Nate
Oh, get ready to let out a sigh that’s been building up since you realized your phone charger was two inches too short to comfortably scroll in bed. This week, we’ve gathered a collection of moments so mildly infuriating that they’ll have you shaking your head in disbelief and muttering, “Why, universe, why?”
So, let’s revel in the shared human experience of being just a tad peeved by the little things. Trust me, it’s a ride worth taking—just don’t forget to laugh a little along the way.
1. “We all know about ‘Shrinkflation’. Can I coin the term, ‘Trickflation’?”
2. “It won’t hurt they said.”
3. “Wanted to look at the ingredients on my chili oil and found this”
4. “Strip mall with empty parking lot towed my car because I left it here and get on a city bus. Apparently they ‘forgot’ you’re allowed to do this.”
5. “The number of rusty razor blades that were on the street outside my house”
6. “The newly installed keypad in the elevator of my building”
7. “Window seat with no window???”
8. “This kids crossword at a restaurant”
9. “Got pulled into an unplanned zoom meeting when I was cooking lunch”
10. “I just love coming back from a trip to find out someone needs parking lessons.”
11. “Gas station removes clips from pumps”
12. “How my neighbors ‘prune’ the city owned street trees outside their houses…”
13. “What twenty years is worth to my company”
14. “Fresh concrete, poured 10 minutes ago. Partner decided to let all the pets out, unsupervised. The pets immediately inspected the workman ship.”
15. “When you lose weight and it comes straight off your ass”
16. “Opened a Sea-Monkeys kit from the 90s only to find it was missing packet 1”
17. “I have to use straws to drink. All of them break in this one spot.”
18. “Office printer decided to celebrate Holi a bit early.”
19. “I bought a newish car, and it already has a check engine light on.”
20. “Met Ian McKellen last night. Forgot to turn the flash on for the photo”
21. “Just why?”
22. “Oh if only coconuts had a hard, resistant shell so they didn’t need plastic wrapping”
23. “Me and my bf went to goodwill and he bought a couple pairs of pants. Came home and washed them. This is what it looks like”
24. “My 0.4mm ball pen writes thicker lines than my 0.5mm one”
25. “My fire alarm caught fire”
26. “New 0.05 ply toilet paper at work..”
27. “English question for a 7-year-old”
28. “TARGET cashier asked if I wanted a Protection Plan for this Welcome Mat. After an involuntary chuckle, I asked the unanswerable question: “Under what circumstances would this policy be honored?”
29. “My wedding ring scratched my car window as I wiped condensation off.”
30. “Pigs left without even telling the staff downstairs”
31. “Someone decided to unplug my block heater in -60F weather”
32. “Toddler broke the TV”
33. “Dropped my hotel key card”
34. “My cousin just turned 21. I offered to buy him a bottle of liquor to celebrate and asked what he wanted. He texted me this:”
35. “Words I Know??? Any ideas because this might just be a word I don’t know”
h/t: r/MildlyInfuriating