29 Netizens Share Stories Of How One Idiot Ruined A Good Thing For Absolutely Everyone

A few days ago, a thread appeared in the AskReddit community, whose author, user u/Big_Recover7977, asked netizens: "What was ruined for everyone by one person being an idiot?" Well, it's not that the culprits of all the problems in the stories told by the people who were among more than 4.4K comments were absolutely idiots...

Sometimes, it was just an unfortunate coincidence or something else. Be that as it may, over 4.3K upvotes is a good reason to make a list of the most interesting stories out there. So, please get comfortable and let's get to reading. Or, just scrolling, who knows.

Among the stories told by netizens, there are both local failures and legendary and well-known situations—for example, Adam, Eve, and the apple (a story I'm sure you all know).

Stories about how someone's stupid and unreasonable prank disrupted a concert of a popular band, and about how the creator of a viral casual game had a meltdown and simply deleted the app (on the other hand, in the latter case, the guy at least made a hell of a lot of money).

And, of course, there's a viral story about breakdancing at the Olympics, when the highly controversial performance of Australian athlete Rachel Gunn not only became one of the main memes of 2024 but also, perhaps, blocked the sport's further path to the Olympics. At least in 2028, in Los Angeles, breakdancing will no longer be on the competition program...

There are also many office stories when someone's outright stupidity either created a precedent for banning some good thing for the whole staff, or someone simply left a strong-smelling food in the shared refrigerator in the office kitchen.

This is also the 'eternal classic,' when one of your colleagues starts heating up fish in the microwave... Offices and workplaces are generally an almost inexhaustible source of such stories, aren't they?

In fact, particularly in countries with case law, almost any legislative ban or regulation is actually the result of someone's mistake or failure. Well, all instructions and regulations are in fact written while taking into account possible problems.

So if you, reading some manual, come across a paragraph that contains, as it seems to you, some self-evident thing—don't rush to laughter. Most likely, this paragraph is based on real—and, perhaps, quite sad—experiences.

In any case, this selection of almost three dozen diverse stories is definitely worth reading. Or, at least, quickly scrolling to the very end. And then, we'll be sincerely grateful to you if you add some tale from your own memory, or from your life experience, in the comments below. In the end, if you have something interesting to share with folks—why not do it, right?