When your zipper tucks itself in

[u/Longjumping-Oven-994]

[u/bigbluebagel]

Ok THIS is actually mildly infuriating. 👏🏼 Good job OP

[u/SpitsVenom → u/bigbluebagel]

In fact, this could be the profile picture for the sub.

[u/tesseract-enigma → u/SpitsVenom]

I second the motion, I've glanced at the image 6 times now and mildly infuriated every time.

[u/ThatsSoAutistic → u/bigbluebagel]

Watch, it’s only gonna top out at like 500 upvotes while a post about somebody losing their house or smth get like 10k in 1 hour

Edit: glad I was proved wrong, that’s what I get for being cynical lol

[u/Bicykwow → u/ThatsSoAutistic]

Or watch a mod remove it for some esoteric reason, but only after it gets 2k upvotes

[u/SeanCuresSadness → u/[deleted]]

Somebody get these beggars out of here...

[u/MamaNyxieUnderfoot → u/ThatsSoAutistic]

If it bleeds, it leads.

[u/CheapBiccies → u/ThatsSoAutistic]

Come look

[u/Longjumping-Oven-994 → u/bigbluebagel]

Thank you! There gotta be a solution to this lol

[u/AsanoSokato → u/Longjumping-Oven-994]

Try attempting to grab it between your thumb and index finger. It takes about 50 tries for it to never work.

[u/Pplthrowaway123 → u/bigbluebagel]

Finally something worthwhile on this sub.

[u/HendrixHazeWays → u/bigbluebagel]

The zipper is like: "Dude. I'm having a bad day. Have you ever had a bad day?? Just leave me alone for a lil bit"

[u/SoftPeachesKisses → u/bigbluebagel]

literally just watching this got me heat up already

[u/Mo_Jack → u/bigbluebagel]

This made me wonder if there was a sub for "ThisIsAJobForNeedleNosePliers". If so, OP would get upvotes from all 16 of its members. This is a perfect post for this sub.

[u/hooplehead69 → u/bigbluebagel]

For real. Was hoping to find clever hacks for next time it happens. Anyone see any?

[u/Mysterious-Volume-58 → u/hooplehead69]

Pull the zipper teeth parallel to each other then grab the zipper body and pull up. Most of the resistance comes from the teeth strips being out of alignment.

[u/hooplehead69 → u/Mysterious-Volume-58]

Thanks, I will think of you next time this happens 

[u/donut-reply → u/bigbluebagel]

But the zipper got stuck while they were trying to zip their pants back up to stay warm while waiting for rescue buried under an avalanche. They got frostbite and had to amputate their whole right leg as a result.

[u/SecurityCapable1163 → u/bigbluebagel]

⁸exacrly my thoughts take my upvote

[u/Zob_Rombie_88]

Epitome of mildly infuriating

[u/Second_Guess_25 → u/Zob_Rombie_88]

🔊 Shut the sub down! We have found the epitome of r/mildlyinfuriating 🏆

[u/captainrina → u/Second_Guess_25]

We need this as the banner image

[u/Own-Elk7348]

I would upvote this more than once. Truly mildly infuriating, right there. Take this poor Redditors medal OP. 🏅

[u/Longjumping-Oven-994 → u/[deleted]]

I accept, whole heartedly.

[u/Usual_Office_1740]

This is the first time I've ever agreed with a post in this sub.

[u/KillerQueen913]

😔 Another thing that hides away from me

[u/FreedomBread]

Ohmygod, this legitimately happened to me at about the worst time. This picture just triggered some PTSD, I swear.

I was going to propose to my wife. I had the ring in my pocket. We entered the location, a park where we had one of our first dates. I said I had to go to the bathroom (I did a bit, but really I also wanted to just calm myself down and focus on what I wanted to say). I took a leak, and flushed. I go to zip up - and yeah. It's stuck like this. And these were new shorts since I wanted to look nice for the date/proposal pics, with a smallish zipper thing, which had some stupid paint coating on it. So I can't get the thing out.

I'm freaking out now in the stall. What do I do? I'm sweating even, thinking I'm going to have to propose with my fly open and get pictures like that. I stop, sop up the sweat on my face with toilet paper, and take a deep breath. With like surgical precision and every nanometer of my fingernails, I get a grip on the thing and it just moves up one little tooth on the zipper, and then up it went and the zipper was closed.

I proposed and she said yes, we've been married for 15 years now. I've never told her this story. But now you know because holy shit, this picture.

[u/BBQQA → u/FreedomBread]

You HAVE to tell her the story. Truly. She'll probably have a big laugh with you about it. She'll appreciate that day so much more knowing a little part that she never knew before.

[u/FreedomBread → u/BBQQA]

I will - next anniversary it's going in my card to her, for posterity :)

[u/Pflanzenzuechter]

Almost as bad as getting your beard caught in the zipper

[u/KatAstrophie- → u/Pflanzenzuechter]

How short are you?! 🤣

[u/MartinisnMurder → u/KatAstrophie-]

Or how long is his beard?!
https://giphy.com/gifs/jQhtag0aBlpe3ApiAf

[u/AslowLearn → u/KatAstrophie-]

I think he meant in the other guys zipper

[u/Degenerate_Dryad → u/AslowLearn]

I think you meant the other zipper guys

[u/MindErection → u/Pflanzenzuechter]

How did the beans get ABOVE the frank!?!?!?

[u/Own-Elk7348 → u/Pflanzenzuechter]

I felt the pain reading this comment. 😆🫠

[u/Lt-Corvin_709]

I love how relatable this is. We've ALL been in this scenario

[u/dmw_qqqq]

Lol happens a lot, especially on jeans.

[u/FraggleRockYaFaceOff → u/dmw_qqqq]

Nah fam, you doing it wrong. I ain't owned a pair of pants or shorts that had a zipper, button, or belt loop for a decade.

[u/mathewwalker714]

Needle nose plyers for the win

[u/My_Robot_Double → u/mathewwalker714]

What i do is I put my thumb or finger directly behind the zipper thingy and push hard outward. Pops right out every time.

[u/pixelprophet → u/mathewwalker714]

If you're out and about? Car key

[u/zombie_vibes → u/mathewwalker714]

Or tweezers!

[u/Chemical_Tomato_6308 → u/mathewwalker714]

cheap wire clothes hanger, the hook part

[u/WALLY_5000]

Quality mildly infuriating post.

[u/Impossible_Hyena7562]

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a perfect post for this sub. But you did it

[u/TheAbominableRex]

Oh my god so annoying. And you either have just cut your nails, or, you bend a nail backwards trying to dig it out. 🥴

[u/r3dditr0x]

It's the worst. It also happens to pillow protectors.

[u/KatAstrophie- → u/r3dditr0x]

I had to buy a new pillow protector to go over the one I couldn’t remove because the zip John Cena’d me!

[u/slothboy]

FINALLY! A post on this sub that is actually mildly infuriating.

lock it up.

[u/NimDing218]

You really gotta dig that bitch out too. Some witchcraft stuff.

[u/SchemeWestern3388]

Just a tiny bit extra annoying when at a public urinal. 

[u/OGbigfoot → u/SchemeWestern3388]

Especially with the dude waiting behind you thinking your jerking it.

Buzz off, 'batin!

[u/Maleficent_Insect71]

This might be the best post ever in this sub.

[u/BetLeft]

[u/Durtonious]

I love that I hate this the perfect amount for it to be classified as MILDLY infuriating. Good post OP.

[u/BictorianPizza]

Not the whole comment section exploding because someone finally posted something sub-appropriate

[u/Traditional-Can-6568]

This is what inspired the inventor of needlenose pliers

[u/WooderBoar]

YKK!

[u/BuckyJamesDio]

Fire the person who designed this and also fire the person who approved of it.

[u/RebekkaKat1990]

Especially when you literally just unzipped the fucker and now it’s stuck already

[u/GottaBAnotherWay]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xQz492gZVUoms

[u/CrustyMcgee]

It’s so mildly infuriating that it almost makes it to the next level of infuriating.

[u/UnicornSheets]

The worst!

[u/Emjayshelton]

Yup, also does not want to go up ALL THE WAY.

[u/EfficiencyBrief2138]

"My god son, how'd you get the beans above the frank?"

[u/Raildog01]

Its just cold...warm him up

[u/AltruisticLobster315]

I can feel the pain in my fingers from trying to dig that out

[u/JaytenFwammers]

Nice to see this one finally get the recognition it deserves

https://giphy.com/gifs/xSM46ernAUN3y

[u/Bbz1130]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9uoYC7cjcU6w8
This is why we do it.

[u/Ok_Set4685]

I hate when this happens! I usually have to use scissors to untuck the zipper

[u/UmptyscopeInVegas → u/Ok_Set4685]

Bread. Twist. Tie.

[u/Ok_Set4685 → u/UmptyscopeInVegas]

I’ll try that next time! Thanks for the tip

[u/CaptainMacMillan → u/UmptyscopeInVegas]

Instructions unclear, now I have bread in my pants.

[u/StabbyBoo]

Very proud of OP for understanding the assignment.

[u/Longjumping-Oven-994 → u/StabbyBoo]

This comment section is going on my fridge. So proud of myself

[u/Darkpolearm]

Crazy to me how everyone here is agreeing with OP.

This is definitely more than mildly infuriating to me.

[u/DoggedDust → u/Darkpolearm]

It's an easy fix

[u/Primobryan]

Gotta throw the whole pants away

[u/DummyDumDragon]

This should be illegal. How? I don't fuckin know, but it fuckin should be.

[u/ketra1504]

I remember laying on my bed with my legs up against the wall desperately trying to untuck a zipper at leadt 2 times a week in primary school

[u/heftybagman]

Okay but on throw pillows I will tuck it in and then spend 4-45 mins untucking it later.

[u/slamminsammysosa]

Holy shit somebody actually posted something that belongs here

[u/Fried_puri]

The panic when this happens at work and the stalls are full. 

[u/slappadik]

just don't pull a Ted and zip up your balls

[u/jsmith_92]

Was worried you got the goods stuck at first

[u/400footceiling]

Ready to snag your beans and frank. Owchie.

[u/Hot_Tonight150]

Absolutely hate when this happens!

[u/thalefteye]

Or when the zipper itself literally comes of the pants while you are at school or at work 🫪.

[u/EstelSnape]

This and when the belt loop gets caught on a door handle

[u/WellJustJonny]

Used to have a pair of jeans where the brass zipper wouldn’t stay zipped so I put a key ring on it and hooked it over the button then buttoned up the jeans.
I did this also because the zipper would also tuck itself in like above.

[u/kilobitch]

Like a frightened turtle!

[u/theandroid01]

I never know how it happens (maybe in the wash) and pisses me off everytime. Only discovered in putting on said pants. Always take them back off to fix it

[u/Special_South_8561]

Dude I hate it! Gotta wiggle and jiggle, finagle just right.

Or I have a small pair of needle nose pliers that do he trick!

[u/RandomRedditor0193]

I hate this so much. I end up using a chopstick to get it loose.

[u/HVAC_instructor]

Paper clip and hook it.

[u/Kalaphar]

Ready for bed

[u/VacuumTracks]

Everyone loves a good tuck once in a while.

[u/SecondEqual4680]

God forbid a hoe is modest

[u/Oat57]

I have to carefully(!) dig it out with my pocket knife.

[u/McDaddy8484]

This happens all the time to my jackets and bags

[u/Wide-Grape-2256]

Rub a little Viagra on it, works for me.

[u/borderbox]

Your zippy got sleepy

[u/lil_Jansk_Hyuza]

that's why I don't use zippers

[u/brainspl0ad]

Button fly ftw

[u/One_Vision_]

Needle Nose pliars

[u/BoilzBlisterzBurnz]

Needlenose Pliers are my friend

[u/Bomb_AF_Turtle]

This, and the 'zipper boner' when you sit is why I only wear button-fly now.

[u/beardingmesoftly]

Well done. This is mild, and it is infuriating.

[u/TeemoMakesMeHappy]

Work at a cleaners and gotta deal with this shit all the time. Push it out from the inside of the jeans zipper when unzipped and bam simple fix. Can post a video if you need but becomes easy work after.

[u/spekt50]

https://giphy.com/gifs/I5obV6nWmi3KABvHA2

[u/rdrofdrgnz]

Life hack: Use a pen or a small screw driver and insert into hole on zipper handle. Pull up.

Ezpz

[u/TheDukeofArgyll]

Needle nose pliers

[u/sponglered → u/TheDukeofArgyll]

Who's carrying those out in public, though? It's not like this is a problem at home.

The pen suggestion is much more valuable.

[u/QuirkyPossession539]

Especially when it’s your fly, it’s open, and you’re in public…

[u/loopingrightleft]

Ultimate betrayal

[u/Mr-Bry-Guy]

😂😂😂😂🤣 safety pin or a knife. I feel you though!

[u/Extension_Abroad_953]

I HATE THAT!

[u/PlayedWithMatches]

What about those short zippers they put in pants these days. I don't think they are taking anatomy into consideration

[u/EarthlyReddit]

This. This is the definition of “mildly infuriating”

[u/Cocaine-Mike]

Hate when that happens

[u/Ecstatic_Ad5579]

My solution has been needle nose pliers, but gently. Recommend removing pants first.

[u/Hakthaf]

Nothing worse than running late in the morning, get out of the shower, and zipper tucked away like a scared turtle vs its normal position.

[u/Equivalent_Grand_593]

Some how my zipper got stuck in a 90 degree angle in the wash. It's been like that for years

[u/BusyEquipment529]

Wedge your thumb to it on the inside and your forefinger on the outside/pully part, as if you're pinching it, then pull

[u/FlowRiderBob]

A tucked zipper should be the logo for this sub.

[u/mightyFoo]

Revenge comes in many forms

[u/axecop117]

[u/TheBaykon8r]

Especially after I've clipped my nails, hurts my fingers

[u/Char-car92]

You take this picture on the toilet?

[u/Val2beme]

The best solution is to see if you can feed in dental floss and use that to pull the zipper up.

[u/Pletcher87]

It’s always in a busy restroom in a restaurant.

[u/ABQJohn]

Happens to me too often. I take a fork and stick one of the tines in to bring out the zipper. Works every time for me.

[u/seligball]

I would call this mediuminfuriating

[u/calvinfury]

At that point I’m just wearing different pants.

[u/CompetitiveChain8853]

Almost everytime taken out of the dryer....then of course after you button up you go to zip up but no zip as the thing is so tucked down in😩

[u/CobraCornelius]

You can use a graphite pencil, or any pencil to lubricate the teeth and loosen it up a bit then you need to use pliers, tweezers or loop some dentalfloss to pull it out.

[u/Silent_Sir3234]

its cold

[u/Bob_TheGoon]

I swear this only happens to me when I'm already is a shitty mood and running late

[u/Bempet583]

Yes! I had one pair of Work pants that would do this to me all the time.

[u/tkdch4mp]

Man, OP, you can't just be tearing the jeans open to get out of them!

I mean, you can, you do you, haha, especially in the heat of passion and all that.

But it'd be slightly more preventable if the "lock" was up/out instead of down

[u/skittlesaddict]

Always happens to me when I don’t have time to dig around in my crotch like when I’m about to enter a business.

[u/Guernzee]

It's even worse on older zippers when they snap, then tuck.

[u/Im_Soo_Coy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/zqkhgbRZmvdSM

[u/MoleyRo-Thiccneds]

I was hoping to open the comments and find some wise person inform us on how to magically deal with it, and now im disappointed.

[u/LincolnRazgriz]

The scene from Silence of the Lambs?

[u/AppointmentDirect587]

That picture reminds me of another picture where the sack skin is stuck in the zipper

[u/AlfalfaMajor2633]

Time to get out the needle nose pliers.

[u/Stressmove]

This is so relatable.

And glad to see a post that stays true to the sub's initial content.

[u/thehandsomeman4]

https://giphy.com/gifs/M6HUrohMjsYY8aSLo3

[u/Unofficial_Salt_Dan]

Oh man! I've mastered the art of getting those little bastards unstuck!

[u/Badkyle6]

When this happens to me I find the easiest way to get it out is to use the prong of my belt as a lever

[u/L30N1337]

Jeans... Pathetic...

Drawstring cargo pants for the win

[u/Pokiriee]

That’s an AI zip. Comes pre-programmed.

[u/ACuddlyVizzerdrix]

I always have issues with this and my zipper going down so I just put a key ring on the zipper to keep it from tucking and I thread my button through the ring so my fly doesn't go down

[u/Moon_Flowers420]

agreed. Use a fork

[u/Plane_Jacket_7251]

I hate it when this happens...

[u/Pale_Adeptness]

[u/Mountain_Town5759]

Hated this when I was a kid.. I learned a butter knife was good at getting it.

[u/Specialist-Neck-7810]

And it hurts your nails, because your fingers can’t get a grip, like crazy to pull that fucker out… gotta wiggle it back and forth sometimes…

[u/MoonRiverRob]

This is actually a definition of mildly infuriating, good one!!

[u/Candyman051882]

It’s not even that it happens. It will undoubtedly happen at the worst time when you are in a rush

[u/ElectronicTrade7039]

A paperclip should help

[u/National-Ad-8200 → u/ElectronicTrade7039]

How have I never thought to do this when this happens!?

https://giphy.com/gifs/aWPGuTlDqq2yc

[u/ekipogh]

The fuck the actual point of this post? Seriously

[u/Longjumping-Oven-994 → u/ekipogh]

Are you mildly infuriated? Because if so..

[u/jellseph]

I use the last tooth on a comb. Pops right out.