When something wasn’t what it was meant to be….

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I’ve just read a story that made me laugh, so I’m looking for more…

Someone carried their camping chair to a festival, when on arrival realised it was a washing line.

Someone else recited the story of taking their swimming bag to school to find out they’d picked up their mum’s knitting bag.

Another recalled carrying a box with the windbreak in to the beach, only to find they’d taken a Christmas tree.

Please tell me more.

More of a near-miss but a friend of mine picked up her work laptop backpack as she left the house and wondered why it felt so heavy.

She had the sense to check before going any further and discovered her cat asleep inside it.

I sold a few things on eBay and packed several different parcels an shipped them off. One customer came back confused saying they received a half used roll of sticky tape and a pair of scissors, instead of their purchase.

Used to go to work dropped off by DP, who would then drop off baby DS to day nursery. Had an important meeting and realised that instead of bringing all the paperwork I had brought a bag of spare clothes and nappies and wipes. Baby DS went off to nursery and of course DP dropped him off with all my lever arch files 😳.

I have done this at a party one night, it was in a 7up bottle!

Back when we were about 18 my friend took out a folded-up £5 note from her purse to pay for something in a shop and handed it, still folded, to the man behind the counter. Except it wasn’t actually a folded-up fiver. It was a foil-wrapped condom.

Off for job interview. Realised I'd left my carefully planned presentation and activities at home and picked up the clothes recycling instead. Dumped it in a nearby doorway and collected it on my way back.

When I was in secondary school I took my sandwiches wrapped in tinfoil out the fridge. Sat down, opened the tin foil, sitting with all my friends to eat, realised I had picked up a block of corned beef wrapped in tinfoil instead! Mortified to say the least!! I was the talk of the afternoon and starving!!

I wore odd boots to work. Realised as I was walking from car to office so had to just style it out.

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This made me laugh out loud

Lovely thread OP

Many years ago my DH arrived in London for a key meeting at a government department having travelled down on the sleeper train. Unfortunately when he opened his suit carrier he discovered he had packed our 6 year old's school blazer and not his jacket.

I have no stories but this is an excellent thread OP

Not sure these quite fit but my DH pasted the paste table instead of the wallpaper then laid the wallpaper on top thinking it would transfer 🫣
He's also went fishing off Anglesey with the kids he didn't catch anything so threw his bait into the sea (bacon), not sure why, but he then did a last reel and promptly caught the bacon he'd just thrown in 🤣

On a smoke break and a male colleague came outside and asked me for a light. I was certain I'd just put it in my pocket so reached in and handed him... a tampon. The lighter was still in my other hand.

In 2021 I took our landline handset out with mme.it was nothing like my phone. I just had a ditzy adhd moment. We laughed so hard.

Oh this one reminds me of the time my DH made a visitor some coffee. I moved the gravy granules (also in a glass jar with a gold lid) to another cupboard soon after...

Sitting in a restaurant with my bff, reached into my purse for a packet of tissues and proceeded to open up a mini pad instead. It sounds minor, but at the time it was hilarious and we laughed so hard we were crying.
God, I miss her. (F-ing cancer.)

I picked up my daughters full water bottle and proceeded to drink it, assuming it was the one I had filled for her a few hours earlier and she had forgotten to take.

I had drunk it all when my DH asked why I was drinking the pond water sample he was going to take to the pet fish shop for expert analysis on why the water quality was so bad.

I remember thinking the water was tasty too. Before he told me!
Considered making myself sick to get rid of any potential dangerous stuff. Was fine.

Whilst working in a pub, I was chatting away to a customer as I was towel drying a wine glass. I got a bit animated with my hands - the wine glass went flying to the other end of the bar, smashed against the wall, towel still in hand.

I was at a comedy gig. I laughed and clapped completely forgetting I was holding a pint. That smashed on the floor drenching random strangers... I'm sensing a theme!

I'm a teacher and it was my turn to do assembly. It was the usual chaotic morning with 3 teens when I rushed out of the house in the morning with a bag of props to use.
When I got to school I opened the bag and found a full dog poo bag (knotted thankfully). I'd been in such a rush that I'd inadvertently put it in the bag on the way to the bin. Thankfully I realised before the assembly and didn't pull it out in front of 300 pupils!

I bought the same shoes in several different colours as they were so comfortable.
When you’re getting dressed at 5
am, brown shoes and purple shoes look quite similar.
Not so much in a meeting a couple of hours later… A cooler person would have styled it out. Not me, oh no.
I looked down at my feet and squeaked in horror, “Oh my god, I’m wearing odd shoes!”

DH grabbed his grey scarf which was draped over a chair, and wrapped it round his neck. He was just off through the front door when I realised it was actually teen daughter's tights!

This one is my favourite!

A friend had work colleagues to dinner. She served a "home made" (by her mother) apple pie for pudding. Unfortunately the label had fallen off & it was actually a steak pie. It didn't go very well with the custard 😂

Can you imagine getting to work to find your cat in your bag?

That reminds me of the opposite way round. We had a big marg tub in the fridge but no one opened it as it wasn’t our usual brand. After about 6 weeks, it was opened to find homemade coleslaw in it - MIL had given it to us after a party but we had forgotten about it.