世論 What Japan Thinks

Today’s goo Ranking is one I thought looked good, but in the end… well, you decide with this look at sleep-related fails people have experienced.

Demographics

Between the 6th and 8th of August 2013 the survey was conducted, but goo Ranking have not got round to adding the page that contains the further demographic information. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Here’s someone quite overcome with having to walk the dog:

I can related to pretty much all on the list. My probably best-ever fail was on my birthday two months ago. I woke up to my alarm, and climbed out of bed to turn it off, but my left big toe got stuck in the right leg of my pyjamas, and I fell flat on my face as I tried to take my first step! I’ve also recently started drooling when I fall asleep on the train on the way back from work, which I suppose is more of an embarrassment than a fail, though.

Ranking result

Q: What kinds of sleep-related fails have you had? (Sample size=a little over 1,000)

Rank		Score
1	Cricked my neck after sleeping in a funny pose	100
2	Waking up with my pillow sodden from drool	45.8
3	Legs went numb during sleep and woke up in agony	45.2
4	Got my legs stuck in between the matress and the sheets	37.5
5	Slept in a funny pose and hurt my back	35.0
6	Woke up but didn’t get out of bed and missed an important appointment	31.4
7	Fell out of bed	27.1
8	Left the air conditioner on all night and caught a cold	24.6
9	Woke up with my pyjamas falling off	21.5
10	Woke myself up with my loud snoring	20.6
11	Fell asleep in the train and rode all the way to the end of the line	17.8
12	Woke myself up with my loud talking in my sleep	17.6
13	Was still sleepy-headed and fell over when I got out of bed	15.4
14	I wouldn’t get up and ended up shouting at family, friend who came to wake me up	14.4
15	Due to restless sleep, bruised myself bashing the wall, etc	12.2
16	Slept in a funny way and woke up with all-over muscle pain	10.1
17	Woke up sleepy-headed and thought I couldn’t make it to the toilet	8.3
18	Fell asleep in the bath and caught a cold	5.2
19	Drank too much and woke up somewhere other than my home	4.1
20	When sleeping with my partner, I muttered the name of another male/female in my sleep	1.1