People Share 15 "Nice Things" We Can't Have Because Other People Screwed Up

We've all heard the expression, “this is why we can’t have nice things.” It's a common colloquialism because there are so many different situations in which it can be used. For example, when your significant other smashes your favorite coffee mug, or when your puppy knocks over your new plant and sends dirt flying everywhere. Yep, "this is why we can't have nice things!"

So, naturally, we have a list of "nice things" that people have noted as being officially ruined by others and their screw-ups!

Scroll down, have a read, and you're sure to find at least one story you can relate to.

#15 Thanks A Lot, Criminals!

“24-hour decongestant/antihistamine cold medicine that worked. (Drixoral) Dropped off the market when everyone switched to new decongestant formulas that were somehow more resistant to distilling into meth. * Oh, and anytime I buy decongestants, my DL gets scanned. Thanks, criminals!* Or maybe the result of big pharma lobbying, trying not to buy into the conspiracy.”

#14 Toy Restrictions

“Drones. All it takes is a few idiots doing stupid illegal things like spying on people, and legislators jump at the chance to restrict them.”

#13 Vandals Have To Ruin Everything

“We used to keep our church doors open 24/7. But then vandals wrecked that, so we locked up at night. Then we left it open during the days on Saturdays, and vandals wrecked that too. So now we keep the place locked up except almost exclusively during banking hours and Sunday mornings.”

#12 A Stark Contrast

“Burning Man used to be a really cool, inclusive mini-society. Now it’s just a bunch of people with WAY too much money, isolating themselves from others in the desert by buying up huge plots of land and excluding others from their clubhouses. This is a stark contrast to what Burning Man was originally supposed to be.”

#11 No Fun For Anyone

“Playground equipment. The rolly slides, teeter-totters, merry-go-rounds, and there was even a park I used to play in as a kid that had an old, retired train car we could go in. The rolly slides apparently pinched too many fingers, the teeter-totters were too hard to get off of, and the merry-go-rounds were spun too fast. As for the train, I’m pretty sure there were people shooting up drugs and/or homeless people sleeping in it. Plus graffiti. Now it’s gated off and no fun for anyone.”

#10 Why Though?

“I used to work at Tim Hortons, and we were located right beside a homeless shelter, so every night we would take all the food that was still fresh and give it to charity. It wasn’t a lot, usually just a box of timbits and about a dozen doughnuts.Until one day, the regional manager came and shut the whole thing down. He didn’t tell us why, only to never do it again or we would be fired. We never questioned it and just held the resentment of Tim Hortons in our hearts. How cheap do you have to be that you would rather have us throw away consumable food!A few months later, a homeless man came in right as we were throwing food into a garbage bag. He said, “Ahhh, it’s such a pity. I used to love eating your doughnuts until that f***ing idiot had to ruin it.” My co-worker replied, “Yeah, that’s honestly messed up. Corporate greed, you know?” The homeless man gave us a weird look and said, “Nah, that’s not what happened. One of the idiots at the shelter faked choking on a timbit and tried to sue this store. That’s why they cut us off.”

#9 There's Always One Guy

“Very dumb and minor, but I think it goes to show how selfish people can be.A few years ago, a guy on Twitter shared his Starbucks card information and told people to put it on their phones. The idea was to have a shared/community card thing. Get a drink if you wanted to, or donate to it so others could get a drink. You would think that people would just grab free drinks, but it actually had a surplus of donations versus people actually using it. I think the card ended up with like $200 at some point.Anyway, some jerk comes along and locks the card/account, effectively shutting it down. He said he did it because he wanted to prove how ineffective sharing was or something dumb like that.You always have that one guy who sees other people enjoying something and feels the need to disrupt it.”

#8 Some Drunk A**Hole

“In California, we used to have backyard pool slides until some drunk asshole hit his head goofing around and drowned. His parents sued or advocated for greater laws restricting these. Now they’re few and far between. In the 80s, a lot of places had them.”

#7 It's A Pain

“Pain management for chronic pain patients.”

#6 Now I Have To Prove I'm Not A Bot

“Buying tickets online.It used to be easy. Now I have to choose all the squares with a f***ing car in them to prove I’m not a bot, log in with a password I forgot, get my password link sent to my email address, change my password, prove I’m not a bot again, pick seats, confirm seats, and pay an extra $20 for a convenience fee.”

#5 I'm Still Salty

“My parents’ old apartment had this little dog park. Our greyhound loved it because she could run every morning.They closed it because people wouldn’t pick up their dogs’ poop. They would just leave piles of mess, despite management sending letters out.I’m still salty about that one. Don’t get a dog if you can’t pick up their messes.”

#4 Flight

“I used to be able to walk into an airport, book a flight, walk to the gate, and get on the plane. I have flown from SFO (where I live) to LAX (where my sister lives) countless times in just that fashion.”

#3 What's History?

“MTV, TLC, History Channel.Thanks, assholes…”

#2 Ruined By Powerboats

“Our parents had a small summer cabin on a quiet, wooded lake. The water was pristine and ideal for fishing and swimming. The air smelled of fresh pine.Then it caught on, and the lake became overtaxed and ruined with powerboats – polluted with gasoline, oil, and junk tossed into the water (tires, mattresses, washing machines, solvents, etc.)Now, the fish are gone, the water stinks, and the pine trees have been cut down.”

#1 Paranoia Took Care Of That

“A sense of community in your neighborhood.As a kid (around 2nd grade), I used to walk over to my friends’ houses, and we would play in each other’s backyards. We learned how to bike together, would “explore” the woods between yards, and play with the older middle schoolers.A lot of paranoia kind of ended that. The DC sniper shooting, fear of kidnappers, it all hit at once. Well, that and cicada season. After that summer, people around here kind of kept to themselves more.”

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