Nate
We’ve all had those days where nothing seems to go right, but sometimes it’s oddly comforting to know you’re not alone in your misfortune. In r/WellThatSucks, people share their most frustrating and funny fails—those “well, that sucks” moments we can all relate to.
From small mishaps to epic blunders, these stories will make you feel a lot better about your own day. Whether it’s a cooking disaster, a tech fail, or just pure bad luck, these funny “Well, that sucks” fails will have you laughing while thinking, “Glad that wasn’t me!”
1. “Facade wall contractors used a drill too long for the job”
2. “I guess my sunscreen wasn’t water resistant”
3. “My 50th Birthday party invited all of my friends”
4. “Microwaved a Smucker’s Uncrustable for 15 seconds and got a 2nd degree burn.”
5. “Not what I expected on a CT scan following a suspected gallbladder attack.”
6. “My legs after mowing my lawn while it was still wet”
7. “I went to a wake for a family member today. There was only one other person there.”
8. “I’m an English man traveling India. Fancied some British food and ordered fish and chips… wow, what a sight this was”
9. “On my way! to start college and my car caught fire with everything I own inside it”
10. “I walked through a cornfield.”
11. “I sneezed too hard and messed up my back, I’m 28”
12. “Amazon said this photo is proof that a $1093, 150 pound generator was delivered to my house”
13. “Who does this sh*t??”
14. “Fiancé spent 4 hours preparing soup from scratch, only for the glass bowl to break in the soup”
15. “Wellp.”
16. “Someone reversed their boat trailer into my rental”
17. “Went to weigh myself, think I know the answer”
18. “Downgraded on overbooked flight and given a perfect view of people enjoying the lie-flat seats we paid for”
19. “My neighbour pipe broke and I am about to be flooded”
20. “Someone threw a brick off an overpass. I was the lucky winner.”
21. “My son ate a battery”
22. “2 minutes after I bought my breakfast and left it outside”
23. “Neighbors house got struck by lightning twice, two days after they closed on it”
24. “We grew a half acre of carrots that all turned out like this (15,000 lbs)”
25. “Was out desert riding and went to check the time just to find this”
26. “I broke both of my hands.”
27. “I had to break through my bathroom door”
28. “If you lost your cooler on I-95 in Florida, I found it, at 65mph.”
29. “Took off my headphones tonight and noticed I have a balled spot”
30. “Someone returned their grocery cart and forgot their beer.”
31. “One of the screws holding my spine in place snapped”
32. “Just trying to make plans for my birthday with my step dad”
33. “My dad celebrated his 60th last night, a majority of his “friends” brought bottles of wine as a gift. He’s been sober for over 26 years…”
34. “They scheduled a retirement dinner for 1:00 today. Almost everyone in the warehouse leaves at 11:30 on Fridays.”
35. “balcony door stuck shut because washer door is open”
36. “Was getting a lead test ready for old pottery and found out our well water has lead in it.”
37. “I drove 2 hours there for a good deal on a coffee machine, only to end up with this…”
38. “Plumbers broke through this foundation to add pipes, compromising the structural support of the home.”
39. “Couldn’t get Q tip to go in my ear…turns out there was a whole trazodone pill in there?”
40. “Glass jar split when opening sauce for the wife.”
