Do you ever have something annoying or embarrassing happen to you and thank the heavens that nobody was around to see it? It’s bad enough having the memory return in your own head, let alone knowing that somebody else was there to witness the worst day of your life so far.
In this age of smartphones, having spectators at your unfortunate moments is even worse, because chances are, a not-so-flattering photo of you will end up doing the rounds on the internet. While the prospect of that sounds terrible, we all might be a teeny tiny bit hypocritical, because we still love laughing at other people’s misfortunes as much as the next person.
If you need a bit of joy in your life, these pictures of people failing at their own lives will put a grin on your face. It’s all a bit of lighthearted humor – promise.
1. Bad Luck
There’s bad luck, and then there’s this! It’s never fun when something you bought from the vending machine gets stuck, and it’s even worse when the same thing happens twice in a row!
2. At Least You Got A Good Photo
Eating at the beach is always a risky adventure. You never know when a hungry gull might swoop down and steal your snack! At least this person got an awesome photo out of it, even if they lost their ice cream in the process.
3. One Angry Dog
Even dogs can have bad days too! This pup does not look pleased that her owner spilled all the food everywhere, and that little heart pattern doesn’t seem to have made anything better.
4. At Least Someone’s Having Fun
This poor lady spent ages preparing dinner, but all of her hard work was ruined when she spilled it all over the kitchen floor. At least the cat seems to be enjoying it.
5. Two For One
Imagine getting back to your parked car and seeing that someone hit it and simply drove away without even leaving a note. And then imagine getting a parking ticket on the very same day! That’s what this poor guy had to live through.
6. Need A Hand?
This guy was just trying to open the soda machine to grab a drink, when his prosthetic hand came off! You’d think those things would be stronger than that.
7. Want A Slice?
That is one powerful pizza cutter! Or maybe the board was just super weak. Either way, it’s a bad day for this person.
8. Yellow Suits You
Part of working at a hardware store is accepting that your job might get a little messy from time to time, but this poor girl wasn’t expecting to be covered in paint when she turned up at work that morning. On the plus side, the yellow goes nicely with her orange outfit.
9. An Epic Fail
There are fails, and then there are epic fails! This is an example of the latter. Someone must have felt terrible after being responsible for letting this $135 million satellite fall on the floor.
10. Tempting Fate
You shouldn’t have taken the photo! Everyone knows that when you take photos like that, you’re just tempting fate to come along and ruin your day. What a tragic waste of ice cream. This just proves that in a split second, we can go from joy to sadness.
11. Someone Help Him
Oh no! This must be every tortoise’s worst nightmare. He’s completely stuck on his back and just can’t get the right way up. We hope somebody helped him after snapping this photo.
12. Well That’s Embarrassing
Driving around with the word “Lame” written on the back of your car is just tragic. What an unlucky guy.
13. The Scenic Route
This guy thought he only needed to drive 20 miles to get where he needed to go, but a rockfall on the road completely messed up his journey plan, forcing him to drive all the way around. The trip just became 11 times longer!
14. Welcome Home
A Montana family was thrilled to be moving into their brand new home. Then they discovered that a bunch of cows had found their way inside and done this to the place!
15. How Did That Even Happen?
This poor guy was just trying to make a scrumptious and nutritious smoothie with his Nutri-Bullet when the whole thing seemed to just blow up! This is going to be one big clean-up job.
16. Fate!
It’s one thing when the vending machine gets stuck, but when your candy bar actually seems to be taunting you with a message like this written on the side, that’s enough to send anybody crazy!
17. A Super Strong Pup
It’s fun to have a big dog! They’re extra cuddly, extra excitable, and extra energetic too! They’re also quite strong, as this owner found out when he was walking his dog and got dragged over into the mud.
18. Curiosity Killed The Cat
Being too curious can really get you in trouble, as this man found out! He saw a hole in the side of a tree and decided to poke his head inside to see what he could find. He ended up with a face filled with porcupine needles. Ouch!
19. Hope He’s A Strong Swimmer
We have to hope this member of the coast guard is a good swimmer! He and his colleagues were taking part in a special day where young children were invited to learn about water safety. The kids wanted to try out the hose and one of them squirted it right into this unlucky man’s face.
20. That’s Gotta Hurt
Taking selfies with animals is often a risky business. Our furry and feathered friends can be pretty unpredictable, as this unfortunate guy discovered when the bird on his shoulder started pecking at his eye while posing for the photo.
21. Keep Calm
This person is clearly doing their best to keep calm after seeing the lovely food they’ve spent so much time preparing all ruined. Guess it’s time to order some takeout!
22. Bad Dad
This guy probably thought he was going to win a ‘Best Dad’ prize after volunteering to do some rope swinging with his little girl. Sadly, it didn’t turn out the way he was expecting. At least she landed on something soft.
23. Good Cat
At first, you might think that this kitty had been bad, but the door to his little box was locked off during the night. So, instead of just pooping on the floor, he scratched open the little bag and let some of it spill out. That’s a pretty clever cat.
24. Should’ve Opened It Earlier
So, the story here is that a big soccer fan bought some soap in 2016 from a charity. He didn’t open it until much later. When he finally opened it up, he found that he’d won a huge prize, including a free pass to a huge soccer match, but it was too late to actually redeem the ticket.
25. A Real Problem
When she bought that funny tire cover, this woman probably never imagined it would actually end up being flipped upside down. Sadly, she tempted fate and her truck flipped on an icy road.
26. What Are The Odds?
This one is just confusing. This person had all that space to drive around and still somehow ended up crashing!? Maybe they don’t actually have a license and were using the parking lot to learn the basics?
27. It Looks So Tasty
We can’t blame this person for taking a bite of such a chocolatey-looking treat. In reality, it was a bar of soap. How disappointing.
28. A Very, Very Windy Day
It must have been tornado-level winds to get a trampoline up in the trees like that! It must have been quite a big job getting it back down again. Let’s just be thankful that nobody was using it at the time.
29. Feeling A Little Crushed?
If you work with eggs, you have to be so, so careful. The slightest mistake can cause a catastrophe! These unlucky workers somehow knocked over a huge stack of egg crates, sending dozens of the little things smashing to the floor. That room must have smelled pretty bad afterwards.
30. Nothing Stops The Plow
It almost looks like this car had taken a tour around Jurassic Park and a dinosaur made that massive slash in the side of the door. In reality, it was caused by a snow plow that just drove too close and completely obliterated the car’s beautiful blue exterior.
31. How Is She So Calm?
That’s a young woman whose face is absolutely covered in mosquitoes! Somehow, she manages to stay totally calm and even snap a selfie, while the little bloodsuckers nibble away at her flesh!
32. Curse You, Hole!
Poor guy! The sun was beaming down through the window so he pulled the visor to try and shield his eyes, but the little hole in the top corner ruined everything.
33. Bad Hair Day
This guy felt like it was time for a haircut. He visited his favorite barber, asking for straight bangs. He ended up with this awful widow’s peak look.
34. A Very Bad Surprise
Some guy woke up one morning, walked out to his car, and saw a sink had been tossed through the back window! How did this happen? Why did this happen? Who is walking around with a sink anyway? So many questions, so few answers.
35. Oh No
This poor young girl had been begging her mom to let her have a little kitty cat of her own. Eventually, the mom relented, but then it turned out that the little one was allergic!
36. Fate Says No
Once again, we have an example of someone tempting fate by daring to be happy. This poor guy was so excited to enjoy his tasty drink, but then the world just decided to ruin all his dreams.
37. The Roof Caved In
Ever been sitting in the living room and looked up at the ceiling, wondering what would happen in the ceiling just collapsed and everything fell through on top of you? It shouldn’t actually happen due to the way homes are built, but it happened here. Luckily, nobody was sitting in the living room at the time.
38. Lesson Learned
It’s a fact of life that some people wear way too much make-up. Here’s one of those people! She got a glimpse of just how much she was wearing when the car she was riding in had a little accident and she banged her face against the seat in front of her. What a scary sight!
39. Just Press Play
This guy really needs to change barber! He went to get his haircut with a screenshot of a guy in a video he’d been watching. He really liked the guy’s haircut and wanted to have the same. Unfortunately, the foolish barber thought that the ‘play’ icon on the video screenshot was part of the style, so he shaved it into the side of the unlucky man’s head. In his defense, he was only doing what he’d been told.
40. Good Luck Getting Out Of That
Usually, when major road works are due in an area, the locals get some kind of notice so that they can move their cars and prepare for the work. Unfortunately, it looks like the owner of this vehicle missed the memo, and now their car is stuck on the sidewalk forever!
41. The Missing Number
Uh oh. Looks like McDonald’s forgot all about this unlucky number 139! They had to stand and watch orders 138, 140, and 141 come and collect their tasty food instead.
42. Oh Dear
This loving couple wanted to make a special engagement photo to share with their friends and family, writing down their initials with a heart in between them. It’s just a little unfortunate that their initials happened to spell out this rather rude word! If only they sat on opposite sides, it would have just said “Alan”.
43. So Embarrassing
This girl saw a hot guy while waiting in the doctor’s office. She wanted to snap a photo to send to her friend, but forgot to turn the flash off. How awkward.
44. Maybe Time For A Diet?
Big is beautiful and there’s nothing wrong with having a few extra pounds, but if you’re so big you can’t fit in a regular scanner at the hospital and need to use one designed for elephants, that might be a sign to try a different diet.
45. Never Forget Leg Day
This unfortunate guy almost looks like two people blended together! He got a great tan all over his torso, but completely forgot about his legs. They look so pale and weird next to that tanned back.
46. The Doorway To Hell
A guy was staying over at this house and needed to use the bathroom. The bathroom is on the other side of that door, which happens to be absolutely covered in mayflies. It’s probably best to just hold it!
47. The Worst Thing To Lose
Someone walked into the bathroom at the airport and spotted a passport and boarding card that someone had left on the side here. It looks like they were so distracted with something that they completely forgot about the one thing they needed the most! The guy took the passport round to security and we hope it ended up back in the right hands.
48. Meant To Be?
So many people dream of the perfect proposal. They plan it all out, right down to the smallest detail, trying to make the moment as sweet and romantic as possible. That’s what this guy hoped to do. Unfortunately, before his bride-to-be could say yes, he dropped the ring into a gopher hole.
49. No, No, No!
Here we can see the perils of owning a robot vacuum cleaner. They can be super useful and convenient, but they aren’t smart enough to figure out what shouldn’t be cleaned! This one ran over some puppy poop and spread it all over the house.
50. And Again
Once again, we have a Roomba that ran over some dog poo and made a major mess. Imagine having to clean all that up.
51. Handle With Care
TVs are such important items in any home, but they can be so very fragile too! Be sure to mount them on the wall carefully or position them somewhere safe. Otherwise, you might end up like this person.
52. Let Me Out
This has to be one of the most embarrassing moments of all time, and this woman will never, ever forget it! For some reason, she poked her head through that gap and then couldn’t get it back out, so the fire department had to be called to help out.
53. Way To Go
The owner of this vehicle accidentally poured windshield cleaner fluid into her engine. Here’s what it did! This is why you should always turn to the pros when it comes to looking after your car.
54. The Birds Are Back
This legitimately looks like an ad for a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller film, The Birds! This unlucky model was posing for a beautiful shot, but moments later, the birds decided to attack!
So, the next time you’re having a bad day, just remember that it could be an awful lot worse! All over the globe, each and every day, people are being dealt bad hands in the game of life. It’s something that happens to us all from time to time, and we just have to cope with it as well as we can! Share the list around with friends and family to remind them all that bad days can happen to the best of us!
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