‘Woke up to this in the middle of the night’: North Carolina woman stunned to find thermostat stuck near 80

A North Carolina woman’s middle-of-the-night wake-up call is striking a nerve online. It turns out that she’s far from the only one dealing with a faltering device at the worst possible time.

What happened?

In a TikTok filmed in Raleigh, creator Katie Campion (@ktcampion_) showed what appeared to be an indoor thermostat reading 79 degrees despite being set at a comfy 68 degrees.

@ktcampion_ woke up to this in the middle of the night and i DO NOT think this is what glass animals meant when they wrote “late nights in the middle of june… heat waves been faking me out.” #heatadvisory#northcarolina#raleighnc#heatwaves#summerheat♬ original sound – Universal Pictures

To add some spice to the video, she added appropriate audio to reflect the horror. She dubbed in a clip from the 2026 movie “Obsession”:…

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