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Things you have spectacularly fucked up?!?

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NeverGotMyPuppy · 30/10/2019 18:15

My friend lent me their carpet cleaner as mine could really do with a clean. I was 38 weeks pregnant (seemed like a good idea and all that
...)

DS is now 13 months old and I still havent done it. Blush So today at 4.30 I came up with the genius of doing it. No instructions so I winged it. I thought it was a bit crap.

I didnt realise I needed to fill it with plain water as well as detergent. I have no idea why I didn't. OBVIOUSLY that's what it needed. DS's bedroom was so strong smelling it would have knocked him out.

So I rinsed and rinsed. Now he has a wet carpet which smells a bit like old dog. So I have been desperately rubbing with towels to dry ut before he goes to bed.

And to cap it all off I cant work out how to take the damn thing apart to clean it.

Complete cock up from start to finish.

Anyone want to make me feel better? I feel like a fucking idiot. I'm normally quite sane, really I am.

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marvellousnightforamooncup · 30/10/2019 18:53

Oh dear. I've got a carpet vac and they aren't easy to clean.

Sorry, I don't have a cock up story to tell.

Namechangeymcnamechange11 · 30/10/2019 18:54

The one I use has a function to hoover the water back up and it sends it into a collection bucket. It's really good and gets most of it out, just leaves it slightly damp that open windows soon take care of - does it have a second button next to the on for the water sprayer?

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NeverGotMyPuppy · 30/10/2019 18:58

Nope, it has a rinse function but that's it.
I left the window open and towel dried it and my.husband says he thinks it is dry. He also thinks it looks a lot better than it did before which is great!

Now I know what I'm doing on going to redo it tomorrow...

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itsboiledeggsagain · 30/10/2019 19:00

i walked dog poo into a borrowed lr discovery sport today.
it stinks

thenewaveragebear1983 · 30/10/2019 19:03

I ordered a pair of trainers for dd from a site which turned out to be a hoax/scam website, so no trainers, no money and nothing for DD's birthday (had to take her shopping on the day to choose something different)

At the time I didn't spot it but as soon as I realised it was a scam I could see all the glaring obvious signs it was dodgy. I felt like such a mug.

JJSS123 · 30/10/2019 19:04

My life 😂

ToLiveInPeace · 30/10/2019 19:05

I once dutifully switched off all electric devices before going on holiday... including the fridge/mini freezer.

Tolleshunt · 30/10/2019 19:05

You beat me to it JJS!

DefinitelyNOTamum · 30/10/2019 19:07

Call centre - accidentally left a customer on hold during lunch - came back and she was fuming- rightfully so tbh

But I was mortified imagine being in hold for 56 minutes whilst someone has their lunch break 😫😫

NoodlingAlong · 30/10/2019 19:09

Years ago, I was house-sitting for friends while they were on holiday. I bought a massive box of wine & for some reason I thought the box contained bottles of wine inside it (don’t ask me why). I opened it to find a foil bag and again, still under the mistaken impression that said bag contained bottles of wine, I cut open the top with a pair of scissors. Cue red wine sloshing all over the place. I then decanted the wine into every receptacle I could find. Friends returned home from holiday to find their entire kitchen filled with various containers of Wine Wine Wine Wine Wine Wine.

WellTidy · 30/10/2019 19:11

I left the freezer door open one night and went to bed. The freezer was completely full and is 6 foot tall, there was so much food in there. It all defrosted and we had to eat as much as we could and give the rest away. Probably lost about £200 or so at least.

I check it all the time now.

Mamalicious16 · 30/10/2019 19:17

Reversing my car into.my drive. Was that busy noshing at what new neighbour was doing that I scraped my bumper

666onmyhead · 30/10/2019 19:34

Not me, but my friends DH. Works in a pet crematorium. Mixed up the ashes containers due to "a few labels that fell off" in the collection /store room was a bad batch of labels but no one ever was told.

siriusblackthemischieviouscat · 30/10/2019 19:40

Years ago we bought a car off my future in laws. Less than two months after i bought it i reversed at speed into a parked car in the dark. Caused lots of damage and only had third party insurance so our badly dented boot stayed that way until we sold it.

Fil's first question when we told him wasn't yo ask how we were and were we ok (like my dm did) but is the car ok 🙄

stealthbanana · 30/10/2019 19:44

@NoodlingAlong that made me giggle

I once assembled 3 large billy bookcases, only to find that I’d put all the backs on backwards so you could see the chipboard on the shelf side and the back side (ie the bit flush against the wall) was beautiful and shiny. Had to take all the sodding nails out and start again.

Thecrown3 · 30/10/2019 20:04

@NeverGotMyPuppy has your friend not got miffed you still have the carpet cleaner ?!

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NeverGotMyPuppy · 30/10/2019 20:12

@Thecrown3 evidently not

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QueenoftheDay · 30/10/2019 20:17

Halloween hasn’t been great this year. Due to work commitments it completely fell off my radar. Kids costumes are pathetic compared to their pals’ costumes and I never got a pumpkin.

Feel like a terrible parent. I dropped a spinning plate.

CluedoIsMyFavGame · 30/10/2019 20:18

I reversed my car into DH's because I forgot mine doesn't have reversing sensors. I was even looking out of the rear windscreen, no idea what I was thinking!

Somehow, we managed to switch off a random switch in our utility room. Not realising what it did or that it was off, we called out an electrician because none of the lights were working in the utility or downstairs bathroom. The guy waived his call out fee to flick the switch back on Grin

Lauren83 · 30/10/2019 20:19

I blew all the electrics in my apartment complex in Skiathos making toasties after a few wines at 11pm Blush I had the wire stuck in the toastie maker without realising and it melted so everyone's electrics and air con went off, I had to ring TUI emergency number in the U.K. as there were no staff on
Site and they had to call the owner who was out having a meal and had to come back to complete darkness whilst everyone stood on their balconies wondering what was going on, I played dumb until he knocked on and knew it was our room, that wasn't my finest moment!

Sotiredbutcannotsleep · 30/10/2019 20:28

A notoriously difficult colleague from another department called the office. After finishing the phone conversation we had a bit of a bitching session about her in the office. I then noticed a message flashing on my screen which was from her saying "I heard everything you said. Bye".

I looked down and the phone was still off the hook.

🙈

heidbuttsupper · 30/10/2019 20:32

Haha and me @JJSS123 @Tolleshunt Halloween Grin

managedmis · 30/10/2019 20:34

Reversed fast out of the garage with the passenger door open. That metal crunch Shock

Even the tow truck guy said he'd never seen anything like it

managedmis · 30/10/2019 20:35

Stealth

Grin

Sorry

JJSS123 · 30/10/2019 20:53

Not sure how to tag the lady how said she had missed Halloween for her children. Please don’t worry about it. In a few years they won’t remember / will find it funny! And Christmas is just round the corner (sorry)! Please don’t beat your self up. And can everyone remember we are all human we are allowed to make mistakes!!!