15 Photos Showing Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Some things get ruined by age, weather, or plain bad luck. These are not those things. These are the moments when somebody ignores wet concrete, puts the wrong thing in the dishwasher, misjudges a garage door, or discovers that a truck is definitely taller than the bridge ahead. The damage ranges from mildly annoying to spectacularly expensive, but the common thread is painfully simple: a person was involved, and the nice thing lost. Sometimes all it takes is one careless move, one questionable decision, or one machine in exactly the wrong place. The photos tend to make the mistake pretty obvious. Here are 15 photos showing exactly why we cannot have nice things.
The New Car Made It 24 Hours
Someone managed to scratch the owner’s brand-new car less than a day after they brought it home.
One Paint Can Took Out the Entire Interior
A container of paint opened inside a recently purchased car, giving the floor a color nobody had selected.
The New Garage Door Lasted One Week
A teenager backed into both garage doors one week after a new opener was installed, which is impressively bad timing.
Fresh Concrete Apparently Looked Walkable
Someone walked straight across freshly poured concrete and left behind a permanent little record of the decision.
The Fiber Install Came With a Broken TV
Internet installers moved the TV during a fiber installation, and the owner later found a large damaged patch across the screen.
The Lawn Mower Cut Its Own Power Cord
A brand-new electric mower ran over its own cable during one of its first uses and immediately became considerably less electric.
One Suncatcher Took Out the Whole Desk
A small suncatcher fell onto a glass desk and somehow won the matchup immediately.
Someone Put the Wrong Mug in the Dishwasher
Someone at work put a heat-changing Star Trek mug in the dishwasher and washed away most of the thing that made it fun.
One Tire Turned This Into a Paint Explosion
A car drove over a tube of yellow acrylic paint in a parking lot, spraying the nearby vehicle, its owner, and equipment with bright yellow paint in one extremely efficient mistake.
The Car Wash Left Souvenirs
A recently purchased car went through an automatic wash and came out cleaner, plus several scratches nobody ordered.
One Forklift Puncture Turned Everything Purple
A forklift punctured a 2,000-pound tote of purple ink, covering the trailer and loading area in a very committed new color scheme.
Gardening Took Out the Internet
Someone found the buried fiber cable with a garden tool and instantly turned yard work into an internet outage.
The Moving Truck Lost an Argument With a Bridge
A box truck met a low overpass at full speed and came out the other side with considerably more ventilation.
The $3,000 Desk Did Not Survive the Move
Someone tried moving a $3,000 glass-top desk alone and ended up turning most of it into very expensive confetti.
Someone Gave the Table a Permanent Candle Coaster
A lit candle left unattended on a wooden table burned a perfect dark circle into the surface overnight.