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What’s the strangest place you’ve ever slept?

1014 sats \ 35 comments \ @stack_harder 14 Mar AskSN

for me, it was on a pavement. When we were teenagers me and 4 of my friends and I had been to a house party, but nobody was allowed to crash there, so after it was done, the four of us just went to sleep on the pavement outside the house (we weren't even allowed to sleep in the garden on the grass at least), huddling together for warmth lol

I remember i was late for a shift at work the next day because the party was out in rural Wales somewhere and we got lost walking back to civilisation in the morning.

what about you guys?

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87 sats \ 1 reply \ @SpaceHodler 15 Mar

I don't know which one is the strangest, but I used to do long bike trips, and here are some candidates:

In a tunnel under construction in the middle of a Swiss mountain. I put a yoga mat on the road and slept on it. The tunnel was lit, but it was closed to traffic. There was a lot of water dripping from the ceiling.
In a toilet cubicle in the bathroom of a hostel that wouldn't let me stay
In bus shelters
in the middle of a roundabout somewhere in northern Italy. It was midnight and I was tired and didn't have the time to look for anything better.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 15 Mar

i would say the toilet cubicle gets the win for strangest lol

68 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 14 Mar

I slept in a sleeping bag in a garage for a month when I moved to California.

36 sats \ 1 reply \ @stack_harder OP 15 Mar

just the sleeping bag on the floor or was an air matress or something also an option?

14 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 15 Mar

Sleeping bags. There were three of us. It was a group house where we could crash for free for a while.

63 sats \ 1 reply \ @zapsammy 14 Mar

i drank a little too much at some hippie music festival, ventured out into the hilly terrain, and passed out close to a cow's carcass. it was a cold night. when i finally woke up, i decided that i will not end up like that cow, and managed to get back to camp.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 15 Mar

close one, that's an easy way to accidently die

114 sats \ 1 reply \ @dagny761 15 Mar

I got stuck overnight at a rural Italian train station traveling alone (female) and was curling up on a bench when the station manager took pity on me… He let me sleep under a desk in the office which he locked up when he went home until the morning train… Very kind man.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 16 Mar

terrible situation but nice to hear that human kindness saved the day :)

63 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 14 Mar

Under the sky in the wadi with just some knitted blankets somewhere around here. Was actually nice.

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @mrtali 15 Mar

Inside a recycling bin converted into a hotel room

32 sats \ 1 reply \ @flat24 15 Mar

Many years ago, during a trip with a friend we were left without money for lodging, and we got ready to sleep in the town square where we were visiting. And just like about 11 PM when we plan the turn to sleep and another watch, a boy approached and talk to us, we talked, we tell him our plan and it turns out that he guarded a small ship on the town's dock and let us stay there for at least 4 days. We had to arrive after 11 PM and leave before 6 AM to avoid problems to the boy with the owners of the boat.

😂 Sincerely, it was a fucking adventure!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 15 Mar

i love random strokes of luck like that

32 sats \ 2 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 15 Mar

I once slept on the floor of a bus stop in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

That’s probably the weirdest place ever for me.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @stack_harder OP 15 Mar

i hope the floor was at least somewhat clean

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 15 Mar

It was. New Zealand is a pretty clean country overall

32 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 14 Mar

Either jail when I got a DUI or my car in a Wal Mart parking lot when I was between places. I might've slept in an airport on a layover. I have a faint memory of trying at least.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Lumor 14 Mar

What is the ratio of US drivers who (never) drive while under the influence of drugs/alcohol? Seems to be a bit of a cultural curiosity to an outsider. Some kind of token for being free enough to go against the redcoats?

14 sats \ 0 replies \ @nkmg1c_ventures 15 Mar

Space capsule, duh

14 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 15 Mar

Lol the bushes next to a 24 hour diner, apparently I just never made it inside!

14 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 15 Mar

curled up in a shower with a stack of paper towels as my pillow

14 sats \ 1 reply \ @justin_shocknet 14 Mar

on the beach after a party, woke up completely destroyed by biting flies

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Lumor 14 Mar

Similar but mostly got attacked by ants.

14 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 14 Mar

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 15 Mar

that looks very cool

14 sats \ 4 replies \ @Aardvark 14 Mar

I don't even remember the places I passed out drunk. Definitely in a parking lot once.

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @stack_harder OP 15 Mar

is your truck one with a sleeper cabin?

14 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark 15 Mar

I used to drive a sleeper years ago. It was misery, being out for 2 to 4 weeks at a time and coming home for a couple days sucked.

Now I'm in a day cab. I start at my terminal, make around 10 deliveries or so. Then when my trailer is empty I do pickups until its full again. I bring that trailer back to the terminal and go home for the day.

It's called LTL (less than load) a s we pretty much overnight deliver everything.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @stack_harder OP 15 Mar

sounds very lonley and a bit depressing, but perfect for a serial killer whats in like sleeping in them, do you have to stay in truck stops all the time? i mean i guess you cant just park anywhere in a massive truck

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 15 Mar

Yea, I mostly stayed at truck stops or rest areas. Showers at a truck stop are pretty gross, wear sandles in there for sure.

It definitely gets lonely living in that little box, I'm happy I don't do it anymore.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 15 Mar

I slept on the floor at school overnight (no mat, just rough carpet). I slept at a random bus stop bench in Thailand. I slept at many airports. One time I was in Kowloon, Hong Kong trying to sleep on the floor in a small apartment and I noticed a hole on the bottom of the wall - when I saw a rat peek in, I decided to not sleep on the floor there anymore :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 15 Mar

I remember sleeping without regrets when I emigrated from my home country to the one I currently reside in, crossing 4 countries, eating whatever I wanted, and carrying my suitcase like crazy.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 14 Mar

On a backpacking trip, I couldn't get back to the car in time to get home. It was in a tent, but the terrain was so sloped, that it was a really uncomfortable night because of the slope.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoiner1 14 Mar

I did a road trip in a van, sleeping in amazing national parks.

Also, when I finished my senior year, I got so drunk I wake up in a class mate house... I got no memory about how I ended up there.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jer 14 Mar

Growing up a touring musician: there are too many to name.

The floor of A-1 Records in Indianapolis was always comfier it appeared at first glance.