A homeowner was left fuming after a cleaner tidied away their almost-completed jigsaw.
The puzzle fan shared on Reddit's r/mildlyinfuriating forum that their game had been dumped into a box, leaving it in more chaos than when displayed on the table.
Other users expressed similar outrage, sharing tales of frustratingly similar experiences.
Thousands applauded the original post featuring before and after shots of the disrupted puzzle, with the caption: “Cleaners came by the house and 'cleaned' our almost finished puzzle.”
Reddit users were united in indignation over the cleaning gaffe.
One user chimed in, expressing concern from a professional perspective: “I used to clean houses for a living. Things like this, something obviously being worked on, would be shuffled around gently to clean the area or not touched at all. This was a douche move.”
Adding insult to injury, another user remarked the cleaner had not accomplished much actual cleaning, stating: “They didn't even clean it well.”
Further fed-up individuals commiserated over similar issues with hired help. One unfortunate green-fingered poster wrote: “Reminds me of a time when I lived in a place that had landscapers and they weeded my whole garden that I just planted. Not the weeds. All the flowers I had just planted.”
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The exasperated gardener questioned the landscaper's competence: “Things like that I just think why, why do you need to be told that isn't a weed. Is it not obvious? You work with plants, no? LOL.”
Yet another user responded with a memory triggered by the thread, recalling: “Your comment reminds me of the time my mom hired a lawn mowing service.”
“She has an acre of grass and then a small area that is OBVIOUSLY garden – has tulips and tomatoes and other flowers/vegetables. The lawn mowing service dude just ripped through the entire yard, regardless of whether it was grass, tulips, or food. we were growing. My mom was (rightfully) devastated.”