Showing incredible restraint, the household safety device patiently held off its piercing mechanical shriek until everyone had hit deep REM sleep. Truly, the modern home appliance is an absolute master of dramatic, soul-crushing timing.

<img src="https://media.babylonbee.com/articles/69f38daade40369f38daade404.jpg" style="width: 100%;" width="400" /><p>MACON, GA — A smoke alarm living in the house of a local family waited patiently until all the home's occupants went to sleep to start beeping loudly sometime around 3 A.M. to announce that its battery was low.</p>