22 Minuscule Things That Were Soul-Crushing As A Kid

    Honestly, not getting the Happy Meal toy I wanted sounds like a good problem to have.

    1. When someone (usually your sibling) would trip on and pull out the cord to the controller, just as you were about to beat a level.

    2. When you'd go to McDonald's and get the same Happy Meal toy over and over.

    3. Or, worse yet, when they'd forget to put your toy in and you wouldn't realize it until you got home.

    4. When you'd forget to bring your money on Scholastic Book Fair day.

    5. When you'd get a Scratch-N-Sniff Sticker that just smelled NASTY.

    6. When the DJ would talk over a song you were recording off the radio.

    7. When you'd see the TV being rolled into your classroom, but then realize it was actually for the next period.

    8. When all your friends could see the hidden Magic Eye image and you couldn't.

    9. When the teacher ran out of gold stars (on other kids in your class) and instead gave you a blue or red star.

    10. When you were forced to use one of the erasers from your collection and it would just smear everything into a gray blur.

    11. When your CD Walkman died on a long a car trip and you forgot to bring extra batteries.

    12. Or when you'd have the batteries die on your Game Boy just as your were about to beat a level.

    13. When you'd wait the appropriate amount of time to let your Bagel Bite cool off, but still burn the inside of your mouth when you bit into it.

    14. When you'd turn on the TV Guide channel just as the channel you were looking for passed.

    15. When you'd go to the video store for one specific movie and they were out of copies.

    16. When you'd run out of your first and second favorite flavored popsicles, and had to finish the flavors you didn't really like in order to get a new box.

    17. Whenever you accidentally ran a light-colored marker over a freshly drawn dark color.

    18. When you'd get a new toy and immediately lose a key piece to it.

    19. When you'd successfully connect to the internet only to be kicked off two minutes later.

    20. When you'd sharpen your pencil over and over, but it still looked like this:

    21. When you'd go watch your favorite movie and realize that all the videos were in the wrong cases.

    22. And finally, when you just wanted to enjoy your Capri Sun and this would happen.