Doing something wrong in front of others can get embarrassing. We can't all be perfect, so the hiccups are funny or learning experiences. The following people messed up in obvious ways, and you can bet they had red faces.
But of course, an incident that's a little embarrassing for them can also be pretty funny for everyone else. As long as anyone doesn't take it too far, those embarrassing moments can be a good chance to laugh at ourselves.
They Were Supposed To Be Bikers...
The woman understood the assignment, but the man did not. He looks ready for a marathon. I'm sure the others at the party got a good laugh from this mistake.
That said, it's pretty wholesome that this was the first place the guy's mind went when he heard the word, "biker." The word he was looking for was "cyclist," which isn't really a type to get in much trouble outside of Tour de France doping scandals.
Jump On Three... 1.. 2..
Maybe she couldn't hear well when they did the countdown. She's pretty far from the dock in this photo. Why did she jump so early? She must really like the water.
It would be one thing if there was some confusion as to whether to go on "three" or if the third count was supposed to come before the word "go," but it doesn't look like this girl was anywhere near three when she started. Hopefully, this isn't a race because that's some head start.
Costume Parade Gone Wrong
This costume parade was for the students, not the parents. How do you think he feels? He looks like he's owning it in this photo, but he probably sweated out that suit.
Anyone who's ever worn a mascot suit knows how hot those things get and how quickly they can get that hot. At least it seems like a fairly cool day. It's a lot harder to be the most fun dad on the block when you pass out in your costume.
Chaos Theory Prevails
This is an incredibly cute Christmas tree decoration for anyone who's seen the original Jurassic Park (and really, who hasn't at this point?).
The best part is that it's a great way to repurpose a dented-up toy car. This person went from failure to triumph in one fell swoop.
Are You Sure?
Back-to-school kits are always fun for the kids, with the package usually including a couple of pencils, a pencil sharpener, and maybe a case.
Of course, this back-to-school kit is a bit different, and might not be allowed in school — especially if that school has metal detectors.
They Agreed To Be Pirates
When they said pirates, they meant Jack Sparrow. This man thought it was open to any pirate. If he wanted to be a baseball player instead, he should've said something to someone.
That said, this man must be a true fan because most people aren't going to think of Pittsburgh when they think of pirates. That's probably even true of baseball fans, as the Pirates haven't won a World Series since 1979 and haven't earned any division titles since 1992.
That Darn Cookie
How does this even happen? It looks like it would've been a brilliant design if it was done right. Thanks to a chocolate chip, people sitting next to that window can't see outside.
It's especially bad if nobody is even supposed to sit in front of the first window. This definitely seems like something they only realized they messed up right as the customer was about to arrive. Life really is like a sitcom at times.
Close Enough
There are two types of people in the world: Those who insist on an accurate, specific greeting card for special occasions, and those who are willing to repurpose old cards.
We'll let you guess which category this person belongs in.
Room With A View
While the view from the outside, showing a gargantuan Santa Claus scaling this office building King Kong-style, is upsetting enough, spare a thought for whoever works in that office.
For the whole month of December, they'll be deprived of natural light and forced to look at a super-sized inflatable Santa crotch.
That's All Bad
Imagine this was the last toilet paper roll in the whole house. That would be awful.The baby seems to understand that she messed up with her actions, but that's okay.
It's hard to tell whether the toddler even knows if this was an accident to begin with or if she thought it would be a fun game right up until her parents clearly weren't amused. She didn't even try to wrap herself up like a mummy first.
But Why?
How do you stop with the port-a-potty in the middle of the road like this? I hope this wasn't a mistake and it was a nutty joke instead. That's wild.
After all, it's not hard to see how someone could derive some evil humor from watching drivers lose their minds honking at a rogue port-a-potty. That and it seems so hard to believe that this facility fell off a truck and landed in a perfectly upright position.
It Finally Happened
Have you ever asked yourself why, in literal terms, a chicken might cross a road?
This police snippet doesn't get us any closer to the "why" of the matter, but it does let us know that letting a chicken cross the road might be a bylaw infraction.
Two Of A Kind?
This would be a charming card for a kid to give to a grandparent, but a bit of the meaning is lost when the kid gives an identical card to two grandparents.
It's the thought that counts, at least — although in this case, it's possible there wasn't all that much thought to begin with.
Barry! Barry! Fix Your Cup, Man
Barry is out here acting like everything is fine with an upside-down mug on TV. No one whispered to him to flip it around? Do you think this messes with ratings?
Barry must be having one rough morning. This also makes it pretty hard to believe that Kerry has anything in her cup either. Have newscasters just been pointlessly holding these things for all this time? May Barry accidentally became his own top story with this one.
Not Very Appetizing
We've seen, time and time again, unfortunate signs that use this abbreviation for "assorted."
Look, it's a long word to fit on a small sign and all, but surely there must be a better way to shorten things.
Bold Strategy Here
This applicant has found a fun way to stand out from other job-seekers, with a resume designed to pique HR's curiosity.
It might work, but at the same time, the guy is submitting a blank page in an ultra-competitive job market.
When You Hide Easter Eggs In The Oven
Hiding Easter eggs and letting the kids find them is pretty fun. As a reminder, don't put the eggs in the oven. Someone could've found a wad of money otherwise.
Somehow it doesn't seem like much consolation to say that the purple highlights make the ruined money look so much prettier now. That's especially true in light of the fact that it seems like there's at least $20 in here, assuming those are all fives.
Forever Trapped
Roundabouts have a reputation for being complicated and difficult to navigate, but anyone who's used one on a regular basis will tell you that things aren't that tricky.
Then again, when you're a little car and you've been surrounded on all sides by articulated buses, it probably doesn't feel that way.
I'm A Bit Confused
Whatever your beliefs are regarding the holiday season, you can probably agree that Santa's job is mostly all about presents.
In fact, aside from pre-Christmas mall visits, Santa's job is explicitly about delivering presents in a speedy manner rather than wasting his time tenderly watching sleeping babies.
Don't Ever Cut Like This
Don't ever walk into someone's home and cut a cake like this. Don't do this in your own home. This is not acceptable and is a horrible thing for anyone to do to an innocent cake.
The wildest part is that this looks like other people were around when they did this. Did nobody stop them? Maybe they assumed that this would be one of the millions of people who knows cakes are supposed to be cut through the center, rather than at random.
"I Forgot To Remove The Placeholder Text I Added"
Well, that's pretty awkward to see when you go to pick up the final product. It's okay, his son won't mind until he gets a little older so he shouldn't worry.
Honestly, this is close enough to some other jokey shirts that he could play this off like it was intentional all along. That would still make it funnier than Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey and probably wouldn't be anywhere near as insulting to the character's legacy.
How Do You Go Down?
I guess if you get in this elevator you're only going up. I'm sure someone can just spin that button around, but why haven't they? Things like this show you how dedicated the maintenance crew is. Not at all dedicated.
Even if this is on the ground floor, it would make more sense to just include one button that goes up. Unless one of them goes to Narnia or something, it's a little hard to see the point of the second one.
This was a little too weird to be a prank
As Reddit user BathroomSpiders explained, they put some clothes in their apartment building's washing machines only to find that one of them had a massive clump of hair in it before.
It's hard to tell whether the other person just underwent a big shave or whether they've become inured to how much their pets shed. Either way, this turned out to be an expensive and time-consuming problem to fix. Thanks a lot!
"So, what Tim Burton character is this supposed to be?"
In a vacuum, it's hard not to assume this is some obscure Tim Burton character. He's dressed in a suit, but it's with an air of moody darkness that suggests this is a misunderstood character living in a scary place.
Without knowing Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, it's hard to know how much that description lines up with his life. However, it's pretty unlikely that even he would recognize that this figure is supposed to be him. Unless this tattooist is 14 years old, that's pretty rough.
Someone must have been really near the end of their shift
Admittedly, Reddit user Anonybibbs put in an unorthodox order when they asked for a McDouble with no cheese rather than a double hamburger. However, the idiosyncrasies of McDonald's menu are such that it's cheaper to do that, which isn't exactly the uploader's fault.
Yet, even if the order is worthy of an eye-roll, that doesn't make one worker's omission of any of the meat any less of a blunder. Worse yet, they left the part the customer wanted to get rid of. Even Ed from Good Burger was better at following directions when he made this mistake.
Believe it or not, this started with kids brushing their teeth
After most people see this picture, they think, "No matter how clumsy I get, there's no way I could ever see myself brushing my teeth badly enough to cause this." However, those people aren't currently children with aggressive brothers.
As Reddit user GutFeelingonTheLong explained, two of their kids started roughhousing while they brushed their teeth, and the youngest retreated to the shower. However, the fight eventually found its way inside, and the shower door shattered completely as a result. This is going to take a few weeks of allowances to fix.
The original design is weird but it's not quite that weird
Since it was first unveiled, many people have been less than impressed by Tesla's Cybertruck. However, that doesn't mean that someone can make their own Frankenstein mobile and pass it off as a genuine article without people noticing.
Admittedly, the work they did here was solid enough that it feels mean to compare this to a soapbox derby car. Still, that doesn't mean people are likely to pay the $10,000 they're asking for, even though that would be a steal for a genuine Cybertruck.
Well, it's the thought that counts
Sometimes, it's hard to recognize the typos we make until our spellcheckers catch them. So, when there isn't a red line running underneath our mistakes, the chances are much better that we won't catch them until it's too late.
However, that doesn't mean it's not still a little embarrassing when there are only three words in large letters, and somebody still manages to spell one of them wrong. At least it was just the "and," though. This romantic gesture would have lost a lot if the person misspelled their partner's name.
"Creatively constructed" is a scary phrase for neighbors
Based on Reddit user larkuel's description of their neighbor's DIY attempts, it sounded like this was the inevitable result. As they said, "He built a fence on top of a 50-year-old cinderblock wall retaining wall with some...creative construction choices."
Shockingly, that didn't turn out to be a very good idea. Since the fence wasn't properly secured, it fell off the wall and crashed into their yard. Even passive-aggressive neighbors might be a little better than whatever possessed this guy to think this would work.
Everyone makes typos but they're rarely this bad
Every now and then, people will find that they've misspelled a word so intensely that even a phone's autocorrect will be completely stumped. In such cases, they went so far off the beaten path that they created an all-new word.
Honestly, it's pretty clear from the context that they meant "inaugural." That said, even if somebody were to guess by sounding the word out, they're not going to come up with a word that looks anything like "ignagurial." Between the extra G and the extra vowel, did a cat step on the keyboard without anyone noticing?
Wait, when does this event start?
Preparing for this event couldn't be easier! All attendees have to do is show up at 7 pm to work on their core for 40 minutes, enjoy their five-minute complimentary consultation, and then head off to the yoga room to prepare for the event that started 45 minutes ago.
So, the obvious truth is that they meant "6:45 pm" on the first part of this schedule but managed to mess up enough that anyone coming to this event has to resort to time travel to participate as directed. Even a hasty crossing out of that first seven would have been better than nothing.
This was a high-risk time to change her hair
For those who are wondering what made this woman so disappointed, she got the idea to touch up her bangs before her date that night. Unfortunately, things didn't entirely go according to plan. Naturally, that's got her feeling a little blue.
However, the great Yogi Berra was right when he said, "It ain't over 'til it's over." Even if her date doesn't like the look of her bangs, the charming way she tells the story of what happened could still totally endear her to them. Don't give up!
The sad part is that there was a much easier way to do this
The owner of this Kia recently bought a lawnmower, but ran into a problem many people experience when they go to the Home Depot. What they bought doesn't quite fit into their cars. So, this person made the necessary sacrifice of punching out their back window so it could fit.
That's all great, except that it wasn't a necessary sacrifice at all. The handle on lawnmowers like this folds in for this exact reason. Those repairs are going to be expensive, and the driver made them necessary for nothing. Womp womp.
The only silver lining is that this wasn't worse.
As Reddit user VladimirStalin explained, someone in their neighborhood crashed his car into their bedroom wall. Although the driver had an excuse for why they were driving so dangerously, the uploader wasn't buying it for a second.
As they explained, the driver claimed to have passed out behind the wheel before their car smashed into the wall. However, they also have a reputation for being a reckless driver, so it seems more likely that they were speeding and lost control of the car. Bye-bye license.
This is the most expensive way to make Nickelodeon Gak
As Reddit user Sufficient-Alps-5106, the disappointment of one parent was palpable as they explained why this car seemed to be growing alien life under the hood. Apparently, this monstrosity was all their teenager's fault.
Apparently, the teen decided that it would be a great idea to dump windshield wiper fluid in the slot that says "oil." They then proceeded to drive it merrily along until Slimer from Ghostbusters here clogged the engine enough to make the car stop. That kid's still going to be working this one off when they're 30.
Just a little to the right, folks
It's a real shame when a cool idea is executed badly. After all, it would be pretty cool to see the exact angles a door reaches as it opens and making a giant protractor on the floor is a pretty creative way to communicate that.
Unfortunately, it seems that it didn't occur to somebody to actually open the door and see which way it swings before they went to the trouble of making this. Honestly, even a quick look at the hinge should tell them they're putting it in the wrong place. This is the difference between intelligence and wisdom.
At least it matches the cartoon character now
Sometimes, the worst thing about giving a wonderful gift to somebody is having it delivered. After all, all of the skill and creativity that goes into an expertly decorated cake means nothing if some delivery driver ends up playing soccer with it.
Unfortunately, it almost seems like the customer was tempting fate when they wanted an unconscious cartoon character sitting on top of the cake. It's hard not to admit that this smashed cake fits the X's in the character's eyes a lot better than the intended results would.
How does somebody even do this by accident?
Every now and then, someone will get a pizza with toppings that shift to the side. It's the pitfall of carrying a pizza under one arm, as gravity has a way of wrecking pizzas that aren't held upright.
However, even those moments usually don't have all of the toppings clumped into one little cluster like this. It seems like the only way this should have happened is if the driver played Hopscotch with the pizza held between their knees. To be fair, that would be quite a sight.
When they said, "I like Ike," this isn't what they meant
The world is full of sketchy off-brands of famous products but it's not often that they're this blatant about it. Unless there's another flip-flop that says "Mike," they couldn't make it more obvious that this is a Nike slide with the serial number filed off.
It is fun to imagine a parallel universe where Michael Jordan partnered with a company called "Ike," though. Maybe this universe had President Eisenhower get really into footwear after he left the Oval Office. Stranger things have happened.
Left The Wheel
If you couldn't get the other wheel, you might as well have left the whole thing behind. What are you going to do now, find another bike with a wheel you can take?
The only way to get more extra than this is for the thief to cobble a bike together from the small pieces they've stolen from other people. It would be a smaller scale version of the Johny Cash song, "One Piece At A Time."
When You Don't Pay Attention To The Tide
High tide isn't a joke. That water rises abruptly, and the only thing you can do is get out of the way. This person left their truck in the wrong spot.
From the looks of things, they're going to have a whale of a time getting it out. It's nice to know there's a backup truck on the scene but that doesn't make this an easy job. This person will likely pay a lot more attention to the tides from here on out.
This Might Hurt Your Brain
This just has to hurt your brain, right? These escalators might give someone a seizure trying to read the words on them. How do you mess up like this?
It's one thing to finish a job, only to realize you've done it all wrong. However, it's quite another matter to clearly never read what you were supposed to write on this escalator. It looks like they thought they just needed to write "stand right" and panicked all over the upper steps when they realized they were wrong.