Because of - S L E E P - did you cross your destination....??

Hi busybee10, this haven't happened to me even a single time in my life Not because I'm alert that I may cross my destination, just because I have the bad habit that I can't fall asleep while riding on public transport, no matter how exhausted I'm. I really envy people who can enjoy sound sleep in either their short or long journey. If I could fall into sleep easily during the journey, the monotonous travelling time will be passing fast It's sad that I'm not. Anyway I'm always the one who awakens my friends a while before reaching our destination. Happy posting

Till now i have not missed any of my destinations, I try to catch the train or bus with the last destination as my desired destination. However when the same is not possible I keep my mobile on with a alarm set on it.

There have been times that I have fallen asleep and missed my destination where I was needing to get off at. One time by the time I woke up I was not even sure where I was at and had to ask how to get back to where I needed to be. It was quite embarrasing and so now I really try and stay awake if I can.

I was listening to a personal stereo. I got on a train but I fell asleep and woke in Ash Ford. It was a shock and I stayed awake all the way back to the station I had meant to go to. Another time I was sleepy after a long haul flight and being in a different time zone made me feel like a zombie. I was in and out of sleep plus I felt jet lagged. I decided to get off at the town station instead of my walk to and from it station. You see I didn't think I could manage to carry my luggage home from the normal station I would depart and arrive at. I found out it was carnival in town! There were no taxis outside the railway station! I was worried about getting a taxi when I saw crowds in the taxi office. I had to wait hours and got a taxi with three other people. We shared the cost of the taxi and so I was very happy to finally get home.

Hahaha! this is always happen to me and really sounds funny when i am in this situation. {You know every time that i am on a vehicle for travel anywhere long trip or a short trip i fell asleep. I really hate this but this happen automatically. One time at night i'm on my way home and i got ride on a jeepney i ended my travel on to the terminal.. Thanks that the jeepney driver is kind he wakes me up and ask where i will go.. Anyway that is not so funny but maybe in dangerous scenario...

Hello Busybee, It has happened to me many times when i was in college every 5~6 months i used to come home. My college was around 2500 km away from my home.And it was so boring to travel in train for almost 24 hours. It was difficult to spend time in train so i used to spend my most of the time sleeping in train. From then i have developed a habit of sleeping while traveling even if it is a small journey also. Once i was traveling in a local bus i slept and gone far away from my destination and had to come back that was bad result of my sleeping habit while traveling.

Some years ago when I was a nursing student I worked at a hospital in another town. I had to commute every day, and it only took half an hour by train. I always tried to stay awake in morning, because I was afraid that I would miss my stop if I felt asleep. It was often hard to stay awake because it was very early in the morning (5:30 a.m.) One day I was especially tired and I didn't manage to stay awake. I woke up when the train arrived at my stop and I ran all the way to the door. I managed to get out of the train on time, but if I had slept a few more minutes I would have missed the stop and I would have been late for work...

I have to say that this has never happened to me anytime. If I am alone on the bus or the train or whatever, I never fall asleep and am always alert. If I am travelling with my family, of course I sleep beside them with their being on guard. I remember once I was on a bus and I was very tired that I yarned a lot. I could not help from falling asleep and knowing consciously that sleeping on bu with nobody familiar neraby can be dangerous so that I stood up from my seat, gave it to an old person, and cling to the bus bar and kept on yarning. I was standing so that I wouldn't fall asleep. Never have slept when I stands.

hello busybee10, i dont remember that situation happened to me though i am not saying that i have tried to get a nap while travelling. its just, i am setting my alarm under a low tone to wake me up after some few minutes. since i already know my travelling hours, so i am just setting my alarm just in time to wake me up. in that case, i already wake-up before reaching the place of my stop.

I used to take the train to work and on my way home I would always fall asleep on it. I wasn't trying to sleep, it just happened!! Fortunately I would never miss my exit, I always woke up just before I reached my destination. It was always a scary thought to me to go further as I would have had to wait quite some time for another train to bring me back.

Gladly, this situation never happened with me. When I travel by bus, I usually fall asleep for a couple of hours, but it's incredibly how I always wake up when I'm arriving at the bus station.