35 Fails From This Week That Made People Say “Well, That Sucks” (December 29, 2025)
You know that moment when something goes wrong and you can’t even be mad, you’re just standing there like “well, that sucks“? That specific feeling of mild resignation mixed with disbelief? That was this entire week for a lot of people.
This week was full of those moments. The kind of fails that aren’t dramatic enough to be tragedies but are just inconvenient enough to make you want to lie on the floor for a bit. Someone locked their keys in their car. Someone’s cat wrecked their Christmas tree. Someone’s boot burst during the first big snowfall of the season.
It’s the collection of small disasters that remind you the universe has a sense of humor, and sometimes you’re the punchline.
1. “I just had one job for the family Christmas dinner”
2. “I drove my rental car straight off a ledge that I thought was a steep driveway”
3. “Kid and groceries in the back seat. This is fine.”
4. “The time I took my school picture looking like this.”
5. “She left the window open last night…”
6. “Drove off with the gas nozzle still in the car. What’s it going to cost?”
7. “I dropped my AirPods”
8. “Our cat’s annual x-mas tree ritual. Does anyone else have a cat that constantly wants to knock it down?”
9. “For Christmas, my brother gifted everyone in the family a family photo with a matching size frame”
“I take care of our mother, who has early on-set dementia full time. I live with her, I make her meals, I manager her meds, I manage and take her to doctors appointments, physical therapy, and neurologists. I help her with her daily routine and doing her laundry. I also work full time. Today is the only day off I have and it isn’t even paid, I have to use PTO. Anyway, here is the family photo my brother gave all of our family a copy of,with a matching frame, for Christmas. Without me in it.”
10. “Lost my job today. 2 days before Christmas and 1 day before our end of the year bonus was supposed to be paid out. But I got a couple friends keeping me company before I start updating my resume.”
11. “Parked my car overnight on the street during my Portland visit”
12. “Almost fell through my stairs”
“Pretty sure what saved me was the wood shelf on the back that had a nail holding it to the wall. I wasn’t hurt and the stairs are fixed up now”
13. “Opened my new Apple Watch for Christmas.”
“I noticed the box felt off when I unwrapped it. Then I realized the plastic wrap was missing. When I opened the box, there was nothing inside. Cool, Merry Christmas”
14. “My wife bought me a ceramic Oura ring for Christmas.”
“It slipped off of my finger in the shower and a huge chunk chipped off on Day 1.”
15. “My 12yo son asked for ‘a gift card of your choice’ and received this for Secret Santa. They didn’t even write his name. (LCBO is an wine store)”
16. “Got just over half of what was written on the package”
“Was curious about how accurate the weight is on the packaging. Definitely didn’t expect it to be this inaccurate…”
17. “Saskatoon berry pie. Mother special ordered the berries to the States as a Christmas present”
18. “Had to break into my house because I locked myself out”
19. “Coming out of the mall Christmas Eve to this.”
20. “Bathroom scale shattered in my hand, kettle handle stayed in my hand while kettle jumped on the counter, oval plate couldn’t take it anymore and tea jar wanted to follow the kettle but missed the counter, all in 12 hours. Best day ever.”
21. “Two dead batteries, key won’t work, charger locked inside”
“Left one of my cars at the airport while visiting family for 2 weeks, came home to a dead battery. Forgot my battery booster in the other car.
Got a boost at the airport and drove all the way home. Car wouldnt start again, probably the alternator, ok. Went to start the other car and it’s dead too and the only door with a manual key won’t open.”
22. “Boots exploded during first big snow of the year”
23. “Cooked a 3lb pork roast in the slow cooker for 8 hours with a bit of the absorbent pad still on the bottom…”
24. “$10 DoorDash order, $300 tow. Drive safe people!”
“Was grinding the holidays to make some extra money when I hit ice and slid off the road into a bunch of mud. $10 order turned into a $300 tow to get out. There went all my holiday money.
On the plus side I was a mile from my delivery destination and the customer was nice enough and just met me on the side of the road. Gave me $10 cash extra for my troubles.
Drive safe and slow down out there!”
25. “RIP overnight Brisket”
26. “Grabbed an heirloom drinking glass from the dishwasher and the bottom came right off :(“
27. “Hot water heater burst on Christmas Eve in -10° Weather”
28. “Made a Coffee at 3am with my favourite double-walled mug”
29. “Found my sunglasses…”
30. “I slipped on the top of a flight of stairs while texting and my phone slipped out of my hand and bounced all the way down.”
“You can’t see it but the on/off button is stuck down and I had to push a very particular spot on it to turn it on before I got a new one (the one used to take the photo).”
31. “Bought the 4 pack of Starbucks gift cards and went to separate them for gifts”
“They are made of cardboard. What a cruel joke. I can still give it to someone all the numbers can be read if you hold it together. Just makes for a bad presentation.”
32. “Brand new bottle of Mezcal”
“I just bought this bottle of Mezcal in Mexico. I made a stop afterward and opened the back door to my truck. The bottle had shifted and moved; it was leaning on the door, and I didn’t know.
So when I opened it the bottle fell right out. If you look closely you can see the two worms that were in the bottle on top right side.”
33. “8 hours away from home visiting family for the holidays and someone hit our drivers side mirror and drove away”
34. “Well we didn’t get bonuses this year but we did get cups with questionable designs”
35. “Christmas eve and the neighbourhood kids who just love fireworks”
