‘What’s the worst bit of bad timing that you or family and friends have had?’ – 22 people who just missed out on greatness
12.
‘Student Christmas dinner, the guy who walked into our university kitchen two milliseconds after another guy had dropped the dish full of half cooked roast potatoes. Went over like Bugs Bunny had dropped a banana peel. Luckily no life changing burns.’
–ResplendentBear
13.
‘My brother took his driving test, was doing amazing the whole way around… accidentally bumped the kerb and the tyre literally popped. Exploded. Obviously that wasn’t his fault but I still laughed my arse off at how unfortunate it was.’
–yiminx
14.
‘My husband sometimes travels to Dublin for work. Every single time he’s flown back to London, something insane happens. Worst ones: Heathrow caught fire so cancelled flight, so he flew to Manchester and caught a train, which got delayed and he had to be catch a cab home. Another time: bomb threat called to Gatwick so his plane was rerouted to Turin… yes, Italy.’
–cantxtouchxthis
15.
‘I used to know a chap who was very wealthy and liked to show off a bit. He bought some fancy Carnauba wax (£130!) to polish his new Range Rover. The van delivering the wax skidded on ice right into the Range Rover.’
–upsidedowncreature
16.
‘I left my stable job to start my dream job March 3rd 2020. Everyone was put on furlough 6 months later. Cut off for furlough was 1st March, I missed the furlough payments by two days. I rinsed through my savings to keep my flat and ended up moving back home. All is good now but my days I was fuming for ages.’
–gsp93
17.
‘I once had a lottery ticket with each number one off, I was sooo annoyed.’
–Erheniel
18.
‘I broke my knee once breakdancing on my 23rd birthday.’
–BruceGrobbelobster
19.
‘Mum threw herself a 50th birthday years back, and as a result of organising all the stuff she forgot to put the lotto on, with the numbers that she had used since it started.
It would have been 5 and the bonus ball – approx £150k. The worst part was at the party when she told me that she would have split the majority of it between me and my two sisters, so it would have been about £40k to me…’
–Resident-Stevel
20.
‘The house I used to live in won on the postcode lottery – £180,000. I only moved one road over with one letter difference in the new postcode.’
–retiredhothead
21.
‘My cousin and his new wife were flying to NYC for their honeymoon on 11th September 2001. Their flight was turned around an hour before landing and they flew back to the UK, however, it was diverted to Scotland as part of the scramble of global flights that day.
They took the free food and drinks that the airline gave them and decided to take a train back home which took a few hours. They both got severe food poisoning from whatever they ate and both ended up in A&E. At one point he overheard nurses saying he was a cheapskate for only taking her to Scotland for the honeymoon on the train.’
–darybrain
22.
‘Got married in Rhodes in August 2019, with our honeymoon to the Dominican Republic booked for the following April through Thomas Cook.
September rolls out and Thomas Cook go bust! We were able to claim what we’d paid through ABTA/ATOL and then decided to book to go to Mykonos instead in July 2020.
I think we all know what happened in March 2020. Been married 6.5 years now and never ended up having an official honeymoon.’
–Downtown-Monk-2082