Imagine walking through life with the odds stacked against you at every turn, where meetings, random events, and just bad timing all conspire against you.
These aren’t just everyday mishaps like dropping your phone or losing your keys. We’re talking about streaks of misfortune so absurd they read like plot twists from a dark comedy.
Some of these stories will make you laugh, others will make you wince, but in general, their bad luck will make you think it’s unbelievable and made up.
Bizarre accidents, a string of failures, or fate’s cruel sense of humor, you name it, it happened.
1
Last week I bought the perfect chicken club sandwich. After one bite, a bird dropped on it.
2
On my 21st birthday, I broke my laptop, failed an exam, got dumped, and couldn’t even celebrate because I had three more exams the next day.
3
After a year apart, my husband and I decided over the phone to get back together. He died of a heart attack that same night.
4
Driving to work, I bragged about the bargain bumper I’d found for my car. Seconds later, I was rear-ended at 40 mph, the car totaled, and I got whiplash.
5
After losing at a video game, I punched the floor and broke my hand. The next day I worked a heavy shift, a coworker bumped into my hand and then spilled hot coffee on it, burning it.
6
In three days, I was refused a loan, came home to find my apartment building burned down, and learned my girlfriend had cheated on me. When I returned, the building had been looted.
7
Within two weeks, my mom died, I lost my job, my car was stolen, I got mono, had an allergic reaction to antibiotics, and my girlfriend pressured me to immediately find new work while I was sick and grieving.
8
The week of my 20th birthday: I crashed my car, fought with my girlfriend, ended up in the hospital with internal bleeding, popped a blood vessel from drinking, and finally broke up with her.
9
I prepaid $2,000 for diving gear, but before delivery was completed, the company filed for bankruptcy. Despite lawyers and police, I never saw the money or gear again.
10
I flew to Vegas for my great-uncle’s funeral, only to lose two more uncles and then my grandmother in the following weeks. After her funeral, a week later, 9/11 happened.
11
I was mugged twice, falsely arrested, and then hit by a car.
12
I lost $150 at roulette by betting on red 13 times in a row.
13
I was dropping my dog at my parents’, I grabbed food before, and forgot my wallet. By the time I got back, the dog had made a mess in my car. On the way to clean it, I was hit by an SUV and totaled my six-month-old car, on Christmas Eve.
14
While delivering Uber Eats, a driver with a seizure crashed into my car. Insurance wouldn’t cover it because I wasn’t signed up for commercial use, and his wouldn’t cover it since it was a medical issue.
15
While fixing equipment on a drilling rig, it malfunctioned and severed my finger. The bad luck was losing the finger, but the good luck was pulling back just in time to save the rest of my hand.
