15 Times Common Sense Was Clearly on Vacation

Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor

Jun 17, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

Common sense, honestly, the term in itself is taken too lightly. And not because what it pertains to is so important, but that people so often forget all about it that it is critical that as a society we increase its influence, because we cannot be living out the storyline of Idiocracy this early in human evolution. But that does not mean that those moments that lack common sense do not have their positives.

For example, moments lacking in common sense often have hilarious repercussions that are very enjoyable to those on the outside looking in. And today we have got a list filled with some of the funniest fails we could get our hands on, to gently remind you not to leave the office today without your common sense. That being said, you might have come to the office without your common sense, in which case you have already failed to maintain common sense. Awkward…

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Well, either this is some seriously poor planning or the person who came up with this ingenious solution is an obsessive fan of advent calendars and decided to make their whole kitchen into an advent calendar. Only problem being you have to wait until the end of the month to open the oven.
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When you want carpet, but your door prefers the tile underneath. It is hard to make everyone happy in the household, especially when it comes to cosmetic changes such as these. But taking into account the door’s preference seems to be taking things a little too far, no?
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