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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?

People Shared The Most Irritating Malfunctions In Their Homes Online, And Here Are The Worst Examples

Some homes come with quirks, and some come with full-on malfunctions that make everyday life more frustrating than it should be.

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From broken switches and strange wiring to leaks, missing doors, and other baffling fixes, people online shared the most irritating problems they have dealt with at home. Some of the examples are funny in hindsight, but plenty of them would test anyone's patience in the moment.

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Here are some of the worst ones, and a few of them are hard to believe.

1. Is this supposed to work?

1. Is this supposed to work?xedox7
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2. "I Live In Central Alberta, It Got Down To Roughly -45°C Tonight. Woke Up To Frost In The Corner Of My Bedroom"

2. "I Live In Central Alberta, It Got Down To Roughly -45°C Tonight. Woke Up To Frost In The Corner Of My Bedroom"Delphox4000
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3. "These light switches in my parents' house"

3. "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..."

4. The non-existing vent.studiojiggly

That is not exactly a reassuring design choice.

5. Creepy

"The door I had to get through last night to get to my room."

Light switches with a missing vent, all three lights turned offswimingle

6. He is not the only one.

"I feel like this happens to me more often than it should."

6. He is not the only one.CryOky

7. "All three of these lights are off"

7. "All three of these lights are off"CerryTrews

8. Stop, or the landlord will stop you with his 'tricks'.

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"

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."

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

Some of these fixes are barely fixes at all.

11. "I get mad every time I walk past this"

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"

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"

13. "I live with two grown men. Just tell me why"lovelymoondrops

14. "Please close the door on your way out"

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.

15. Bonus points for carpet lovers.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"

16. Now they have two cheap mirrors.musicalvoyyeur

17. Everything is painted, literally.

17. Everything is painted, literally.Scaulbylausis

18. Hello, bug.

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."

19. Highly confidential information must remain hidden.Craft-Which

20. It's so much more interesting.

20. It's so much more interesting.richie_rich77

At this point, the bad planning is almost the main feature.

This also matches the roommate who turned the living room into her bedroom, and the rent fight that followed.

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"

21. Did someone do the math wrongly?Cityboy216

22. "I think my stairs fit here"

22. "I think my stairs fit here"IsItKandar

23. "The cable guy installed the cable through our hula hoop that we left out"

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.

24. Two-doors house, but only one is functional.Mrmattgyver

25. One roll for each family member.

"My family are psychos"

25. One roll for each family member.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'."

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"

27. "I'm doing renovations and my Roomba found a tiny piece of sheetrock"AStrangerSaysHi

28. Door matching the entrance center.

28. Door matching the entrance center.Hoarselyoutgrow986

29. "My father forgot to tell me the renovations would be taking the stairs out today."

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"

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?"

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."

32. The lucky one.Skarsgarde

33. Is this a rug on the ceiling?

"I am forced to look at this every time I get up"

33. Is this a rug on the ceiling?rwhereemy

34. "So I just bought this chair and none of the reviews mentioned this..."

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..."

35. He must be blind.Cheddar18

36. "The angle the AC is mounted at relative to the ceiling."

36. "The angle the AC is mounted at relative to the ceiling."AxelTheEpic

37. "Sunlight through the window melted my keyboard"

37. "Sunlight through the window melted my keyboard"thecheesycheeselover

38. Soooo bad.

38. Soooo bad.CricketMeson

39. "Somehow, I managed to go 5 blissfully ignorant stair-traversing years without noticing"

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"

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'."

41. "House sitting for my uncle. Reached the final boss of the game 'unfamiliar shower controls'."GundoSkimmer

These house issues are annoying enough in real life, but online they make for a pretty memorable scroll.

Got one of your own? Share it, because some problems are too ridiculous to keep to yourself.

Some homes really do keep finding new ways to be a headache.

For more home-space drama, see what happened when someone wanted their parents to pay rent for overstaying.

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