Sometimes things can completely go to sh*t within the course of five minutes. Honestly, it just depends on the type of being that you choose to leave alone during that time. Here are some stories of Redditors whose lives changed in a few quick minutes.
u/Just-another-weeaboo asked: What's your "I left you alone for 5 seconds" story?
Should've waited a few more minutes.
My sophomore year of college. Had my own place. My friends from back home come up to visit one weekend. We were about to have dinner when another set of friends come to the door. Everyone is inside mingling. I remembered I forgot something in my car, so I walk out to grab it and walk in.
I walk in and they're all doing drugs off of the kitchen table.
What a nice surprise!
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I was at auction, me and my friend both put in a large amount of money because we recently sold our company, well I went to the washroom, I come back to see my friend with a brand new horse!
That's actually impressive.
When we were still children me and my friends were building a fort in the woods. We had plenty of tools and supplies but somehow forgot to bring nails. So a friend of mine and I went back to my house and got some...
Only remembering halfway back that the two of us are the only responsible people in our group of friends.
When we got back there the smallest of the three remaining friends has been duct taped to a tree in 2 meters/ 6'7" height and the ladder was nowhere to be found. We were gone for what must've been 5 minutes.
Bad decision.
I was doing an on-site 96 strand fiber splice. Had been there for hours, was near done.
Boss comes by, tells me to go grab my lunch, he'll take over while I eat.
I come back, and every splice he had done was wrong. Blue was spliced to green, yellow spliced to white, etc. Because it was a tight splice case, this meant I was going to have to recut the fiber and start over. My whole day just shot.
When I got back to the office and explained the situation, my other boss says, "Why the hell did you let Bob splice? He's colorblind!"
Iconic.
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All our friends were gathered in my one friend's dorm, and we asked if his roommate wanted join to get dinner. He was sitting as his computer and said no thanks; he had some work to do.
We got fewer than 10 steps down the hall, and my friend realized he forgot his keys. We went back and opened the door, and the roommate was fully naked and voraciously dancing. It had been literally no more than 15 seconds.
Later he told me he was timing how quickly he could get out of this clothes once the door closed.
Ewwwww.
Chilling with pet rat in bed, next to roommate's cat. Now I know you think you know where this is going, but I assure you, it's worse.
Cat is old lady who has had a few litters of kittens when she was younger. She thinks this rat is an ugly, ill-behaved kitten, basically? So sometimes she sits on him and tries to nurse him, and lets him climb on her. They get along pretty well.
I leave for a moment and come back, cat's off the bed, giving me a weird look, and rat is nowhere to be found.
Long story short, old lady cat let slip a turd and ran away from her mistake, and the rat found the turd and ran under the covers with his prize to eat it. He's just eating up this poop nugget like it's Halloween candy and getting it all over the sheets and covers. That was a long laundry day.
Quite the pissing contest.
I let two little boys in my class go to the bathroom and they were gone for awhile. When I went to check on them, it turned out they had a peeing contest. There's a small window near the urinals, and they had a competition about who could reach it first with their pee stream. When the younger boy lost, he got back at the other kid by peeing on the kid's sneakers. So the other kid pushed him into a dirty urinal and he sat on a urinal soap and mashed it into his pants.
I badly wanted to take a shower all day after pulling them apart.
Silence is the worst sound when it comes to kids.
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I was at Lowes with my 3 year old daughter walking through the bathroom fixtures. We were looking to get a new faucet. While my wife and I were discussing the specifics, my daughter was amusing herself in my periphery.
Suddenly, I got that dreaded alert that only parents know--the sound of silence. As I spun around, I realized my daught, whom we were potty training, was trying to take advantage of the display model toilets!
Luckily, we didn't have to clean up a mess!
Kids do the darndest things.
I didn't know my young toddler could climb on the chairs, let alone get to the table yet (she could barely walk at that point).
I went barely out of sight for long enough to pour water into a cup and came back to her standing on the table, waving a knife around with maniacal glee.
Oh NO.
I was watching YouTube with my $250 headphones to go get a nice glass of milk and left my door open (which I rarely do) and return at most 1 minute later to find my dog (still the cutest thing ever) had gone and ripped my wire into 3 pieces, dropped a glass that was by my computer and when I went down and yelled at her she knocked my computer off my desk in the process destroying my motherboard!
(Edit): The pc was around $1.2k.
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Ordering food or, for the time being, enjoying a socially distanced lunch at an establishment is convenient, but it can take a toll on your wallet.
So what options are there?
Fortunately, there are plenty of them that do not involve nuking a frozen entree.
Strangers on the internet shared their amateur culinary wisdom when Redditor SandandS0n asked:
"What's your go-to under 5 minute meal?"
These dinner selections are super sufficient.
In Case You Didn't Know
"Quesadilla. super quick and easy to make and there's a ton of ingredients that you can add without much effort that will make it even better."
– Arcinbiblo12
Noodling Around
"Ramen and an egg, but not the traditional way."
- "Boil roughly half an inch of water (we want just enough water to boil the noodles, with very little water left over when it's done boiling)."
- "Smash up the ramen noodles, while still in the package (optional but cooks MUCH faster)."
- "Open the package and remove the seasoning."
- "Dump the noodles in."
- "While boiling, crack an egg and whisk in a small bowl."
- "Noodles should be done and almost all the water should be gone, if not strain out some.
- Remove from the heat."
- "Slowly pour in the egg while mixing very quickly, try not to let the egg touch the pan."
- "Mix as much of the seasoning packet as you like (I prefer 1/2 - 3/4 because I usually add a salty component at the end.)"
- "Add to bowl and top with some chives, thinly sliced, ripped up ham/salami and/or parsley. Leftover bacon or pancetta are fantastic crunchy components to dial up the texture."
"Easy, fast and checks so many of the 'munchie' boxes for me."
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"Tomato soup and add tortellini. I like the spinach ones from Trader Joe's and Progreso creamy tomato with basil. It's bomb and it really makes a decent meal."
– ambernoodle
For people in a rush, these tasty snacks would suffice.
Goes Well With Veggies And Cheese
"Hummus is such an underrated food. It goes well with a lot of veggies and breads and chips or heck even cheese. All the time I hear hummus being listed as one of those weird, gross foods when its actually an amazing snack, or a meal if done correctly. It's not really unhealthy, either, especially if eaten with veggies (celery and carrots go great with hummus)."
Ready In Seconds
"All I do is get a paper towel, and put 5 Oreos on it."
– KeengPeach
"Then go back and get the whole package."
Peanut Butter Fantasies
"Peanut butter sandwich."
– IgnoreMe733
"If I'm feeling extra froggy I'll add nutella to the peanut butter and honey sandwich and put it in the microwave for 30 seconds. Goes down about as well as a popeye's biscuit though."
– saluki352
Nature's Candy
"Fruit."
"It's like cheating the system. You eat sweets and call it healthy."
Start your day without all the hassle of a fancy breakfast.
Put It In A Bowl
"Oatmeal or cereal."
– essa618
"Cereal is definitely underrated as a meal outside of the breakfast dynamic."
– johndavidcard
Thanks, Nonna!
"A very simple recipe my grandma prepared for me when i was a kid."
"It's basically scrambled eggs...but before adding the egg she would cook sweetcorn (from a can) with a little bit of butter, add the eggs and then when the eggs were almost ready, add small cubes of cheese and cook for a minute or until the cheese start to melt (she was using fontal, but any swiss or white cheddar will do). Just a little black pepper and salt."
"Takes 5 minutes to do but it's absolutely delicious, fill you up, not so unhealthy and I feel my late grandma with me."
'I tried variations with chives or spring onions, paprika or other stuff. Still good but nothing as good as a simple "uova strapazzate con mais e formaggio.'"
"Grazie nonna"
– Xelorath
I consider yogurt a healthy snack/lunch option.
I like having a bowl of non-fat plain Greek yogurt with raspberries, blueberries, sprinkled with granola and drizzled with honey.
It's packed with nutrients and gives me a nice boost of energy.
Yogurt also makes for a perfect chip dip. I sprinkle some onion soup mix and stir in the mixture. Who knew quick and easy food prep could be so delicious?