20 Times a minor distraction led to major disasters

There are times when we decide to let our guard down or stop paying attention to something for just a minute.

Sometimes things end up okay, but other times that results in some pretty bad things happening. This is a list of times when people forgot about something for only a minute, but it resulted in a bigger problem.

The Forgotten Spatula

Melted spatula in a lasagna dish.
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This person was all excited to eat their lasagna and they put the tray back into the oven to keep warm.

The only problem was that the plastic spatula was still on the tray and it's now melted into the dish.

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Baking Glasses

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Reading glasses baked into a cake
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Have you ever wondered where you might have left your glasses only to find that you baked them into your cake?

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That is what happened to this person who only found the glasses when they took the cake out of the oven.

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Unorganized Eyes

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Craft eyes container opened the wrong way and now there is a mess.
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These craft eyes were purchased specially for the organization case that they came in.

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The owner made a mess of that in a hurry when they failed to open the case from the right side.

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High-Pressure Situation

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Pressure cooker that has exploded and broken the oven and the cupboards.
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This is one reason why you should never leave anything unattended on the stove.

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These people found out the hard way that their pressure cooker was just that, very pressurized.

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Uneven Paper Towels

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Paper towel dispensers that are not level.
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Once the maintenance worker messed up the alignment on one of the paper towel dispensers, they probably decided to just make all of them uneven.

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This way the user is left to guess which one is actually at the proper level.

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Lava Toast

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Red hot piece of burnt toast
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There is leaving your toast in for too long and then there is this.

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This piece of toast has been toasted for so long it looks like it came out of a volcano!

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Toppingless Pizza

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Pizza that the toppings have slid to one side.
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As a delivery driver, you want to make sure that you get the customer their food properly.

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This customer was disappointed to find that their driver did not carry the pizza the right way.

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Stolen Scanner

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Hand holding a price scanner from a store
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This person made it all the way home from the store before they realized that they had managed to bring home one of the item scanners.

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It was a long drive back and an even longer story to explain how it happened.

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Fallen Dinner

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Cheese toast fallen off of a plate and onto the ground.
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When you are very hungry and go to all the effort to make yourself a delicious snack, the anticipation of that first bite is such a great feeling.

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This person never got to experience that feeling as they let the cheese toast slide off of the plate.

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Dropped Shredder

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Shredded paper all over the floor and counter.
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Having a paper shredder is a great way to dispose of important documents that you don't want to just put in the recycling bin.

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When this person went to empty it, they let the container slip and made a big mess.

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Forgotten Mug

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Keurig machine with coffee spilled onto the counter.
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Starting the day with a fresh cup of coffee is a must for many people.

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This person was rather disappointed when they came back to the machine and found that they forgot to put their mug in the right place.

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Dust Surprise

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Kitchen with dust all over the floor
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This person's friend thought that they were going to be surprising their friend with a colored confetti cannon.

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It turns out that what they actually bought was a huge dust cannon that made nothing but a huge mess.

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Cupboard Dog

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Dog on top of cupboards in a kitchen. Man on the ground looking up at dog and other dogs also looking up at the dog.
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This dog owner let one of his dogs out of his sight for just a little too long.

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When he came into the kitchen, he found the dog managed to get up on top of the kitchen cupboards.

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Frozen Sodas

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Exploded Diet Coke cans in the back of a car.
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There is a fine line between keeping soda cans out in the cold to keep them chilled, and when they get too cold and explode.

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This person forgot that they had some Diet Cokes in their trunk in the winter and were left with a big mess to clean up.

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Misplaced Headphone

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Headphone case with only one headphone in it.
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You can have a lot of time on your hands when waiting in an airport.

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This person had nearly five hours to kill for a layover, but only realized as his plane was about to board that he had left a headphone on his previous plane.

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Melting Tongs

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Plastic tongs melting overtop of a frying pan.
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It's always tough to figure out what to do with a pair of tongs when you're needing them in the kitchen.

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This person fell into the trap of forgetting that they had let them rest on the side of the hot pan.

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The Hidden Cookies

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Open oven with burnt and melted food inside.
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These parents were hiding cookies in the oven from their children.

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The only problem is that they forgot they were in there when they preheated the oven and are now left with a big mess.

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Screens Galore

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Taxi driver with many screens by the steering wheel.
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This taxi driver looks like he would rather be doing about 12 other things than driving the car.

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We would feel pretty nervous getting in the back if the driver had that many screens and wires on the go.

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Nearly Clean Off

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Transport truck with the roof dangling off of the back.
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The driver of this truck only misjudged the height of a bridge by a very small amount.

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But that small amount was still enough for the roof of the truck to come clean off.

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Extreme Caramel Reduction

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Pot of caramel that has overflowed and burned.
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Making caramel means that you have to reduce sugar down into a syrup in a pot.

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This pot was left far too long on the burner and now looks like a pot of lava.