked another excursion. Day 2 if I was another person on the bus, I would be in her face about her lack of manners and consideration.
Mel in Georgia 4 months ago
On a big group tour with people we know. Fellow traveler was notoriously spacy (he may have been on the spectrum). Clear instructions about when and where to meet to depart on a bus for our hotel for the night. He didn't show up. Waited 15 minutes. His wife said, "go." He's a grown a$$ man who knows where we're staying. He later got to the hotel on his own. Didn't even seemed phased. Probably happened a lot!
Touhou Youyoumu 4 months ago
This is why never do group activities on any holidays. Want to sleep I will thank you.
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