25 Times Forgetfulness Led To Funny Fails

We all have those moments where we think of something important we have to do but we forget about it as we tackle various challenges throughout the day. Life can be full of surprises when youre forgetful. Forgetfulness can also make sure your life is full of little moments that come back to bite you in the behind when you least expect it. You never know for sure when short-term memory loss will strike but it can lead to comical disasters when it does.

We’ve chronicled a list of the most amusing photos found on the a dedicated subreddit called Well That Sucks showing examples of momentary memory laspse. These classic incidents range from pranksters getting caught to their own setups to pet owners capturing their pooch’s face after forgetting to give the go command to eat. Scroll below to enjoy all the blunderfully entertaining predicaments resulting from absentmindedness.

#1 Drew This For My BF This Morning And Forgot About It. Scared The [h**l] Out Of Myself

#2 I Got A Panoramic Xray Of My Teeth The Other Day. The Dentist Forgot To Have Me Remove My Glasses

#3 Forgot To Move His Stairs Back After Vacuuming & Found Him Like This

#4 Uhh, Excuse Me Officer, But It Looks Like You Forgot Something

#5 My Tired Mother Accidentally Washed A Loaf Of Bread With Her Laundry

My mom owns a bakery and pushes up on 80 hours a week. She decided to make some traditional stollen bread for the holidays and tossed this loaf into a bag with laundry to wash at home. Long story short she forgot to remove the stollen before dumping the laundry in. I think she needs some time off.

#6 My Mom Swore She Already Made Me A Waffle, But We Couldn’t Find It. So She Made Another One And I Grabbed A Fork

#7 I Forgot To Put My Controller Away While I Showered So Our New Pup With A Chewing Problem Found It

#8 Forgot To Give Him His “Go” Command For Food. Poor Wee Pudding Sat There For About Ten Minutes And Didn’t Make A Peep

#9 I Put Water In, The Pod In, Selected Temperature, Pressed Start, Went To The Bathroom. Guess I Forgot A Step.

#10 Forgot To Close The Window Before Getting A Carwash

#11 Waited An Hour At The Doctors Office Only To Be Told They Never Checked Me In

First post op appointment after my knee surgery and after developing an infection. Very important I be seen today. Took off work for this appointment because one of my pre op appts had a 2-hour wait. I had to be driven here because I can’t drive myself.

Walked up to the front desk when I arrived and then was told I was good to sit down, they’d check me in because of my crutches. Waited about an hour and then asked how much longer. They said they forgot to check me in.

The person I talked to said she would have to check if I’d be able to be seen today. I definitely had some kinda look on my face because her coworker saw me and was like no no no just add her to the schedule and we’ll explain.

#12 Getting My Laundry Out Of The Dryer And Apparently Forgot I Had A Roll Of Dog Poop Bags In One Of My Pockets

#13 I Just Gave Him A Bath

I forgot to close the back door and this doofus ran out to roll in the dirt. Time for a second bath…

#14 I Forgot I Took The Guard Off To Clean It And Went To Touch Up A Spot I Noticed

#15 Hubs Unplugged The Crockpot Before We Went To Bed & Forgot To Plug It Back In

Woke up to half cooked creamy garlic chicken parmesan meal prep that sat at room temp for 9 hours. Food poisoning ready to serve! Love him to pieces but definitely the derp moment of the day.

Bowl looks gross because we back to backed barbacoa and chicken.

#16 My Family Forgot It Was My Birthday So Spent It Baking Myself A Cake

Maple spice cake with a maple buttercream! Not the best cake decorating skills LOL and also burned my finger in the process.

#17 Forgot Dollar Store Air Horn In The Sun On The Dash Of My Truck Today

#18 Broke My $1100 Camera After 3 Weeks

Bought myself a nearly mint Sony RX100 M5 for $1100 on March 28th then I brought it with me on a quick road trip on April 18th. I put it inside my small side bag and forgot to zip the bag before getting out of the car. As soon I got up the camera flew out and smacked onto the concrete floor of a parking garage. Got a quote for the repair at over $1100.

Learnt a very expensive lesson to zip up my bag.

#19 I Accidentally Had Dessert Delivered To My Ex-Husband’s House

I forgot to change the address on the app. And although he lives nearby, I can’t contact him to get back the box… because I have a restraining order against him and he’s about to stand trial for domestic violence crimes he committed against me.

#20 The Author Forgot To Use Spaces In This Book, It Happened Multiple Times

#21 I Forgot 3 Tangerines In My Backpack

Today I wanted to use this backpack to go grocery shopping so I blindly grapped inside to remove everything. Well first I took out a yugioh tin and wondered what this mysterious dust and smell on it was… then I grapped the first tangerine.

#22 I Fell Asleep After Putting Food In The Oven- 6 Hours Later This

#23 Just Felt Like I Forgot Something Last Night In My Car

The first time there was more ice inside my car than outside it. Forgot I didn’t take this can into work, and well the Midwest is gonna do its thing.

#24 A Package I Forgot I Ordered Missed The Entire Biden Presidency

#25 Someone Forgot Their Rotisserie Chicken In Their Cart At Costco

#26 Someone Forgot Their Car/House Keys

#27 Left The Kettle On The Stove

Got a set from goodwill mostly for decor cuz they’re cute but I’ve used them both multiple times and they work just fine. But don’t really whistle ….and usually I’m IN the kitchen while I’m making tea but this time I wasn’t n forgot about it. Came back in a few hours later to this. Wondering if the stove is salvageable and how I’m suppose to clean this up FML.

#28 Gender Reveal Cake Without The Reveal. Ordered A Gender Reveal Cake And The Bakery Forgot To Dye The Cake The Gender Color

#29 Guess A Memorial Day Beach Goer Forgot To Change Their Location For Delivery

Bag has been outside the door since Friday night.

#30 Forgot To Check My Toddler’s Pockets And Now Inside Of Dryer Is Covered In Ink Marks

#31 Was Helping My Husband Do Yard Work For An Elderly Lady And Forgot To Take Sunscreen

#32 Someone Forgot To Turn It Off

We have a bulk ice flake machine at my work and last night shift forgot to turn it off, this is what happened to running it all night.

#33 Set My Remotes On My Heater While Cleaning And Forgot. Then Got Chilly

#34 Hours Into A 13 Hour Road Trip To My Families 3 Week Vacation Of The Year And I Just Realized That In The Rush To Leave I Forgot To Bring Any Other Shoes With Me

#35 Forgot To Take My ‘Beer’ Out Of The Freezer

Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.