16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like

Buying things online is similar to cooking without following the recipe: there is always some risk involved. You never know what you are going to get. Be that a parcel or a cake.

The gallery below shows the experiences shared by some Internet users.

#1 Birthday cake figures have a tendency to disappoint

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Reddit/plutchina

#2 It’s not quite what the dinosaur was supposed to look like

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Imgur

#3 Cartoon characters after a crazy night out

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Reddit/eddi00778

#4 There is a big difference between ‘I thought…’ and “I got…’

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Ravelry
16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Instagram/annymalla

#5 Imitation is not so easy

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Reddit/PeapodPanda

#6 The recipe looked so easy in the photo

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Reddit/kaitmoe

#7 The snowman looked much better when it wasn’t floating

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Craftfail
16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Craftfail

#8 Some things should not be written backwards

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Reddit/spacecat_phantom

#9 Are the lips still so sweet?

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Reddit/fnord-prefect

#10 First first attempt at sewing a soft toy. Not very successful

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
#11 ‘A very large’ pool for the dog…

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Reddit/leftcrow

#12 Someone must have dropped off while printing this mask

 

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Reddit/the_nerd_dad

#13 There are some similarities if you look really hard

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Reddit/think_up

#14 The banana penguin nightmare

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Reddit/kukidog

#15 This how a bakery cheated their customers

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
Reddit/iLikeMakonnen

#16 I ordered these beautiful knitwear gloves for my daughter. And that’s what I got

16 Photos That Perfectly Illustrate What the Clash Between the Expectations and the Reality Might Look Like
KremKaramelac / reddit

Have you ever been so unlucky buying things online or cooking?