There’s nothing inherently wrong with being forgetful at times. However, these momentary memory lapses may sometimes lead to messy yet comical disasters.
These images from the Well That Sucks subreddit are prime examples. The name itself is self-explanatory, but the photos we’ve collected feature people’s hilarious mishaps after forgetting something important.
May this list serve as a reminder not to leave your car window open while getting a car wash, or take out the food from the oven before taking a nap… unless you want to deal with the chaotic aftermath .
aqui_nomas23 Report
Herwiththetwodogs Report
FrustratedLemonPrint Report
EclipseCaste Report
QuasarsRcool Report
maggiemoocorgipoo Report
Maple spice cake with a maple buttercream! Not the best cake decorating skills LOL and also burned my finger in the process.
internetfa1ry Report
monicapearl Report
AfterTheEarthquake2 Report
Modern-Day_Spartan Report
My mom owns a bakery and pushes up on 80 hours a week. She decided to make some traditional stollen bread for the holidays and tossed this loaf into a bag with laundry to wash at home. Long story short she forgot to remove the stollen before dumping the laundry in. I think she needs some time off.
Level_Bed_631 Report
First post op appointment after my knee surgery and after developing an infection. Very important I be seen today. Took off work for this appointment because one of my pre op appts had a 2-hour wait. I had to be driven here because I can’t drive myself. Walked up to the front desk when I arrived and then was told I was good to sit down, they’d check me in because of my crutches. Waited about an hour and then asked how much longer. They said they forgot to check me in. The person I talked to said she would have to check if I’d be able to be seen today. I definitely had some kinda look on my face because her coworker saw me and was like no no no just add her to the schedule and we’ll explain.
simplyikhanic Report
mavelol123 Report
mom2one2610 Report
mrstoness Report
I forgot to close the back door and this doofus ran out to roll in the dirt. Time for a second bath…
Chainsaw_Dragon Report
thishereticflesh Report
Today I wanted to use this backpack to go grocery shopping so I blindly grapped inside to remove everything. Well first I took out a yugioh tin and wondered what this mysterious dust and smell on it was… then I grapped the first tangerine.
Shirizuna Report
SvenSerpent Report
Got a set from goodwill mostly for decor cuz they’re cute but I’ve used them both multiple times and they work just fine. But don’t really whistle ….and usually I’m IN the kitchen while I’m making tea but this time I wasn’t n forgot about it. Came back in a few hours later to this. Wondering if the stove is salvageable and how I’m suppose to clean this up FML.
Professional-Will-42 Report
Bought myself a nearly mint Sony RX100 M5 for $1100 on March 28th then I brought it with me on a quick road trip on April 18th. I put it inside my small side bag and forgot to zip the bag before getting out of the car. As soon I got up the camera flew out and smacked onto the concrete floor of a parking garage. Got a quote for the repair at over $1100. Learnt a very expensive lesson to zip up my bag.
Justin3210 Report
We have a bulk ice flake machine at my work and last night shift forgot to turn it off, this is what happened to running it all night.
ToGoNuclearOrNot Report
m4tty33 Report
swagboyclassman Report
longislandicedz Report
carrs-for-life-32 Report
reddit.com Report
The first time there was more ice inside my car than outside it. Forgot I didn’t take this can into work, and well the Midwest is gonna do its thing.
gldnplr Report
irishdrunkwanderlust Report
I forgot to change the address on the app. And although he lives nearby, I can’t contact him to get back the box… because I have a restraining order against him and he’s about to stand trial for domestic violence crimes he committed against me.
Neolithique Report
Woke up to half cooked creamy garlic chicken parmesan meal prep that sat at room temp for 9 hours. Food poisoning ready to serve! Love him to pieces but definitely the derp moment of the day. Bowl looks gross because we back to backed barbacoa and chicken.
ScrupulousScorpion Report
Bag has been outside the door since Friday night.
rambaz710 Report
Katonmyceilingeatcow Report
dontbetouchy Report
FalconDifferent5132 Report
Bonus points for the litter that spilled and the 4 hours of tinkering with my sump pump to pull this all out.
Elden_Sage Report
Was gone on vacation and used all of my available PTO for it. I guess someone forgot to input it into payroll.
future-rad-tech Report
umberto_pagano Report
Nikola_Orsinov Report
Tomsboll Report
Got called in for a later shift today and only had three hours, so I tried to do a quick wash on all of my laundry, 2 loads… the second load I didn’t realize had my belt in it still attached to my jeans until I came down right before leaving for work with the culprit smack dab on top… Glad I picked up that extra shift.
ToastedTiefling Report
I did what I could and honked when I rolled in and she rolled out, she did exit the vehicle and take the fuel cap off of the fuel door and close everything back up but I watched with fear as the water jets repeatedly passed.
vinchenzo68 Report
itsHardToHaveAUsrena Report
avcamp Report
RecordCrasher Report
i strained my groin, but i put kt tape on my thigh to help me be able to play tennis. needless to say, but i forgot im super sensitive to latex, this is after four hours of having it on, and three hours having it off, the residue hurts too much to remove.
yourfriendeliza Report
myburneracc6 Report
I had just purchased this box of cat food the week prior. I had noticed a faint odor, but couldn’t figure out where it was coming from. I thought it was just a random city smell and forgot all about it. Cue yesterday, time to feed the kitties (most feral), so I go to open their new box of food. The box has been sitting on some bricks for a few days. By the smells, I thought a rat had somehow got in the box and died, so I dumped it. Nope. Somehow, some cans had been busted or crushed open. That smell was rot, mold and bugs. Do maggots leave exoskeleton shells behind? That crusty mess is bug shells. It smelled like dead rat and rotten stuff. Of course I’d thrown away my receipt, so that’s long gone. I did purchase with card, but I don’t be able to get back to that store (Walmart) until Monday morning. Hopefully they’ll be able reprint it. I’ve already contacted Friskies and they’re offering to send me a coupon to replace the items. I just need store/purchase info first. There is NO way this is going back in my car. Directly into the garbage. Luckily I had some cans of kitten foods I’d been saving.
Elistariel Report
Normally, I pack my lunch the night before but forgot, so I grabbed a can of soup this morning. Turns out I took the wrong can, and it didn’t have a pull tab. This is why I can’t pack a lunch before leaving for work.
OkDate7197 Report
mitchdwx Report
Still have OG 1st gen, lost a right bud of my 3rd (2nd?) gen that I had replaced at the Apple Store. Left went through the wash AND dryer… lost the right one again 3 weeks ago. We’ll see what happens…
missybeputtinitdown Report
adorelive Report
Started the machine before i went to work and got home to this. I was washing my bed sheets and some other stuff and i forgot to close the buttons on the bedding and it all kind of formed a big ball of wet and heavy clothes in there.
aysepivec Report
Sarah-tonin-def Report
They are no stuck to the papertowel and if i take one off paper sticks to it. Maybe ill go plant it somewhere.
t-o-m-u-s-a Report
She was pulled away by her bodyguards before I could take another. She was kind though and chose to come over to our little group, no one rushed at her or anything (just for clarification). This was right after her and Pete Davidson got engaged. So he was there, and Frankie Grande was there which was cool
Serious-Jellyfish-38 Report
InterestingCarpet453 Report
Low-Baseball-7978 Report
Siper647 Report
I got a large strawberry banana PB smoothie but they made the first one in a small cup with just the PB part. I asked them ab the size and she said she forgot the strawberries and was wondering why it turned into a small. She remade the large with just the strawberry part. It feels like a deconstructed smoothie and I look so big backed in class rn drinking two separate smoothies.
Xx_Marxlle_xX Report
He has decided to call it his trophy wall. They look so peaceful there. I thought it was funny. Plus, it’s convenient - now I have spare lashes?
Taekyungoppa Report
grandmastoasted Report
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