failcomics Funny comics about everyday fails

Shopping Comics

Funny comics about grocery runs, checkout lines and bringing it all in from the car in one trip.

Fail Strip #5 Shopping

Just Running In for Milk

Three-panel stick-figure comic: a man goes into a store for milk, fills a cart with boxes and a lamp, and gets home without the milk.

Nobody has ever just run in for milk.

Fail Text #3 Shopping

If They Have Eggs, Get Six

Text-message comic: asked to grab milk and get six if they have eggs, he comes home with six gallons of milk and no eggs.

He followed the instructions exactly.

Fail Chart #3 Shopping

Self-Checkout, Explained

Pie chart comic titled Self-Checkout, Explained, showing only 10 percent of the time is spent actually scanning items.

Ten percent scanning. Ninety percent waiting for help.

Fail Panel #3 Shopping

Unexpected Item in Bagging Area

Single-panel cartoon of an exhausted shopper sitting in the bagging area of a self-checkout machine that says Unexpected item in bagging area.

At some point, you become the unexpected item.

Fail Strip #1 Shopping

One Trip, Zero Eggs

Three-panel stick-figure comic: a man refuses to make two trips with his groceries, struggles with every bag at once, and ends up with a torn bag and broken eggs.

Making two trips was never an option.