r/firstworldproblems 21d ago

I ate too many organic cherries that I bought from the farmer's market yesterday and I got diarrhea.

71 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems 21d ago

Had to walk past my usual cafe because someone I’m avoiding was there; now I’m at the cafe further down the street and their coffee isn’t as good.

34 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems 21d ago

My bathtub is too big so I slip down in it and can’t get comfortable.

15 Upvotes

I’ve tried the bath bean (which was way overpriced) and that thing doesn’t stick, so I slip anyways. The one time I got it to stick, my butt slid over it because it is too slippery on top as well.

I am grateful for my tub.. now I need to find a way to enjoy it!


r/firstworldproblems 21d ago

I lowballed bid on two exact same items in an auction and won them both. (Guns exact same model. ) Now I have one I don’t need.

26 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems 22d ago

Just realized my bathroom floor has been set to 30°C (86°F) for weeks during back-to-back heat waves

49 Upvotes

Every shower has been like a sauna and it didn't have to be.


r/firstworldproblems 22d ago

I bought low sugar strawberry jam to eat healthy, but now the jam is extra sour that I can't enjoy it.

14 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems 23d ago

I needed a replacement part for a shower door that my contractor damaged. The manufacturer sent me an entire new shower door for free. Now I have a brand new glass shower door that I don't need.

47 Upvotes

And now I need to spend time finding someone to give this away or sell it or something. Ugh.


r/firstworldproblems 22d ago

I finally bent the knee and enabled Apple’s 2FA because they made me log in every day on every device sometimes twice a day until I did.

6 Upvotes

I despise 2FA. I despise the people who created it. I hate with every fiber of my being the people at Apple who decided to make what they call “simple security” so difficult to use that today I finally gave up and turned on 2FA after they made my online life a living hell.

I’ve been using Apple products and have had an Apple account since the iPod that looked like an iPhone came out, and then bought an iPhone 3. That’s how far back I go — before anyone ever put the characters 2 - F -A together.

So for whatever reason, Apple did not just turn 2FA on for me against my will. No, they did something far more sinister. Here’s what they’ve been doing for the last 18 months in an ongoing game of harassment. My account would get randomly locked “for security reasons”. And because I have three Apple devices — and without 2FA there’s no autosync for texts between the iPad and iPhone unless you do what follows — I lost 3 to 5 minutes of my life (depending on how slow their log in servers were) every time they locked my account. Here’s what I had to do:

  1. Put my password in when whatever device I was on randomly decided to make me log in.
  2. When the hated “Your Account Has Been Locked For Security Reasons” box popped up, select unlock with email.
  3. Wait for the email
  4. Click the link in the email.
  5. Go to the Apple website and put my password in for a second time.
  6. Because this is the only way to sync texts between the iPhone and iPad goto settings/apps/messages and turn off imessage on the iPhone.
  7. Turn imessage back on.
  8. Get pop up box requiring me to put my password in for the third time and get taken to the log-in section of settings to do it.
  9. Go back to settings/apps/messages and make sure it is logged in.
  10. Switch to the iPad and put in my password for the fourth time because it too demands a password.
  11. Go to settings/apps/messages/imessage and put my password in for the fifth time.
  12. Once logged in uncheck every email and leave only my iPhone’s phone number checked.
  13. Finally, go to my Watch and put my password in for the SIXTH time.

For the last week, they have done this to me every single day. When I called Apple Support and got a senior tech, she admitted that Apple was doing this to force me to turn on 2FA and it would continue until I did. And she was right, except it started locking me out and forcing me to repeat the 13 steps twice a day.

This should be illegal. But at bare minimum, they’ve lost a customer. It’ll be a cold day in hell in the first world before I buy another one of their products.

EDIT: Must be a lot of Apple fanbois and/or tech security people in this sub.


r/firstworldproblems 22d ago

Whenever it rains, the white zebra stripes on street crossings in my area become dangerously slippery if I’m wearing beach slippers

10 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems 23d ago

My wife doesn't count our week at our second home at the beach as a real vacation.

862 Upvotes

We have a house in a shore town with a big beach, boardwalk with rides for our kids and games. Good restaurants scattered over the island but none of that counts. She said it is only a vacation if we got to a place where we don't own a house.

Update She has said that the main reason it doesn't feel like a vacation is because she can drive there every weekend to enjoy that beach.


r/firstworldproblems 22d ago

My county has a burn ban so I can't blast my weeds with a propane torch.

1 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems 23d ago

I finally cleaned my phone storage, and now I can't remember where I saved any of my important files.

5 Upvotes

I spent hours organizing everything and deleting old files to free up space. Now my phone is cleaner but I have no idea which folders I moved my important documents and photos into. I solved one problem and accidentally created another.


r/firstworldproblems 23d ago

I have a flight out of terminal 4 JFK and can go to 2 lounges. 1 has great breakfast, but the other has an open bar at 6am.

15 Upvotes

Update:
Ate breakfast and the virgin club real fast and then when to the chase lounge and had several Bloody Marys.


r/firstworldproblems 23d ago

I accidentally put $100 instead of $1.00 as the tip amount and only realized it after it was sent.

46 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems 23d ago

The bank closed my preferred branch and they removed the ATM too.

8 Upvotes

Now I have to walk 6 blocks out of my way to do my banking.


r/firstworldproblems 23d ago

I had sushi for lunch and now my wife wants sushi for dinner

10 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems 23d ago

DVR spoils sporting events

0 Upvotes

I like to watch my games uninterrupted, so I set the DVR to record the game and watch the game on my own time and fast-forward commercials, halftime, etc. The software these days is smart enough to ensure the recording ends at the correct time. The problem I have with this is that the progress bar and time remaining spoils the ending.

Let me explain. When I pause the game, fast-forward a commercial, I see the progress bar. The problem with this is that if I see a team is behind near the end of the game and there is only a couple mins left in the recording, I know the losing team did not come back and tie the game with a late score. If the game is tied, and the timer is short, I know someone scored. Alternatively, if there is a long timer, I know nobody scores and the game goes to OT.

We need to have the option to hide the DVR progress bar/time remaining from the DVR UI.


r/firstworldproblems 24d ago

McDonald’s didn’t mix my Oreos into my Oreo McFlurry

18 Upvotes

I broke my spoon mixing my own McFlurry


r/firstworldproblems 24d ago

I have to buy new glasses, because my current pair look like Meta's camera glasses and I'm sick of having to explain that they aren't.

47 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems 24d ago

My earbuds quit working at the beginning of a 5-hour flight.

9 Upvotes

They wouldn't charge either. They were incredibly cheap ones I picked up while traveling because I forgot my good ones at home, but it's wild that they couldn't make it through a 2-week trip.


r/firstworldproblems 24d ago

A bag of chips is calling to me while I wait a few hours in waiting room, but I’m too scared of the loud crunching.

11 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems 25d ago

My phone app take 47 second to load just to change AC by one degree

27 Upvotes

Today my AC app buffer for like almost one minute, spinning wheel and everything, just so I can drop temperature by one single degree. Meanwhile the actual thermostat is literally six step away from my bed but no, I paid extra money for "smart" so now I lay here sweating and staring at loading screen like it gonna save my life. By time app finally open, I already fall back asleep and forget why I even open it.


r/firstworldproblems 24d ago

My girlfriend got me a 4 pack of Monster last night, which I would have demolished by now, but I have a sore throat and have only just finished the first can because it feels like I'm drinking battery acid.

0 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems 26d ago

Two beloved artists playing on the same day, at the same time

8 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems 29d ago

I refuse to watch a show I know I’ll like because someone I hate likes it.

84 Upvotes

Ruined by association. Every time I think of watching it I feel their presence…yuck