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20 Funny People Who Ended Up In Situations They Didn't Know How To Handle

"Tough times don't last, but tough people do."

This is probably true, at least in an abstract sense. The people in this list have gone through various adversities, ranging from minor to major. But their ability to laugh at the absurdity of their situations is what will see them through to the next mishap.

"Checked into the last room available late last night in the middle of nowhere."

Reddit | RobbinsTexas

Well, this isn't ominous at all, is it? It wasn't much of a lock to begin with, and now it's been made totally useless. Sweet dreams, I guess.

"Friend had a lawn service accidentally spray their entire lawn with grass killer. The kicker: they came back for a second application."

Reddit | horsedoctor

Grass seeds, grass food, grass killer — it's hard to tell the difference between things that might be sprinkled on someone's lawn.

"Returning what belongs to you. Regards, The Ocean."

Reddit | chelsea707

Well, the ocean has certainly left quite a mess for us humans to clean up, but I suppose it's only fair. We've left a pretty decent mess in the ocean itself as well.

"My parents forgot to pick me up after a marching band competition, waited over an hour and half no replies had to call police to give me a ride back home."

Reddit | retooq

It sounds like this kid went through quite an ordeal. At least the police were there to bail them out.

"My 20-year-old tree planted when I was born got uprooted in a wind storm back home last night."

Reddit | RF1901

Parents sometimes plant a tree to honor a child's birth, with the idea that the tree will grow tall and strong. Sometimes, trees aren't all that resilient.

"I cleaned my glasses but apparently there was a small stone on the cloth."

Reddit | Defight556

I think every glasses owner encounters this at one time or another. It's infuriating when it happens, and might just be an endorsement for getting laser surgery.

"Wife tried to clean my cast iron. How much alimony should I get?"

Look, no one likes cleaning cast iron pans, but if you've got one of these finicky pans, you have to clean it correctly. That means busting out the rock salt, not the soap, and scrubbing away.

"Husband tried to apologize for some stuff by making me a candlelit bath...The glass container was um...a little too spicy for the plastic bathtub."

Reddit | togostarman

I feel bad for everyone here. Her relaxing bath was made stressful, and his apologetic gesture went up in smoke.

"My father had to be freed from the locked toilet this morning."

Reddit | NeverKlas

There are lots of things I hope I never have to experience. After seeing this pic, I'll add 'getting trapped inside a public washroom and needing to get busted out' to that list.

"I washed a blanket with my clothes and it basically disintegrated…"

Reddit | NikkiThunderdik

What's inside a blanket? Sometimes we know, and sometimes it's a mystery. Ultimately, you may never know unless your washing machine revolts on you and exposes the blanket's innards for all to see.

"And now my bedroom smells like a nightclub."

Reddit | HoggyOfAustralia

Don't worry, it's just a full bottle of perfume that's smashed everywhere. Give it three or four years and you probably won't even notice that nightclub smell anymore. It won't take any time.

"I dropped the sea monkeys on moving day."

Reddit | egggler

Pour one out for the sea monkeys who won't get to see their fancy new digs. I mean, I guess their owner did literally pour one out. That's how this whole problem started.

"DoorDashed food and in the 5 minutes it took me to get to the door, the neighbor's cat ate through the box and stole some chicken.."

Reddit | LandolphiN_

While it sucks to lose your dinner, if you're a cat person you can at least appreciate what happened here.

"Landlord ordered a new gas oven to replace the old broken one. He only paid to have it dropped off. He is very shocked that I’m not happy."

Reddit | Kandiblu

It's always great to have a landlord who will promptly replace broken stuff. It's even better if they remember to install it.

"First Halloween in my new neighborhood and didn’t get a single trick or treater."

Reddit | simfire

So many people get disappointed by a lack of trick or treaters on Halloween. I choose to see it as a glass half full situation, because it just means extra candy for me.

"How...how did it fall so perfectly. How do I pick it up? What."

Reddit | The_Alt-Knight

I don't have the answers to OP's questions, but I'm absolutely certain that this thing is going to glug-glug-glug out all over the floor as soon as it's picked up.

"My shelf and I had an argument. Guess who lost."

Reddit | DuncanS90

This is a powerful reminder of the importance of not arguing with your shelves. They're full of stuff that could fall off and break. They hold all the cards in any kind of dispute.

"Someone drilled out the ignition barrel on my campervan."

If this person didn't have bad luck, they wouldn't have any luck at all. At least the thieves didn't take the whole van with them when they did this.

"First time trying to grow carrots from seeds. 6 months later."

Reddit | Down4ThaBrown

Every time I've ever tried to get into vegetable gardening, I start with images of hearty veggies I've grown myself. I always wind up with useless veggies and wind up returning to the produce section.

"Just bought gallon of chocolate milk for the kids."

Reddit | ArtsySAHM

"Bumped it trying to put it in to the fridge and it Noped right out of my hand. A gallon really doesn't seem like much, until you have to clean it off the floor. The splatter zone behind me was pretty impressive too."

Every now and then, you're going to experience a next-level spill. This is most certainly a next-level spill.

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