Mike
Welcome to the peculiar parade of life’s little letdowns, a collection of mildly infuriating fails that’ll make you oscillate between laughter and empathy. Here, we dive into a world where socks are forever lost, milk spills a second after the expiration date, and Wi-Fi signals vanish just as the climax of your favorite show begins.
These aren’t just any stories; they’re the kind of frustratingly funny moments that remind us Murphy’s Law is always lurking, waiting to turn a routine day into an epic tale of “you had one job.”
As you scroll through these shared misadventures, find solace in the fact that it’s not just you—life’s little pranks spare no one. So, let’s take a moment to chuckle, groan, and be secretly thankful we’re just the audience this time. Ready for a dose of schadenfreude? Let’s dive in to these funny fails.
1. We all know about “Shrinkflation”. Can I coin the term, “Trickflation”?
2. My cousin and her kid are staying with us for a while, this is what she usually gives her 5yo son for breakfast
3. Took my parents out to dinner for my birthday but they leave every 30 minutes to smoke.
4. “Hey kid, here’s some identification you’ll need for the rest of your life but you’re not allowed to laminate it. We went ahead and printed it on gas station toilet paper for you”
5. My husband is an repair technician working on their fridge.
6. Our landlord changed our fridge while I was at work
7. It won’t hurt they said.
8. Wanted to look at the ingredients on my chili oil and found this
9. Two of these cookies came from girl scouts for $6, the other two from Aldi’s for $1.89
10. My wife found this in the break room today.
11. Received a paw print after putting our cat down. This is not our cat. Our cat is a polydactyl and has 5 toes in her back paws.
12. I saw the new “Broadway”national tour of the musical Shrek. I paid a Broadway ticket price. The photo on the bottom is what I expected. The photo on the top is what I got.
13. Powerboard to fit in the corner, except the cable comes out of the corner.
14. Asked my neighbor’s adult daughter to leave room on the sidewalk for my mom’s wheelchair and my kids. This was his response.
15. What my roommate bought for her turn to replace the dish soap.
16. My husband said he stopped pissing off the deck at night…
17. Alright, This is getting out of hand.
18. My watch gives a bpm measure for inanimate objects.
19. The sign was made for a reason.
20. Mother-in-law sterilized my daughter’s bottles in a pot of boiling water…
21. I bought a 20pk of bamboo straws to reduce the plastic I use. They were shipped in a box with bubble wrap. And each straw is wrapped with a piece of plastic that’s as big as my hand.
22. Noticed one of my solar panels was broken, found this little guy underneath it on my flat roof.
23. My friend was trapped in her apartment bcz of this.
24. Flipped bed over to remove sheet. Was greeted by the black fungus. I’ve been sleeping on this mattress for 4 years and I think I’m a host now.
25. My partner brought this from Kmart in Australian and I hate it.
26. Speaking of ham, my old office once held a birthday party for me and served pork tacos, I’m Muslim…
27. On a 12 hour flight and this was my gf’s veggie sandwich around 8hrs in.
28. 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.
29. My house burned down two months ago, and I’m in a fight with the insurance company. My neighbor has concerns.
30. The way my brother (10 years old) leave the computer closet. He just dumps the stuff he’s done with and doesn’t see a reason to move it or clean it up. He once left a bowl of instant noodles put so long it began to grow mold.
31. Got pulled into an unplanned zoom meeting when I was cooking lunch.
32. This intake form I got from a massage client who “didn’t want to fill it out”
33. My doctor’s appointment is scheduled for 1:30
34. My sister’s boss told her office of about 80 people yesterday “hey, I’m ordering pizza on Thursday!”
35. This is what my little brother does whenever he gets mad at us.
36. Worst sandwich ever.
37. Came home to my mom boiling bleach to clean a pan of some burnt in sugar, creating a highly toxic gas.
38. DMV put my height as 4 inches shorter then when I was born.
39. Got bit by a 3 year old.
40. Thin mints box smaller than ever and the cookies don’t even fill the box anymore.
