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Things that can 'ruin' your day *lighthearted*

116 replies

longtompot · 07/02/2021 18:04

Cracking an egg to fry for a breakfast egg sandwich and the yolk breaks

Any small things, that in the scheme of things are nothing, but can put a tiny dampener on your day?

OP posts:
Clevererthanyou · 07/02/2021 18:07

Getting the strap of your bag caught on the door handle when exiting the house and being catapulted back like a bad Warner Brothers cartoon villain.
Being prepared for bad weather by bringing your trusty umbrella and you open it half way through your day to discover that the spokes have snapped.
Unexpectedly starting your period when on a long journey and there's no toilet.

MisgenderedSwan · 07/02/2021 18:09

DH making me a brew in the 'wrong' cup - much like a toddler in that respect 😂

Only the rubbish fork being left clean for me to eat my tea!

BogRollBOGOF · 07/02/2021 18:10

When your dippy boiled egg is not dippy.

HarrietSchulenberg · 07/02/2021 18:10

Finding a lone sock on the stairs that escaped from the pile of laundry you've just shoved in the washing machine and turned on.

livefornaps · 07/02/2021 18:11

I'm sobbing and shaking just reading this

HexWitch · 07/02/2021 18:14

Mopping the kitchen floor only to go back in moments later to find the pup has missed his puppy pad by a mile.

AlCalavicci · 07/02/2021 18:15

Rooting around my cupboard to find the jar of madras sauce i thought I had to make a quick tea with left over chicken , only to find its tomato and basil sauce .

mbosnz · 07/02/2021 18:15

Receiving the message that the cat is constipated again by following the trail of little shit nuggets from the upstairs bathroom, down the stairs, into the lounge. . .

BitchIAmFromChicago · 07/02/2021 18:17

Going to make delicious buttery crumpets and realising that they’re mouldy.

Whatisapension · 07/02/2021 18:17

Dropping the cat food bowl, and it lands upside down.

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 07/02/2021 18:20

@MisgenderedSwan

DH making me a brew in the 'wrong' cup - much like a toddler in that respect 😂

Only the rubbish fork being left clean for me to eat my tea!

We have several rubbish forks too! Also several humdrum forks and a small (and dwindling) number of Special Forks).

My contribution: a small 'slit' type cut anywhere on the underside of your fingers or thumb. Especially if it's at an angle and there's a small flap of skin.

LBOCS2 · 07/02/2021 18:22

Having a shower and losing either pressure or hot water halfway through. It makes me disproportionately grumpy.

HopingForOurRainbowBaby · 07/02/2021 18:26

Yes to the egg yolk breaking and dippy eggs not being dippy! Also gasping for a cuppa only to realise the milk is off when it curdles inside the cup. That annoying pizza topping not quite cooked but then suddenly goes to too cooked. Looking forward to a take out only to find it's shit and you could've gotten something far better from the shop for less money

LetItGoGo · 07/02/2021 18:30

Running out of milk.
Cold water in the shower.

Mumsnet users being "baffled" because people do something differently to them.

Anything electrical breaking down.

mbosnz · 07/02/2021 18:31

Oh man, I'm lethal if the shower is compromised.

Kroptopbelly · 07/02/2021 18:35

Going to use the stapler..no staples, picking up the one next to it...no staplers, oh look a third stapler...no staples.
Looking through cupboards trying to find staples. None in cupboard one, none in cupboard two, none in the drawer next to the staplers, a small strip in a corner of the desk.
Staples loaded, staple fucking gun broken. Take staples out of that one, staple doesn’t go in to my document properly, staple again...at last, hallelujah!

Fuming, swearing under my breath...

80sMum · 07/02/2021 18:35

Going to the fridge to get the milk for my breakfast cereal only to find that DH has decided he fancied some milk and has drunk it all! Grrr AngryGrin

dizzydizzydizzy · 07/02/2021 18:36

People talking to me before I have had my morning coffee. I like to get up first so this doesn't happen.

MaMisled · 07/02/2021 18:37

Preparing rice, salad and tortilla chips to go with the freezer bag of chilli defrosted in the fridge, only to find its actually sodding bolognese!

doctorwhoooooo · 07/02/2021 18:39

The enormous spot which erupted on my face at some point in my 'beauty sleep'.

TwoZeroTwoZero · 07/02/2021 18:39

Remembering my cup of tea only to find it's gone cold.

Spending ages cooking a pie to find it's either burnt on top or soggy at the bottom or, worse, both.

Making a cup of tea only to find that the milk has gone off.

Getting the stuff out for a sandwich and realising there's either no bread or the bread that is there is mouldy.

BigPaperBag · 07/02/2021 18:40

When the takeaway you’ve been looking forward to all day turns up and there’s either something wrong (wrong rice) or something missing 😡

AmandaHoldensLips · 07/02/2021 18:42

Going to the coffee machine in the morning and finding that there's NO FUCKING COFFEE in it.

MacDuffsMuff · 07/02/2021 18:42

Going to the fridge to get the Fry's Chocolate Cream you've been looking forward to all day to discover that DH has eaten it.

ElizaLaLa · 07/02/2021 18:43

•A bath or shower where the water isn't hot enough.
•A hard yolk or cracked yolk or snotty egg (in a cafe).
•Eating out and you get oven chips 🙄 (apparently spain doesn't do real chips like ours).
•The corner of the fitted sheet coming off the bed.
•Ordering things online and them not being right and having to fuck about sending them back instead of having them from then.

There are probably many, many more 😂

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