Remember Daniel Powter's song Bad Day? The one where he sings about our blue sky fading to gray and our passion going away? There's something about belting your worries away that's quite relieving.
But Bored Panda has something even better, something that should help you forget your troubles altogether. Even if for a little while.
You see, we Lithuanians "like to watch our neighbor's house burn" so in honor of our roots, what if we painted their sky even darker? No, not black. More like a bottle of sweet and sour sauce exploding in a bag. Or accidentally taking a laxative instead of aspirin.
We put together a new list of pictures that show people having a terrible day, and we're quite confident they will make you feel better about yours. Scroll down to check out the images and catch up on the series here, here, and here.
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Look I've Heard It's Rough In Australia, But South Africa Hits Different. No Morning Swim Today
Lit A Match To Light A Candle On The Toilet. Flew Out Of My Hand And Landed In My Underwear While Burning
I simultaneously knocked the candle off the counter in a panic and it shattered all over the floor while my underwear caught fire.
Dealing with unexpected situations can be tricky. And not just in terms of the money needed to clean up the mess. "Some degree of anxiety is normal and even necessary," Dr. Ann Epstein, a psychiatrist at Harvard-affiliated Cambridge Health Alliance and medical editor of the Harvard Special Health Report Coping with Anxiety and Stress, said.
"Anxiety signals to us that something is awry or might need our attention. However, you don't want the response to become exaggerated or to dominate your life," Epstein explained. Good coping mechanisms for stress and anxiety can help you get through turbulent times.
Mistakes Were Made In The Media
I Think My Dad Regrets His Decision To Clean The Gutters With A Leaf Blower
But Vanessa Bohns, an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Cornell University and the author of the forthcoming book 'You Have More Influence Than You Think,’ had some good news for us. In an earlier Bored Panda interview, she said that being embarrassed (and not hiding it!) can actually help us connect with other people. Hopefully, it’ll convince you to embrace blushing, feeling embarrassed, and being in awkward situations.
“Displaying signs of mild embarrassment can actually be socially constructive and make people feel more sympathetic towards you in the face of your faux pas,” Vanessa explained.
At Least He Left A Note There
Yesterday Our Neighbor's 80' Locust Tree Gave Us Some Live Edge Skylights, A Great View Of The Stars, And That Rainforest Cafe Atmosphere That Our Living Room Had Just Always Been Missing
No injuries, dogs pissed the bed, life goes on.
I Can't Find The Culprit That Left This In My House
“I don’t necessarily think you need to take pains to hide it,” Vanessa added that we ought to avoid running away from our embarrassment or pretending that we’re not feeling like we’re feeling.
However, there is something that we should be aware of and that’s not letting our embarrassment turn to shame. A healthy dose of blushing and awkward mumbling is one thing, but deep-seated shame is problematic in the long run.
In-Laws Invited Us Over For Dinner. It Was A Trap
They're going to inherit it in the end, anyway. Make sure it's built well.
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Invited for dinner but you have to build the table and the chairs? Oh boy i hope the food is ready and you don't have to cook it yourselves😅😅
For dinner they got deconstructed food (yes, it's areal thing and no, I don't know why)
Load More Replies... You want fun? I have a double cupboard that I'm trying to assemble from last week! Wanna come over?
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Are you free for dinner next week ... I'm having a do-it-yourself log cabin delivered?
Never had a problem putting this kind of thing together. I would help no problem.
My mother in law would have a list of chores for me ever time we visited her. I was annoyed at first but then I realized I was the only person she had to do the stuff, not saying I wasn’t still annoyed, just made it easier to stomach
You're a good son-in-law, worth your weight in gold.
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I can only assume they are preparing dinner while you prepare the table?
On the other hand, this will go a long way towards cementing good relations.
I would absolutely enjoy putting all that stuff together!!! I guess that's just my personality.
this happened to me a few days ago my parents asked if we wanted planters ended up picking up the planters and helping them move
I usually got the can you fix the remote control the second we walked in the door
I'd invite them over, but not to make them put it together--to give myself the incentive to put it together myself!
No….no….not a trap….just a convenient coincidence. This is what kids are for. And you have to feed them anyway :)
I actually love assembling furniture. And then being fed, too? I'm there!
In-law: ...and once you finished assembling the furniture, you can start cooking dinner! I hope you brought all the ingredients!
I’m An Idiot And My Wife Won’t Stop Laughing At Me
I'm laughing at you too. While thinking "Don't laugh, that could easily have been you".
Schrodinger's Baby
Is It Funnier Knowing That These Are Antidepressants?
“What you want to be careful not to do is to let embarrassment morph into the more destructive self-conscious emotion of shame, where you feel so badly about a minor mistake that you start to think there is something wrong with you and feel the need to completely disappear and hide away yourself,” Vanessa said.
Hopefully, this list will convince you to embrace blushing and climb out of awkward situations with stronger interpersonal connections!
I Think My Attempt At Growing Tomatoes Turn Out Rather Well
I Took Some Aspirin When I Was Tired Really Late At Night. I Realized An Hour Later That What I Took Was Not Aspirin
You Are Not Going To Believe What Happened While You Were Gone
That’s a very, very anxious dog who needs to be kept busy or kept with you.
Results From An Allergy Test - My Body Reacts To Every Type Of Local Allergen
My Boss's Secretary Quit This Morning After Delivering Breakfast
I Chewed On It Twice Thinking It Was A Clove Of Garlic Before I Made The Horrific Realization It Was A Fingernail
“I Think I Left A Window Open Last Night, Not Sure”
In Ten Seconds I'm Going To Discover The Value Of Lifejackets And Renter's Insurance
Slipped In The Shower, Landed On The Toilet
The Diamond In My Ring Fell Out Today. It Came With A 10-Year Workmanship Guarantee. Yesterday Was Our 10th Wedding Anniversary
It's like they're programmed to break as soon as the guarantee expires!
In 2003, A Technician Forgot To Log That He Had Removed 24 Bolts During The Maintenance Of The Noaa-19 Satellite, Causing The Satellite To Fall Over And Costing $135,000,000 In Damages
Today’s My Birthday. No One Could Make It Over For Pizza And Games, The Power Went Out And I Twisted My Ankle Because I Couldn’t See Coming Down The Stairs
It’ll be me, the guitar, and some tears tonight. Happy 20th to me!
A Bird Pooped In The Open Mouth Piece Of My Coffee
Someone At My Stepdad's Work Put Dry Ice In The Toilet By Mistake
Kids Learned A Couple New Words Today
-25 Outside. Heavy Grocery Bag. No Gloves. Long Reunion/Chat With Old Friend In Parking Lot. Gravity
My Neighbors Had A Party Last Night. That’s My Trampoline
Went Down To The Basement To Do Laundry
My Toddler And I Walked To The Park. Just To Find That The Whole Playground Has Been Removed
I’m Being Overcharged By Insurance After My Daughter Was Born. This Is The Pile Of Mail I Have To Go Through To Prove They’re Ripping Me Off. Pear For Scale
That Time I Went To London And Finally Got To See Big Ben
Tried To Buzzcut My Hair Because All The Barbers Were Closed, Clipper Called It Quits Halfway Through. 4 Days Until My Amazon One Arrives
I Now Remember That Yesterday I Wanted A Cool Soda
Turned On The Wrong Burner And Then Grabbed A Metal Bowl That Was Sitting Above The Flame. Ouch. Yup. Those Are Blisters
Cars After Freezing Rain In Vladivostok, Russia
GF And I Have Covid. Heater Went Out, Technician Can't Come Out Due To Quarantine. Decided To Try And Fix It Myself
Tripped over a pipe and fell through the ceiling. Does anyone need a handyman?
Ordered A New Chlorinator For The Pool, The Instructions Came On VHS
We Heard Crash In The Middle Of The Night - Though That Was A Thief But It Was This
Mistakes Were Made
I Think I’m Going To Need A Bigger Bucket
I Have Two Outlets In My House That Don't Work. Purchased 2 New Outlets To Replace Them. Turns Out There Are No Wires To Connect Them To
“2021 Dad Of The Year” Ladies And Gentlemen. I Told Her To Shower, Instead Of Rinse Her Hair Out, Right After Dying It
I Forgot The Pepsi Was In The Back Of My Car, And It Was -16 Fahrenheit Night Before Last
It never occurred to me that it gets so cold in some countries that this happens!
I Did Not Look Closely Enough At That Label
Bottle Of Sweet & Sour Sauce Exploded In My Bag
Amazon Speedy Delivery, Right To Your Living Room
Somehow Chucked A Dirty Nappy In The Washing Machine This Morning
So How Is Your Morning Going?
When You've Been Looking Forward To A Reese's All Day But Then You Open One Up And Find A Worm In It
Note: this post originally had 176 images. It’s been shortened to the top 51 images based on user votes.
I just want to ask some of the people in the comments – it must be really nice to know absolutely everything and never make a mistake? And also, didn't your mother teach you that if you don't have anything nice to say, you are allowed to just shut up?
Because you had a bad day, you're takin' one down, you sing a sad song just to turn it around. You say you don't know, you tell me don't lie, you work at a smile and you go for a ride, you had a bad day... you had a bad day.
I found out a week or so ago I have to get 4-6 teeth pulled. It's happening a week from now. Yippee.
True story-had been going thru a bad time, but it was New Years Day, & I was hoping things would improve. Early AM, I decided to run to the store while roads were deserted. On the way back, on a straight 2 lane back road, I saw the first vehicle in a while way up ahead. As it approached I could see it was a garbage truck. When it got closer, a piece of trash actually levitated up & hovered for a couple seconds over the truck. As we closed, the trash flew from the truck, & straight towards my car, like it was targeting me. Naturally, the way things were going, the diaper hit the front edge of my hood, and exploded-sending it's load into my engine compartment and air inlet. Made it home by opening all my windows & putting my head out to breathe. Yep, it smelled that bad, & poop had made it into the HVAC ducting. Took hours of cleaning-sometimes w/ Q-tips to make the car drivable again. Bottom line-1st. day of the year, in a one in a million shot, the universe literally sh#t on me.
My bad day has lasted four years, my body is rejecting my new knee, due to the pandemic, I can not get it fixed
having had a worse day than yours: when your hiking partner starts to wake up after camping out in the desert overnight wake-up-61...975e5c.jpg 
having had a worse day than yours: when your co-worker receive yet another unfair evaluation from the boss and snaps where-is-t...316a13.jpg 
having had a worse day than yours: when your zoo co-worker has to listen to an angry, lengthy rebuke from the boss panda for bringing his breakfast late for the third time that week latewithbr...ea05dc.jpg 
Ooh! I want a turn! This morning I threw a dog poop bag in the wrong bin, one of the big rolling curbside bins. It was otherwise empty and very, very clean, so I reached in to take it out and throw it away properly. I reached down, down, down…almost got it—and CRACK! goes a rib.
Ok what the heck is up with Reese's cups? The same thing happened to my sister when she was little. Nasty
Why is Ritesh Gawale's comment (4th one down) merely "hidden"? Why was it included at all. It's from another scammer abusing his privilege. It should be erased and he should be banned. If not you risk encouraging others to pollute this site.
Why is everyone writing with a 1 at the end of each post or is it because there's a glitch in the posting system?
Other people's misery does not make me laugh... Oh boy, what is wrong with me?!
having a worse day than yours: when the zoo biology intern gets an unexpected assignment to collect field samples for the lab QuitCompla...15b631.jpg 
having a worse day than yours: when your best buddy Ronnie the Rooster gets surprise caught in the farmer's lawnmower and gets spit out the other side: I-beat-the...7a0ddc.jpg 
having a worse day than yours: when playing at Ouija boards with your New Agey type friend, you spell out a strange word on the board, and she starts chanting it... turns out it was an ancient Latin word for "Shapeshift! Shapeshift!", and POOF! It happens! the-reptil...6c0140.jpg 
having a worse day than yours: when sister did not read the memo that said the bishop was going to install software that would allow him to monitor the PC's in the convent to find out who has been looking at all that porn they saw listed on the server history page dont-look-...d1457f.jpg 
having a worse day than yours: when your best friend who you stood by at their wedding gets divorced and has to start all over trying to find someone to date using modern internet dating services: honest-int...494bde.jpg 
having had a worse day than yours: when they realized the cheap calendar watch they bought at the discount store did not correctly advance the day indicator as it should have KCTCP2-614...3ae5cc.jpg 
having a worse day than yours: when you lose control of your dirt bike going downhill in the desert: dontplayin...aa7331.jpg 
Nearly a million people took the test, a rank of 6905 doesn't seem that bad. Unless I misunderstand the test rankings.
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having a worse day than yours: when your UFO obsessed friend tells you he will convince you that there are UFOs by arranging to get himself abducted. Only when he is finally onboard the saucer does the reality of the matter sink in: toserveman...5d0f2f.jpg 
having a worse day than yours: when your best pub crawl drinking buddy wakes up in the emergency room thatsfunny...1f1e4e.jpg 
having a worse day than yours: when your son says he has a new roommate at the dorm who is keeping some fairly exotic pets in the room so-trooo-6...a5fbd0.jpg 
having had a worse day than yours: your neighbor passes you on the way into his apt at the end of the day mydaytoday...dd5f58.jpg 
having a worse day than yours: when you and your family go to the park for a picnic with your sister and her family, and your idiot brother-in-law decides to prove he can still play like a kid on the spiral at the park tight-6142...aba6bf.jpg 
having a worse day than yours: when your ride to work that morning decided to go ahead and park next to the fireplug. "The cops never check, and nothing will happen", she said: goodjobfir...f7f423.jpg 
having a worse day than yours: when your project co-worker shows up late because he stopped to drink his 5th Redbull that morning on the long commute in doinfine-6...b0aafb.jpg 
I just want to ask some of the people in the comments – it must be really nice to know absolutely everything and never make a mistake? And also, didn't your mother teach you that if you don't have anything nice to say, you are allowed to just shut up?
Because you had a bad day, you're takin' one down, you sing a sad song just to turn it around. You say you don't know, you tell me don't lie, you work at a smile and you go for a ride, you had a bad day... you had a bad day.
I found out a week or so ago I have to get 4-6 teeth pulled. It's happening a week from now. Yippee.
True story-had been going thru a bad time, but it was New Years Day, & I was hoping things would improve. Early AM, I decided to run to the store while roads were deserted. On the way back, on a straight 2 lane back road, I saw the first vehicle in a while way up ahead. As it approached I could see it was a garbage truck. When it got closer, a piece of trash actually levitated up & hovered for a couple seconds over the truck. As we closed, the trash flew from the truck, & straight towards my car, like it was targeting me. Naturally, the way things were going, the diaper hit the front edge of my hood, and exploded-sending it's load into my engine compartment and air inlet. Made it home by opening all my windows & putting my head out to breathe. Yep, it smelled that bad, & poop had made it into the HVAC ducting. Took hours of cleaning-sometimes w/ Q-tips to make the car drivable again. Bottom line-1st. day of the year, in a one in a million shot, the universe literally sh#t on me.
My bad day has lasted four years, my body is rejecting my new knee, due to the pandemic, I can not get it fixed
having had a worse day than yours: when your hiking partner starts to wake up after camping out in the desert overnight wake-up-61...975e5c.jpg
having had a worse day than yours: when your co-worker receive yet another unfair evaluation from the boss and snaps where-is-t...316a13.jpg
having had a worse day than yours: when your zoo co-worker has to listen to an angry, lengthy rebuke from the boss panda for bringing his breakfast late for the third time that week latewithbr...ea05dc.jpg
Ooh! I want a turn! This morning I threw a dog poop bag in the wrong bin, one of the big rolling curbside bins. It was otherwise empty and very, very clean, so I reached in to take it out and throw it away properly. I reached down, down, down…almost got it—and CRACK! goes a rib.
Ok what the heck is up with Reese's cups? The same thing happened to my sister when she was little. Nasty
Why is Ritesh Gawale's comment (4th one down) merely "hidden"? Why was it included at all. It's from another scammer abusing his privilege. It should be erased and he should be banned. If not you risk encouraging others to pollute this site.
Why is everyone writing with a 1 at the end of each post or is it because there's a glitch in the posting system?
Other people's misery does not make me laugh... Oh boy, what is wrong with me?!
having a worse day than yours: when the zoo biology intern gets an unexpected assignment to collect field samples for the lab QuitCompla...15b631.jpg
having a worse day than yours: when your best buddy Ronnie the Rooster gets surprise caught in the farmer's lawnmower and gets spit out the other side: I-beat-the...7a0ddc.jpg
having a worse day than yours: when playing at Ouija boards with your New Agey type friend, you spell out a strange word on the board, and she starts chanting it... turns out it was an ancient Latin word for "Shapeshift! Shapeshift!", and POOF! It happens! the-reptil...6c0140.jpg
having a worse day than yours: when sister did not read the memo that said the bishop was going to install software that would allow him to monitor the PC's in the convent to find out who has been looking at all that porn they saw listed on the server history page dont-look-...d1457f.jpg
having a worse day than yours: when your best friend who you stood by at their wedding gets divorced and has to start all over trying to find someone to date using modern internet dating services: honest-int...494bde.jpg
having had a worse day than yours: when they realized the cheap calendar watch they bought at the discount store did not correctly advance the day indicator as it should have KCTCP2-614...3ae5cc.jpg
having a worse day than yours: when you lose control of your dirt bike going downhill in the desert: dontplayin...aa7331.jpg
Nearly a million people took the test, a rank of 6905 doesn't seem that bad. Unless I misunderstand the test rankings.
Load More Replies... having a worse day than yours: when your UFO obsessed friend tells you he will convince you that there are UFOs by arranging to get himself abducted. Only when he is finally onboard the saucer does the reality of the matter sink in: toserveman...5d0f2f.jpg
having a worse day than yours: when your best pub crawl drinking buddy wakes up in the emergency room thatsfunny...1f1e4e.jpg
having a worse day than yours: when your son says he has a new roommate at the dorm who is keeping some fairly exotic pets in the room so-trooo-6...a5fbd0.jpg
having had a worse day than yours: your neighbor passes you on the way into his apt at the end of the day mydaytoday...dd5f58.jpg
having a worse day than yours: when you and your family go to the park for a picnic with your sister and her family, and your idiot brother-in-law decides to prove he can still play like a kid on the spiral at the park tight-6142...aba6bf.jpg
having a worse day than yours: when your ride to work that morning decided to go ahead and park next to the fireplug. "The cops never check, and nothing will happen", she said: goodjobfir...f7f423.jpg
having a worse day than yours: when your project co-worker shows up late because he stopped to drink his 5th Redbull that morning on the long commute in doinfine-6...b0aafb.jpg
