Article created by: Donata Ruzgaitė

Have you ever felt like your attempt at cleaning created even more of a mess than it was before? Breaking a glass while drying it, spilling detergent all over the floor when doing a load of laundry, or bleaching your clothes while trying to get that stubborn stain from your shower.

If you’ve experienced this pain before, we are glad to report that you’re not alone. Just take a look at these people in the list below whose urge to clean ended up in far worse scenarios than those mentioned above. From breaking through ceilings to smashing shower doors, scroll down to wince and chuckle at some of the most unfortunate cleaning failures we at Bored Panda could gather from peeps online.

While you’re at it, don’t forget to check out a conversation with cleaning expert Alessandro Gazzo and professional cleaner Axel Avery, who kindly agreed to share a couple of tips on how to avoid common cleaning mistakes and learn to tidy like a pro.

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#1 My Mother Was Cleaning The Attic

#2 My Wife Wonders Why The Vacuum Hasn’t Been Working

#3 My Mom Erased Part Of The World While Cleaning My Globe

#4 Washed My Measuring Cup And All The Lines And Numbers Came Off

#5 I Clean Pools And Today I Knocked A Huge Potted Plant Into The Water

#6 My Tenancy Ends Tomorrow After 2 Years In This Flat. Today, While Cleaning And Getting Everything Ready To Move Out, I Hit The Oven’s Door And Broke The Glass. Bye Bye Sweet Deposit Money

#7 I Just Wanted To Clean The Window

#8 I’m Doing Renovations And My Roomba Found A Tiny Piece Of Sheetrock

#9 Got New Cargo Shorts And Accidentally Sat On A Stool That My Sister Was Cleaning With Clorox

#10 My Brother And I Were Cleaning Out The Attic, But Then I Heard A Loud Crash And Saw This Above Me. I Chose To Take A Photo Before Asking Questions

#11 Home Alone Cleaning The Roof And Gutters When I Heard A Loud Bang

#12 Let’s Just Say That We Ended Up With Very Clean Laundry Room Floor… And Yes I’m An Idiot

#13 When Your Flatmate Likes To Eat Seeds And Cleans The Floor Without Vacuuming First

#14 My Robot Vacuum Curled Up And Is Sleeping When It Should Be Working

#15 I Was Emptying The Dishwasher And Found This “Clean” Glass Break

#16 After A Long Flight We Decided To Wash And Dry The Pillows. We Brought And Made Our Laundry Room Look Like A Bird Horror Movie

#17 I Was Washing The Dishes When The Sink Decided To Fall Out Of The Counter. First Time My Strange Habit Of Hoarding Large Bath Towels Has Proven Itself Useful

#18 My Dad Cleaned My Cat’s Litter Box With My Spatula While I Was Out Of Town

My dad is living with me at the moment. I was out of town for several days and came home to a spatula next to my cat’s litter box. The actual litter scoop was in the small closet in plain sight. He didn’t call or ask about the location.

#19 I Hear Screaming Coming From The Living Room, Only To Find My 5-Year-Old Daughter On The Floor With Her Hair All Sucked Up & Tangled In Our Ilife Robot Vacuum

#20 Moved 15 Times Over 30 Years With An Antique Vase My Grandma Gave Me. Today I Cleaned It For The First Time And It Slipped Out Of My Hands

#21 Can’t Argue With Dyson Ads, It Does Have A Lot Of Suction

One taste of my iPhone cord, and in seconds, it was ripped from the wall and all wrapped up in. Thank goodness Dyson makes it easy to unravel this love triangle.

#22 Shower Door Didn’t Like Being Cleaned

#23 Trying To Clean Your Oven

#24 Half Of These Pants Shrunk In The Wash

#25 Cleaning Your Toilet With Dishwasher Detergent

#26 My 3-Year-Old Thought It Would Be A Good Idea To Spray The TV With Water To “Clean” It

#27 I Tried Cleaning My Oven Today

#28 I Appreciate Your Drunken Late Night Attempt To Clean, Random Party Guest, But Wooden Cutting Boards Do Not Go In The Dishwasher

#29 I Cleaned My Glasses But Apparently There Was A Small Stone On The Cloth

#30 My Mom Was Just Finishing Cleaning The Kitchen And Then Spilled A Bag Of Chia Seeds On The Ground

#31 Spent Literally 6 Hours Yesterday Hand-Scrubbing, Soaking, And Vacuuming This Couch. Left My 2-Year-Old Alone For 5 Minutes In The Living Room

#32 Vacuumed Disposable Cutlery Under My Kid’s Bed

#33 So That’s How You Empty The Dust Container In A Vacuum

#34 Props To The New Roommate For Cleaning The Whole Kitchen, But She Scrubbed The Microwave Oven So Hard, All The Ink Came Off The Dials

#35 I Guess I Don’t Have To Mop The Floor Anymore

#36 I Was Cleaning My Glasses And Then This Happened

#37 Put My Remotes On My Heater While Cleaning And Forgot. Then Got Chilly

#38 I Spent An Hour And A Half Cleaning The Kitchen. When I Finished I Thought I’d Make Coffee

#39 Wife Tried To Clean My Cast Iron. How Much Alimony Should I Get?

#40 Woke Up This Morning To My Plant Falling Off My Shelf Onto My Head… And While Cleaning It Fell From The Same Place Again

#41 My Robot Vacuum Just Sucked Up Half A Roll Of Toilet Paper

#42 I Broke My Boyfriend’s Tempered Glass While Cleaning Up His PC, Time To Pack My Bags Because I’m Gonna Be Single When He Gets Back Home

#43 Got Reminded By Myself That Ceramic And Glass Aren’t A Great Idea To Put Together. Tried To Clean My Pepper Grinder And It Fell Down Directly Into My Washing Machine Door

#44 Soaked My Blinds, In The Tub, To Wash Them. Hung Them Up To Dry Last Night. Come Downstairs This Morning, And They Are Like Tubes

#45 How My Knife Broke Through The Glass While I Was Washing It

#46 It Turns Out My New Roomba Is Perfectly Tall Enough To Absolutely Obliterate Itself On The Bottom Of My Swivel Chair

I know the damage is basically just cosmetic, but I would like my expensive shiny things to stay shiny (for as long as possible) especially if they’re expensive.

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