35 “Well, That Sucks” Fails That Thankfully Happened To Somebody Else This Week (December 8, 2025)
Every week, someone out there has a rougher go of it than you, and honestly, shoutout to them for keeping the universe entertained. These “Well, that sucks” moments are the perfect example of minor disasters that somehow feel universal.
Enjoy the fails you get to appreciate without personally suffering through them. It’s the little victories.
1. “How I found my bf passport, tucked away in the nightstand”
2. “I wore a faux leather jacket to a party that I haven’t worn in at least ten years. Before and shortly after arriving, it started to disintegrate.”
3. “Got my oil changed yesterday, came out to a puddle of oil in my driveway this morning.”
4. “After 5 years of living in this home. This kitchen cabinet just decided it didn’t want to be hung any longer”
5. “The difference between the pickle and hamburger patty in a McDonald’s burger”
6. “My jeans decided to quit 1 hour into my shift.”
“This rip is so comically exaggerated, I would’ve thought it was fake if it hadn’t happened to me
Never squatting in jeans again I guess”
7. “Driver spent 5.5 hours in the cab”
8. “How my delivery pizzas showed up…”
“Half is fully crushed into the side and the toppings all slid into pile. Both pizzas showed up like this…Uber will only refund one…I’m just tired…”
9. “Ran over an unfired bullet on the way to work.”
10. “Very sad day. I accidentally washed my DS it’s not working”
11. “New Employee, No Toilet Paper In Sight”
“Got this new job as an OT no friends or people I know, Went into the toilet busting, only to find out there is no toilet paper.
What happens next you don’t want to know but it sucked.”
12. “Just paid to have a windshield chip filled”
13. “Sorry for the… what?”
14. “The new refrigerator is 1/4″ too wide to fit through the door”
15. “Went to play disc golf, left my wallet home, dropped my phone into water, and lost the game”
16. “Nail experience gone wrong”
“Tried out a student learning salon. I did not have high expectations but I asked the student if she was comfortable with the design I had in mind. She said yes. Three hours later this is the result. I did just end up saying to give up on it.”
17. “My wife hit a car while parking at the grocery store, went inside to get a pen and paper, and came back to their car being gone”
18. “Scraped my brand new ’26 K5 on a pole at work”
19. “Bird left a mark on the window at my gym”
20. “Two horses pulling in different directions? No, no. These jeans can’t even take my skinny behind bending down to pick something up. No more Levi’s for me!”
21. “Highlighting the wrong word when promoting the TV show ‘IT'”
22. “The final straw of this week”
23. “1000 piece puzzle is missing a piece but has 2 of the same”
“Started by doing the edges of the puzzle. When I was almost done I noticed two of the exact same piece. They both fit in perfectly.
I don’t mind having two of the same, but it seems to have come at the expense of a missing edge piece.”
24. “Someone tried to steal my car and gave up halfway through”
25. “Dent made by thumb… seems the entire ceiling is soaked”
26. “Someone has to look at Santa’s ‘gift’ for the next month”
27. “1 year of work and the chest plate of my armor dropped on concrete 30 mins before cosplay showcase”
28. “My son spilled his bottled drink on my laptop while he was doing his school work”
“It’s fine, accidents happen. He tried really hard to clean it up, but he also tried to plug it in and restart it several times before coming to get me and now it smells like and electrical fire. I’m going to give it a couple days to dry out completely before plugging the battery back in and trying it outside my house. The biggest bummer is that I didn’t actually purchase this laptop, I bought an Xbox a few years ago from Best Buy and then sent me this laptop by mistake and it was worth almost $2000.”
29. “Had new parts replaced on drivers side and made it to the road right outside the parking lot.”
“I had a new tie rod and ball joint installed on the driver’s side because that’s what I was told was needed. Left the parking lot and my passenger tire snapped off sideways.”
30. “Got to work, and my boots gave out”
“These were sitting in my closet for close to a year since the last time it snowed. It snowed near me today and pulled these out to be safe in case of ice. I have had them for a while though, so at least they were not a new pair.”
31. “These Christmas gift tags from Dollar Tree are not perforated so we’re going to have to cut each one out individually”
32. “Just changed the brakes and rotors. Now my tire is flat.”
33. “Came back to the hostel bathroom to find this. Apparently someone tried to wash their feet in the sink while drunk.”
34. “In case anyone is curious what a melted bag of kettle corn looks like”
35. “This little bowl fits perfectly in the drain.”
