20+ Situations That Can Be the Ultimate Patience Test

One wrong step, an accidental sneeze or just a coincidence — and now an ordinary day turns into a ridiculous tragicomedy. The heroes of this article definitely remembered their “happy” day for a long time, even if they would really like to forget it.

“Concrete overflowed out of the toilet.”

“My boyfriend cut down the tree in the garden. I’m just glad he wasn’t hurt.”

“Washed my water bottle in the dishwasher. It shrunk and now holds 8 times less water than before.”

“The worst pizza I’ve seen in my life.”

• I showed it to my Italian husband. He’s in shock. © Narrow-Inflation9559 / Reddit

“Ran across the airport for my flight, and this is what happened to my passport at the last minute.”

“Dropped my passport down this hole to nowhere while lining up to board my flight.”

• Please tell me it ended well! © Evil_Eukaryote / Reddit
• I am incredibly fortunate to have dual citizenship and to carry my second passport. I didn’t think you could do a switcheroo like that once you’ve already checked in with one of them, but thankfully they let me get on the plane. © Fearless-Hedgehog-58 / Reddit

“My fiancé scratched the stove really hard. It’s only been new for 6 days.”

“The guy who put this in said it would last forever...”

“That’s why professionals should do it... Sorry, Dad!”

“Heard a crash, found my closet like this. Looks like the old closet racks weren’t ready for my few dress shirts.”

“These pillows were sold with a ’washable’ label. 3 washes, and this is the result.”

“Husband went up to the attic to fix a leak. Lost his balance and broke a hole in the ceiling. He’s fine.”

“Cut a hole in my broken water heater. Now I know why we ran out of hot water all the time. 20 years of buildup.”

“I wanted to give my wife a Japanese biscuit for her birthday... But it has to be cut in half lengthwise.”

“I wanted dumplings, so I put them on the stove. I received a notification of card fraud, so I had to call the bank. Forgot about the dumplings.”

“Now I’m without dumplings, and with a blocked card.”

“Got caught on something when I was getting comfortable in bed. I’ll have to change the sheets tomorrow.”

“I just wanted to have a coffee and now I’m gonna have to repaint the wall.”

“Ate 4 big chunks last night and saw this today. Am I done?”

“Literally, one minute before check out. Tried closing the sliding door shut and when I turned my back, it just fell over.”

“I just wanted to bake some bread.”

“I paid extra for a ’window’ seat. This was the only row on the entire plane that didn’t have a window...”

These people also had a bad day, but were saved by a sense of humor.