A microwave is the easiest way to prepare any meal. Just throw the food in, set the timer, and press start. It's the lazy eater's best friend!
Except, it turns out that bombarding things with intense radiation in hopes that they heat up to the perfect temperature can be a chaotic practice, especially when not all materials can stand up to that bombardment. And right out of the gate: you probably want to avoid microwaving eggs.
Here are 22 total microwave disasters.
1
“My three-year-old son decided to microwave our 3DS.”
2
“My microwave noodles came in a bowl that is not microwave safe.”
3
“Friend of mine hid my AirPods in a box of chicken nuggets that I proceeded to microwave without opening the box.”
4
“The new jar of Nutella my girlfriend tried to heat in the microwave.”
5
“Today I learned that three minutes is too long to microwave milk.”
6
“When the restaurant takeout container is not microwave safe.”
7
“My 9 year old sister destroyed our microwave by doing a ‘TikTok life hack.’ The starburst melted into the actual microwave.”
9
“I thought you could microwave eggs.”
10
“My microwave lunch jumped up and flipped.”
11
“90 seconds microwaving for five minutes cleaning. I wouldn’t mind if the food was actually hot.”
12
“Put an egg in the microwave trying to ‘speed up the process.’ It exploded with such force it blew the door open.”
14
“Toddler learned how to use the microwave.”
15
“Brand new $300 microwave from Amazon came full of crusty old food.”
16
“Someone decided to microwave $5,000 Canadian dollars to ‘disinfect’ them.”
18
“Roommate accidentally melted the microwave splatter guard onto my favorite cast iron.”
20
“Someone brought these bills to the bank that they tried to sanitize in a microwave.”
21
“My pie plate exploded.”
22
“My glass bowl detonated.”
