It may happen to anybody, which is why it’s so reassuring to go through this list and remind yourself that things might be far worse.
“The sunlight through the window melted my keyboard.”
“I threw my swatter at a fly. Don’t ask questions because I don’t have answers.”
“My cat decided to wake me up with a little gift. He just dropped a flower pot.”
“I spilled cocoa powder on the floor and vacuumed it up before it exploded out of the collection bin and onto my chair and table.”
“A lizard fell from the ceiling and left this dusty imprint on my wireless charger.”
“I woke up and saw my door was removed by my parents. I asked them why and they replied, ’Privacy isn’t necessary.’”
“This bird scarer was definitely a worthless purchase.”
“My mother-in-law left a magnifying mirror near the window on a sunny day. This is what happened.”
“I’m starting to think this view isn’t worth golfers aiming directly at our home.”
“I went to the gas station last night for 5 minutes to buy some stuff and came back to this. My room is the window to the right.”
“My fridge has an egg case for only 9 eggs.”
“The painting crew said they’d put everything back and we have nothing to worry about when we went to move the furniture back.”
“An hour after, they leave and we discover this.”
“Tonight, the cabinet hanging on the wall neatly missed my head.”
“I started my toddler’s bath, got him undressed, and came back to this.”
“My nextdoor neighbors painted their house yellow. It reflects sunlight, so my room now looks like this.”
“So, I set my kitchen on fire last night…”
“In one week, I have: gotten a flat tire, gotten into an accident, found out my car needs $1500 repairs that I can’t afford, and just opened my laptop to find a shattered screen.”
“I feel like I’m too old to keep learning life lessons, yet here we are.”
“The handle just broke off my brand new cast iron skillet. I haven’t even cooked anything with it yet”
“RIP to my Gameboy Advance. I pulled it outta my pocket after work and its screen was ruined like this.”
“Walmart shipped me my new cooler with some sort of security device attached to it.”
“Bit into a toenail in my Chipotle burrito”
“Just unboxed the “brand new” memory foam mattress I picked up from Walmart this morning.”
“My socks were not quite as advertised.”
“I was drilling drainage holes into a thin plastic flower pot…”
“This Bailey’s came in a gift basket I won at work a few months ago and I was going to enjoy it by the fire tonight. The first sip was chunky. It expired in 2014.”
“Went to Costco to grab a rotisserie chicken for the weekend, but this lady beat everyone to it.”
“PSA don’t keep your tire lock key in your glove box.”
“Spent the last of my money on some cheap eats, and my hot pockets were empty.”
“My grandparent’s house burned less than a week after they paid it off. They lived there for over 40 years. My gpop built this entire addition and had recently covered the whole interior with weathered barn wood. Also contained many 50-year-old plants my gmom had received from her mother.”
“My entire room flooded along with my vr headset and Nintendo switch.”
“My daughter just said “Here Papa” and put these in my pocket. I have no idea which piece of cheap furniture is now dangerously unstable.”
“Wanted to cook a nice meal for my grandma since she doesn’t have a lot of time left. I didn’t realize she used her oven as a fucking pantry! I usually pre-check ovens, too.”
“Paint spray gun decided it wanted to blow up on me 1st thing in the morning.”
“I just wanted to clean the window.”
“Just ordered a pepperoni pizza…”
“My dad spent all summer growing this watermelon only for it to be just rind and seeds.”
“I was going to surprise my kids with a bag of churros.”