“Well, That Sucks”: 35 Fails That’ll Make You Feel Better About Your Own Week (December 22, 2025)
We’ve all been there. You spill coffee on your shirt right before an important meeting. You lock your keys in the car. You send a text to the wrong person. But then you see someone else’s day, and suddenly your minor inconveniences don’t seem so bad anymore.
Today, we’re taking a collective deep breath and feeling grateful that we’re not the person who just destroyed a $5,000 bottle of cognac at work, or the runner whose brand-new, expensive shoes literally fell apart mid-jog. These fails span everything from workplace disasters to relationship mishaps, holiday gone wrong, and just plain terrible luck.
Prepare to feel a whole lot better about your own day, because no matter what went wrong for you this week, at least you’re not these people.
1. “White elephant gift came today, party was yesterday”
“Now to figure out if I keep it until next year and give it then or hope Amazon will let me return it. The tin is dented but also bloated. Is it going to explode in my basement if I keep it for a year”
2. “Recently purchased Christmas stocking faces opposite direction, all bought from same Etsy shop.”
“Names are only on one side of the stocking. We only noticed as my wife was hanging it. She isn’t amused but I think we should keep it like that lol we’re sure if we reach out to the shop we might get some help but we’re not losing our minds over having to buy a new one”
3. “I just broke a $5,000.00 bottle of Remy Martin Louis XIII Cognac at work”
4. “Halfway through my run”
5. “This air freshener wrinkled my car interior”
“I left our new air freshener resting on the car dash and made wrinkles on it. Anyone know a way to fix this?”
6. “Wife accidentally packed 2 left shoes for work trip.”
7. “When you thought you hit 1:00 on the microwave, but it was 10:00”
“It was a blueberry muffin with a small pat of butter. My house smells like burnt Riboflavin!”
8. “The drink bottles have been for sale so long in the sun, that some of the labels have almost completely faded.”
9. “State and federal jury duty summons in the same week.”
“Husband got state and federal jury summons both this week.
They came a day apart. Sadly they are for slightly different weeks in February so serving on one wouldn’t excuse the other.”
10. “Some idiot glued my bike lock and now i cant unlock my bike”
11. “Kitten knocked down my late cats pawprint ornament. My dog then destroyed it.”
12. “Let our son open a present early and the game case was empty.”
13. “My wife had a birthday earlier this week. I didn’t send her this and my name doesn’t start with an A”
14. “One ‘blueberry’ in my Eggo Blueberry waffle”
“I know inflation is getting bad but wtf. The entire box was like this. I guess the box description was technically right…it is a ‘blueberry’ waffle.”
15. “Left my sunroof open all night while it was pouring rain.”
“It had been pouring rain all night and I didn’t notice my sunroof was open till 6am this morning.
Heated seats/steering wheel, ventilated seats, and usb Apple CarPlay still work. But man this is an awful feeling.
Tell me your story of leaving a window/sunroof open at least I didn’t leave it open when it snowed 7 inches this past Sunday.”
16. “My worst nightmare finally became a reality”
17. “Upstairs neighbor cut their hair on the balcony”
“Only problem is, it landed on my balcony a floor below. Walked out and saw somebody else’s hair ALL over my stuff (and even on my plants!!!)”
18. “The pavement was supposedly repaired”
19. “I have a 9 hour flight ahead of me”
20. “Waste management has charged me a trip fee for and won’t pick this bagster because it is ‘obstructed'”
21. “It’s my son’s 5th birthday, & my mom & siblings just cancelled on singing him a Happy Birthday.”
“Can’t blame my siblings because they are underage (17) & (10) but she literally just reconfirmed last night that they were coming over today, and now she said they are not coming because she has to come to my city tomorrow morning already (15 min drive), and doesn’t want to waste time or gas.
My son was so excited for them to come over, we don’t have much family here. So yes, this sucks & my feelings are hurt – But the show must go on, even if it’s just me and him I guess, so happy birthday son!”
22. “Someone threw a slow cooker through my window last night!”
“As angry as i am about this, I have to admit it’s kind of funny.
Like out of all things to throw through my window you choose a slow cooker..?
Happy Monday to me I guess !!”
23. “These keys were found in the pocket of the ‘new’ coat I bought on Amazon”
24. “A single Pizza Roll from a batch of 22 kept its filling after baking.”
“I even set the temperature 5° below recommended and used the middle shelf. I swear that they’re now designed to do this.”
25. “I brought these AirPods yesterday …”
26. “Sliding into depression, have a really bad cold, spent money I don’t have on a takeout pho and this is how it arrived”
“There was a hole in the bottom of the container I think. Nobody’s fault, but it sucks, mostly because I was reallyyyyy hoping this meal would make me feel physically better and also cheer me up a little bit. Trying to sort it out with the restaurant now.”
27. “My cats broke a vintage grandfather clock my grandparents owned for over 60 years while i was at work”
28. “When your custom business hoodies turn up”
29. “Behold the Amtrak ‘Roomette’. Two facing travel seats and one for quality time. Cozy.”
30. “I spent 2 hours making a huge batch of baked ziti to enjoy this week and my husband left it out overnight.”
31. “I ordered eight winter tires.”
“Ordered eight winter tires for our two vehicles two weeks ago, arrived late one day after the first big snowfall, and one of them are missing.”
32. “Speedrun how to lose dignity”
33. “Finally got a new washing machine delivered. Doesn’t fit through the door.”
34. “Club I went to last night decided to put “fake blood” all over the floor… that definitely does not wash out”
35. “I came out of my hotel to this…”
