There are some common problems that seem to be a part of everyday life. Things like traffic, food going bad, sleeping through alarms, the little things that happen to everyone. Nobody likes ’em, so we do our best to prevent them from happening.
There are some problems, however, that are so unique and specific that there’s nothing we can do to stop them, all we can do is stare in shock and awe when they happen.
Zero privacy.
“Brought wheelchair friend to stall while at Denny’s. It has no door. Asked if he could use [woman’s] restroom, told no. Wheeled him in anyways (made sure empty first). They called the police on us. Police came and didn’t do anything as it was obvious we had no choice in using the woman rest room.”
“Just accidentally rolled my window up without seeing my brand new fishing pole was hanging out…”
What surprised me even more than seeing this was seeing how many people in the replies had the same thing happen. Do we need PSAs to remind folks to check their windows for loose fishing rods before rolling them up?
“Left my work gloves outside for a couple of days. Went to got them and found this.”
This is why you keep multiple pairs scattered about haphazardly. You’ll always have one close by, and it won’t be a major inconvenience when a bird builds half a nest on ’em and lays an egg for good measure.
“Pile of resistors (and some capacitors) that needs sorting in the lab at my University.”
Am I the twisted one here for looking at this and getting excited? A task that involves silently and peacefully sorting through a large pile of small items sounds like a dream. A moment of peace and organization.
“Can’t get into work this morning cause the closer didn’t realize they took home the core to the door lock.”
The most shocking part about this post was the person in the comments who immediately knew this happened at a PetSmart because, “I’m a locksmith that services [PetSmarts] in my area. This happens often.”
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“I was cleaning out my rental house and I smelled some strange smell in the closet. I had to get down on my knees to read this on the floor. It was written in sharpie.”
“Whole kitchen sink just fell out of the counter.”
Well, that’s certainly something you don’t expect. I’ve seen broken sinks, busted pipes of course, but for the entire basin to just pop off and fall through is certainly new! Shout out to whoever installed this thing.
Snow day.
“I’ve been stuck home since Tuesday after a blizzard in North Dakota, now the plows moved all the snow in front of my garage blocking my truck inside. I have no way to move the snow to leave.”
“[My] car exploded on my way to work.”
Want to know what’s worse? Apparently this person’s work asked for them to take a selfie with the burning car to make sure they were actually telling the truth about the situation. How can you ask for that and still feel like a good person?
“I guess I will eat dirty sink pasta.”
Just toss it in a big bowl and give it another rinse, it’ll be good as new! This would only be considered a lost cause if there were dirty dishes piled high in that sink, and even then, noodles can be cleaned.
“I touched my lips with slugs.”
You didn’t notice two slugs on your can before you drank it? Where did they even come from? How long had it been sitting there where the slugs had time to crawl on it? This has to be one of the most bizarre scenarios I’ve ever come across.
It’s party time.
“Moved into my own apartment 2ish months ago. Did not know that this space would be used for all the town’s celebrations. This is 4 meters(12 ish foot) from my bedroom window. The stage is right behind that wall. Goodbye rest.”
“Made a soft taco to prevent my tooth/crown from coming out when I felt it loosen. Did the opposite.”
This reminds me of the time my dad managed to break a tooth on a piece of sushi. It’s always the foods you least expect. Don’t think you’re safe just because it’s soft, always be prudent and protect your teeth!
“When you hide the chocolate bunnies on top of a cabinet, but forget the radiator heats up that corner of the room at night.”
Keep ’em melting until you’ve got a bag of liquid chocolate, then grab a load of strawberries and go ham. It’ll make for a more unique Easter experience at least, though maybe a bit messier!
“Biking to work, and almost there, when my shorts split wide open… about 7 miles from home.”
No doubt it was due to all the muscle you gained from biking to work. No shorts can contain your powerful thighs, they demand to be shown to the world, unaware of what awkwardness may ensue.
“Got rudely awaken by the sound of everything in my kitchen cupboards crashing to the floor.”
This is, perhaps, one of my worse fears. Just looking at that mess has me feeling overwhelmed and and upset, and it isn’t even my house! If it happened to me, I wouldn’t even know where to begin!
“Finally brought out the bbq from winter storage.”
This has been the year of multiple surprise winters, as Mother Nature clearly doesn’t want us to have spring quite yet. I was going to say I wasn’t sure what we did to deserve this, but looking at the whole climate situation, maybe I do.
“Was painting the edges of the floor and dipped the brush in a fresh cup of coffee.”
At least you’re not part of a large population of painters and artists who have then drunk from a glass they’d been dipping their paint in. Coffee can be replaced, but stomach damage done by ingesting paint is a little trickier to deal with.
“Just opened a brand new toothpaste and the seam wasn’t sealed.”
I’m upset by how much this looks like a condiment, kind of like mayonnaise. You could spread that on a sandwich without anyone noticing except for the poor sucker who takes a big minty, minty bite.
“I got my box filled with ketchup at work today.”
Okay…why though? It’s stated so matter-of-factly you’d think this was a normal occurrence, but surely this is some bizarre prank right? Did they save up ketchup packets for months, or find somewhere to buy them and get them all at once?
