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<p>Being a person is hard, and sometimes our brains simply cannot help us carry on the small actions that make up our day.</p><p>So much of our lives are carried out on autopilot, the way we pour our freshly brewed coffee, the dos and don&#39;ts of small talk, being able to tell an escalator from stairs, so when our brain decides to take a beat - we can quickly find ourselves failing at embarrassingly mundane tasks.</p><h2>In <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dudus/i_just_stood_still_at_the_top_of_some_stairs/" target="_blank">a popular Reddit thread</a>, people shared some of their small daily life fails.</h2><h2>1. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/cheetoburrito/">cheetoburrito</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I ride my bike to work almost every day. I had a flat, so was taking the train one day and didn&#39;t notice until I was outside my building that I was wearing my bike helmet.</p> </blockquote><h2>2. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/superunleaded/">superunleaded</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>All the floors in my apartment have the same layout. The elevators take forever, so it&#39;s not uncommon for people to hit the elevator button and then say &quot;f*ck it&quot; and take the stairs. Someone did that today so I got off on the wrong floor and walked over to where my apartment is supposed to be and tried to use my key to unlock the door.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Some guy opened the door and asked if he could help me and I gave him this blank, confused stare and said &quot;I don&#39;t live here&quot; and then sort of backed away in embarrassment.</p> </blockquote><h2>3. From OP:</h2><blockquote> <p>I just stood still at the top of some stairs thinking they were an escalator.</p> </blockquote><h2>4. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/KarmaDog6999/">KarmaDog6999</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I walked into a clothing store mirror wall one day thinking it was another room, even tried to dodge my &quot;identical twin&quot; who was coming right at me.</p> <p>Mirrors...how the hell do they work?</p> </blockquote><h2>5. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/tin_dog/">tin_dog</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Pushing doors when a big sign says &quot;Pull.&quot;</p> </blockquote><h2>6. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kdguard/">kdguard</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Pushing my glasses back up only to realize I&#39;m wearing contacts.</p> </blockquote><h2>7. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/RedDorf/">RedDorf</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>This morning I put my deodorant away - in the fridge.</p> </blockquote><h2>8. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/furbywithcheese/">furbywithcheese</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I&#39;ve been known to look for my cell phone while talking on it.</p> </blockquote><h2>9. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/veridian_dynamics/">veridian_dynamics</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Getting in the elevator when I arrive at work in the morning and pressing &quot;1&quot;. Doors close and I wonder why the elevator isn&#39;t moving.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>10. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ricktencity/">ricktencity</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I frequently forget I&#39;m holding things in my hand. One time I was waiting to get into a bar, ended up in line for about 40 minutes. When I finally got to the front of the line I had my wallet in my hand ready to get my ID so I could get in nice and quick. While I was holding it someone behind me brushed their hand along my bum. My reaction to this is always checking to make sure my wallet is still there, sure enough, it wasn&#39;t.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I immediately panic, turn around, and say &quot;one of you just stole my wallet, who was it?&quot; giving everyone behind me a menacing glare. At this point, someone behind them yells out &quot;it&#39;s in your hand dude!&quot; Realizing my mistake I apologize profusely and turn around quickly.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I didn&#39;t even end up going into the bar.</p> <p>TL;DR: I accused a bunch of people of stealing my wallet while I was holding it.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>11. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/amarine88/">amarine88</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I have stopped at a stop sign, waited about 2-3 minutes before I realized it wasn&#39;t going to turn green.</p> </blockquote><h2>12. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SKRAMACE/">SKRAMACE</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>When my in-laws redid their kitchen, they leveled the floor where there was once a step. I still stomp where the step was.</p> </blockquote><h2>13. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/JakeTehSnake/">JakeTehSnake</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Just this morning I put some food in the microwave, it beeped and I went and opened the fridge looking for my food.</p> </blockquote><h2>14. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/RoverDaddy/">RoverDaddy</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Put pot of water on the front burner, turn on back burner (with a large empty pot on it). Notice the strange smell as rear pot approaches melting point of steel.</p> </blockquote><h2>15. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MrsBarker/">MrsBarker</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I once called my brother on <em>my</em> cell phone to ask him to look for <em>my</em> cell phone at the place we just left.</p> </blockquote><h2>16. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ctrlaltninja/">ctrlaltninja</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>My brother flushed the toilet during a power outage once and as I heard it I was all kinds of excited thinking the power was working again.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>When we were looking for a flashlight during another power outage I flipped the light switch so I could see.</p> <p>When someone&#39;s taking a shower and I go in there to brush my teeth I usually turn the lights out as I&#39;m exiting the room.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>I was heating up pizza rolls in the oven when the power went out, so I took them out and put them in the microwave. (we lived in the country in the midwest and had a lot of storms during the summer.)</p> <p>Took a shower without taking off my bra.</p> <p>Brushed my teeth when I meant to wash my hands for dinner.</p> </blockquote><h2>17. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Tarandon/">Tarandon</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Putting my hands underneath the tap and waiting for it to turn on. Then realizing it has knobs instead of infrared sensors.</p> </blockquote><h2>18. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/morkskogen/">morkskogen</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I am constantly trying to upvote e-mails.</p> </blockquote><h2>19. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jimic/">jimic</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I was at my house and one of my roommates comes into my room and screams ecstatically and as if he was reborn, &quot;Holy s**t, I just took my contacts out and I can see perfectly!&quot; He comes back in five minutes later and realizes that he was wearing 2 pairs of contacts for about 3 days straight.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>20. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Semajal/">Semajal</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Getting cereal out for breakfast, going to the cutlery drawer and taking out a knife and fork. Sitting down. Looking confused.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

20 people share the funniest way they failed at an everyday task.

Being a person is hard, and sometimes our brains simply cannot help us carry on the small actions that make up our day.So much of our lives are carried out on autopilot, the way we pour our freshly brewed coffee, the dos and don&#39;ts of small talk, being able to tell an escalator from stairs, so when our brain decides to take a beat - we can quickly find ourselves failing at embarrassingly mundane tasks.In a popular Reddit thread, people shared some of their small daily life fails.1. From cheetoburrito: I ride my bike to work almost every day. I had a flat, so was taking the train one day and didn&#39;t notice until I was outside my building that I was wearing my bike helmet. 2. From superunleaded: All the floors in my apartment have the same layout. The elevators take forever, so it&#39;s not uncommon for people to hit the elevator button and then say &quot;f*ck it&quot; and take the stairs. Someone did that today so I got off on the wrong floor and walked over to where my apartment is supposed to be and tried to use my key to unlock the door.  Some guy opened the door and asked if he could help me and I gave him this blank, confused stare and said &quot;I don&#39;t live here&quot; and then sort of backed away in embarrassment. 3. From OP: I just stood still at the top of some stairs thinking they were an escalator. 4. From KarmaDog6999: I walked into a clothing store mirror wall one day thinking it was another room, even tried to dodge my &quot;identical twin&quot; who was coming right at me. Mirrors...how the hell do they work? 5. From tin_dog: Pushing doors when a big sign says &quot;Pull.&quot; 6. From kdguard: Pushing my glasses back up only to realize I&#39;m wearing contacts. 7. From RedDorf: This morning I put my deodorant away - in the fridge. 8. From furbywithcheese: I&#39;ve been known to look for my cell phone while talking on it. 9. From veridian_dynamics: Getting in the elevator when I arrive at work in the morning and pressing &quot;1&quot;. Doors close and I wonder why the elevator isn&#39;t moving. 10. From ricktencity: I frequently forget I&#39;m holding things in my hand. One time I was waiting to get into a bar, ended up in line for about 40 minutes. When I finally got to the front of the line I had my wallet in my hand ready to get my ID so I could get in nice and quick. While I was holding it someone behind me brushed their hand along my bum. My reaction to this is always checking to make sure my wallet is still there, sure enough, it wasn&#39;t.  I immediately panic, turn around, and say &quot;one of you just stole my wallet, who was it?&quot; giving everyone behind me a menacing glare. At this point, someone behind them yells out &quot;it&#39;s in your hand dude!&quot; Realizing my mistake I apologize profusely and turn around quickly.  I didn&#39;t even end up going into the bar. TL;DR: I accused a bunch of people of stealing my wallet while I was holding it. 11. From amarine88: I have stopped at a stop sign, waited about 2-3 minutes before I realized it wasn&#39;t going to turn green. 12. From SKRAMACE: When my in-laws redid their kitchen, they leveled the floor where there was once a step. I still stomp where the step was. 13. From JakeTehSnake: Just this morning I put some food in the microwave, it beeped and I went and opened the fridge looking for my food. 14. From RoverDaddy: Put pot of water on the front burner, turn on back burner (with a large empty pot on it). Notice the strange smell as rear pot approaches melting point of steel. 15. From MrsBarker: I once called my brother on my cell phone to ask him to look for my cell phone at the place we just left. 16. From ctrlaltninja: My brother flushed the toilet during a power outage once and as I heard it I was all kinds of excited thinking the power was working again.  When we were looking for a flashlight during another power outage I flipped the light switch so I could see. When someone&#39;s taking a shower and I go in there to brush my teeth I usually turn the lights out as I&#39;m exiting the room.  I was heating up pizza rolls in the oven when the power went out, so I took them out and put them in the microwave. (we lived in the country in the midwest and had a lot of storms during the summer.) Took a shower without taking off my bra. Brushed my teeth when I meant to wash my hands for dinner. 17. From Tarandon: Putting my hands underneath the tap and waiting for it to turn on. Then realizing it has knobs instead of infrared sensors. 18. From morkskogen: I am constantly trying to upvote e-mails. 19. From jimic: I was at my house and one of my roommates comes into my room and screams ecstatically and as if he was reborn, &quot;Holy s**t, I just took my contacts out and I can see perfectly!&quot; He comes back in five minutes later and realizes that he was wearing 2 pairs of contacts for about 3 days straight. 20. From Semajal: Getting cereal out for breakfast, going to the cutlery drawer and taking out a knife and fork. Sitting down. Looking confused. 