Parent’s Relatable Disaster Sparks Sympathy: ‘I Was About To Go to Bed’ [Video]

A post about a parent facing an unexpected “mess” right before heading to bed has gone viral on Reddit.

The April 4 post from u/ohnoitsmypotato has garnered 24,000 upvotes and hundreds of comments from other Redditors who could sympathize with the original poster’s dilemma.

The post was shared with a title reading “I was about to go to bed.” It features an image of what appears to be laundry detergent spilled all over a floor, with its container toppled over next to a pool of the liquid. It appears the container may have been knocked over from the top of the washing machine, which has a large splash of detergent running down its side.

In the comments section, the original poster revealed that they used a dustpan and a squeegee to clean it up with their child’s help, although admitted that if they didn’t have kids and a cat they might have left it overnight.

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