People Shared The Most Irritating Malfunctions In Their Homes Online, And Here Are The Worst Examples
Each of these seemingly random home issues could be quite annoying, so how fun is it that they've all been shared in one neat place?
Living on your own in your house or even in a rented one can always be a challenging task. There are always some broken things in the house that require repair or something you don't like and want to replace with a new one.
And as soon as you fix the first one, another one will pop up. It's like a vicious circle.
While living in your own house gives you the space to repair malfunctioning things right away or whenever you want, living in a rented one doesn't give you much choice.
If the owners of the house have an issue that needs to be fixed, they would call a repair service to do the job for them. But in a rented house, you would contact your landlord to inform him about the problem and then wait to see if he decides to fix it.
So whenever you have an issue in your house that needs to be fixed, consider yourself lucky. Most people can't afford to buy their own homes, so they have to live in rented ones and deal with landlords and their responsibilities.
Due to the global pandemic, home prices have increased significantly, and some people will never be able to buy their own houses. Additionally, studies show that an enormous number of American households are behind on paying rental costs, with that number reaching more than 6.5 million people.
Either way, if you are unable to fix a malfunction in your house for some reason, that doesn't mean that you can't complain about these annoying house issues online. Check out the irritating examples that other people encounter, and let us know if you have a better one.
1. Is this supposed to work?
xedox72. "I Live In Central Alberta, It Got Down To Roughly -45°C Tonight. Woke Up To Frost In The Corner Of My Bedroom"
Delphox40003. "These light switches in my parents' house"
throwawaycanadian
4. The non-existing vent.
"Sitting under this 'vent' all summer wondering why I wasn’t getting any cooler..."
studiojiggly
5. Creepy
"The door I had to get through last night to get to my room."
swimingle
6. He is not the only one.
"I feel like this happens to me more often than it should."
CryOky
7. "All three of these lights are off"
CerryTrews
8. Stop, or the landlord will stop you with his 'tricks'.
chefmacari
9. "Woke up this morning to my light full of water. Our apartment is brand new"
euphoricbirthdaycake
10. "Turns out my 'thermostat' is actually just hanging on a nail and doesn't control the temperature whatsoever. Shout out to the best landlords ever."
batlex
11. "I get mad every time I walk past this"
littlecasiosounds
12. "My brother's girlfriend moved in with us, and she refuses to use cutting boards. This is what our kitchen table looks like now. They're all over it"
urinternetmom
13. "I live with two grown men. Just tell me why"
lovelymoondrops
14. "Please close the door on your way out"
LodlopSeputhChakk
15. Bonus points for carpet lovers.
Do you guys hate carpet in the bathroom? I can one-up that. My parents have a bathroom with carpet that goes up the bathtub walls! Bonus points for the terrible wallpaper.
jbird2525
16. Now they have two cheap mirrors.
"Removing a cheap mirror glued to the wall, only to find an even cheaper mirror glued to the wall beneath it"
musicalvoyyeur
17. Everything is painted, literally.
Scaulbylausis
18. Hello, bug.
ilomaphys
19. Highly confidential information must remain hidden.
"After 8 hours of class, everyone comes back to the dorm only to find new locks and finger scanners on the doors, and none of the staff know the codes or how we can get into our rooms."
Craft-Which
20. It's so much more interesting.
richie_rich77
21. Did someone do the math wrongly?
"To the guy who said his house is infinite content for this sub... I call your crooked floor vent and raise you 3/4 of an electrical outlet"
Cityboy216
22. "I think my stairs fit here"
IsItKandar
23. "The cable guy installed the cable through our hula hoop that we left out"
reddit.com
24. Two-doors house, but only one is functional.
Mrmattgyver
25. One roll for each family member.
"My family are psychos"
bob-eater-of-pizza
26. "Woke up and saw my door removed by my parents. I asked them 'why?' and they replied with 'privacy isn't necessary'."
MadaraJaeger_69
27. "I'm doing renovations and my Roomba found a tiny piece of sheetrock"
AStrangerSaysHi
28. Door matching the entrance center.
Hoarselyoutgrow986
29. "My father forgot to tell me the renovations would be taking the stairs out today."
murderously-funny
30. "To the person with 3/4 outlet. I present my apartment 1/3 outlet"
Yggdrasil5218
31. "Can you feel the heat of my fury?"
Linorelai
32. The lucky one.
"The sun has traveled roughly 150,000,000 kilometers to reflect off a car windshield through a small crack in my blinds to shine directly in my face."
Skarsgarde
33. Is this a rug on the ceiling?
"I am forced to look at this every time I get up"
rwhereemy
34. "So I just bought this chair and none of the reviews mentioned this..."
milksteaku
35. He must be blind.
"Our landlord keeps saying there's nothing wrong with our shower..."
Cheddar18
36. "The angle the AC is mounted at relative to the ceiling."
AxelTheEpic
37. "Sunlight through the window melted my keyboard"
thecheesycheeselover
38. Soooo bad.
CricketMeson
39. "Somehow, I managed to go 5 blissfully ignorant stair-traversing years without noticing"
OmniscientTexan
40. "A bullet came downwards through my sister’s window after New Year's"
AtomicEmerson
41. "House sitting for my uncle. Reached the final boss of the game 'unfamiliar shower controls'."
GundoSkimmer
These random house issues can be quite annoying when they're in your house, but watching them online, well, hopefully, you get a good laugh from this post.
If you have your own persistent malfunction, please share it with us. It may not be fixable, but it can at least bring a couple of smiles today.
