‘What is the funniest thing you’ve done whilst on autopilot?’ – 23 very silly actions from people whose brains weren’t in gear

13.

‘I made chicken stock once, simmered it for 12 hours or so, then put a colander on the sink and drained it off. Then realised it’s the liquid that had just poured down the drain that I was supposed to keep, and not the bones and mushed veg in the colander. Absolute bell-end.’
–_Cridders_

14.

‘More than once I’ve squeezed an orange in the orange squeezer, emptied it down the sink, washed up the orange squeezer, then stared at my empty glass for a few seconds thinking fck my life.’
–Particular_Store8743

15.

‘I was working quite a lot at one point, lots of 10-12 hour days, and i kept trying to open things that were not my van, with my van fob. Including the front door of my house, but more bizarrely, once pointed it at my toolbox then a second later thought, ‘What the FUCK am I doing?!?”
–_Cridders_

16.

‘I got up one morning an hour later than I should have, 7 am, proceeded to go about my morning routine. My son and his partner asked me what time I should be in work. I told him 8am, over an hour’s commute. It just didn’t twig.

Even when I arrived at my job, I was surprised to see my colleague who was to start an hour after me, I was an hour late for work. To this day I can’t explain it to myself. Just a glitch in my matrix I guess.’
–jimmywhereareya

17.

‘Was starting a new job, got suited and booted ready to make a good impression, a hot sunny morning so decided to leave early and take a leisurely stroll.

Turned up at the front door in a good mood, and suddenly realised it wasn’t the front door I was expecting, as I’d walked to my old job on autopilot. Pretty much had to run to my new office to make sure I got there on time, arrived bang on 9:00am in a sweaty mess. Not the first impression I wanted to set.’
–Gryngolet

18.

‘Theres a Tesco’s near the hospital that I work in. I only ever go that way to either go to Tesco or work. One cold winter morning I was walking around Tesco filling my basket when I’d realised I was supposed to be in work. And, had literally no reason to be in Tesco.’
–EmotionalStore9940

19.

‘The other morning I was standing making a coffee and was in one of those daydreaming states and was trying screw the lid of the butter onto the milk bottle.’
–laurasauraxx

20.

‘Drove into the work car park and realised that I’d forgotten to drop my daughter at nursery. More than once I’ve thrown my dirty washing into the toilet rather than the basket next to it.’
–newtonbase

21.

‘I once unpacked everything after a shopping trip, and put away all the groceries. Only then did I discover I’d lost my purse. I went back to the supermarket, checked the streets along the entire journey, all while trying to stop myself panicking. Luckily before I cancelled my cards I went to get a can of drink and discovered my purse sitting safely in the fridge.’
–JinxThePetRock

22.

‘Wallet in bathroom cabinet. Twice. Took a week to find it the first time. Took five minutes the second.’
–AdAdministrative7804

23.

‘I scooped coffee into the washing machine and noticed as I was scooping detergent into the coffee machine. I’d turned the washing machine on already.’
–Mysterious_Bite_3207

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