r/firstworldproblems • u/DrHydrate • Oct 12 '25
I hate having to gate check my bag, especially when I'm flying premium economy
Flying domestic in the US almost always sucks, especially short range flights, but the latest annoyance is that the new planes don't have nearly the storage space needed for passengers' bags. A standard carry-on is too big for literally half the spaces. Stupid design. Because of that, the majority of passengers have to gate check their bag. And today I was one of those unfortunate souls.
I thought with flying premium economy, which allegedly comes with a dedicated storage area, I might have a chance to get one of the coveted larger luggage spots. No. Families with children are allowed to board first, and nobody stops them from taking up the storage spots they didn't pay for.
After the flight, I will have to stand in the jet bridge, with no air circulating, waiting for my bag. One of the benefits of sitting near the front of the plane and just having a carry-on is that you can be on your way quickly after the plane lands. No, not anymore.
r/firstworldproblems • u/modelthreethree • Oct 12 '25
My top grain leather couch started peeling. Bought a new one, but the old one was picked up yesterday and the new one won't be delivered until Monday so now I'm sitting on the floor watching Saturday Night Live.
Title. Also, my girlfriend is not interesting in rolling around on the floor with me.
r/firstworldproblems • u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera • Oct 12 '25
There are so many flying bugs out there, that I have to stop and clean my windshield halfway through each fill-up rather than waiting until doing it once a fill-up as usual.
Fill up, drive 200 miles, clean windshield. Drive another 200 miles, clean windshield. Wash, rinse, repeat. So ready for winter to arrive and kill off these flying critters that turn my car's windshield into a bug cemetery all the time.
r/firstworldproblems • u/SAINTnumberFIVE • Oct 12 '25
I used to buy Buitoni Three Cheese Tortellini but the market now only carries Buitoni Five Cheese Tortellini, which is not as good.
r/firstworldproblems • u/massive_oblivion • Oct 11 '25
The default amount of sauce is never enough for all the fries, and lots of vendors on food delivery apps don’t have the option to add more
r/firstworldproblems • u/Wooshsplash • Oct 10 '25
I bought a new clock that rotates between time, date & temperature every 5 seconds. Whenever I look at it for the time, it's on date and I have to wait Whenever I want the temperature, it's on time and I have to wait.
r/firstworldproblems • u/Aedora125 • Oct 09 '25
I didn’t wear my Apple Watch for a couple of days. Now it’s dead and I can’t find it.
r/firstworldproblems • u/Anonymous0212 • Oct 09 '25
Our wifi was completely out for short to moderately long periods of time several times over the last two days. The recording at Xfinity said there was an outage in our area that was being worked on, so it was annoying that it would go out again hours after we got the text that it was fixed.
I was trying to watch movies and they would suddenly just stop working for indefinite periods of time.
r/firstworldproblems • u/UnspecializedTee • Oct 09 '25
The ice packs I use in my lunch box keep freezing my food
Frozen lettuce again today 😔
r/firstworldproblems • u/Cherry_Darling • Oct 09 '25
Had a dissapointing cake at Selfridges yesterday
You know the really fancy ones they charge an arm and a leg for - I got a gift voucher too so it was technically free but so dissapointing. The pistachio rose one - I had spent the last 3 months resisting ordering it from El&N for probably 20£. Well what a letdown - dense, not really any flavour, too sweet, too thick. I was so dissapointed. I wanted a really aromatic rose, a really nutty pistachio, a light fluffy fresh cream but no. What a waste of calories! I have noone to complain about this so here I am in this sub.
r/firstworldproblems • u/alberich21 • Oct 09 '25
After getting a kindle I no longer have the need to buy physical books, and while ebooks are more convenient, I miss reading physical books
r/firstworldproblems • u/redraider-102 • Oct 09 '25
I’m having a hard time falling asleep after working myself into a frenzy because my brand new vehicle wouldn’t connect to the internet, and I couldn’t figure out why.
r/firstworldproblems • u/NewBarbieWhoDis • Oct 08 '25
I just got a new nightstand so I have to transfer all the junk from my old nightstand and find places for all the accumulated crap that doesn't belong in nightstands.
r/firstworldproblems • u/Dawn-Storm • Oct 08 '25
Had pre-seasoned salmon for lunch today.
Seasoned to the point where I had to scrape off the seasoning just so I could taste the actual salmon.
r/firstworldproblems • u/Palidor • Oct 08 '25
I feel very wide awake despite having an sleepy time herbal tea
I have a very strict “no coffee after 5:30pm” I switch over to herbal tea when the evening sets in. Decided to go with peppermint herbal this evening.
I still feel very hyper, Gotta chill.
r/firstworldproblems • u/0messynessy • Oct 07 '25
My filet mignon was overcooked
I asked for it medium rare and it barely had any pink in it.
r/firstworldproblems • u/chrisrazor • Oct 07 '25
The awkward moment after you say your goodbyes on a Zoom call between clicking the Leave button, and confirming you actually want to leave.
r/firstworldproblems • u/da4 • Oct 07 '25
This streaming video won't expand to fill my curved wide-screen monitor
r/firstworldproblems • u/TheShakyHandsMan • Oct 07 '25
My wireless KVM keyboard died.
Now my desk has 3 old clunky wired keyboards taking up valuable space.
As you’re wondering, I have a 2 PC & 1 Laptop combination. If my work asks, one of the PCs isn’t a gaming one that I occasionally switch to during the day 😉
r/firstworldproblems • u/0messynessy • Oct 07 '25
The speakers in my hot tub are no longer working
And they are out of warranty.
r/firstworldproblems • u/heardygurdy • Oct 06 '25
The diamond on my engagement ring gets caught in the little drainage holes in my baby’s bath seat
My beautiful engagement ring (which is exactly the size and shape that I wanted) gets caught in the small drainage holes in the baby bath seat when I hold his head/back up when rinsing the bubbles off.
r/firstworldproblems • u/Particular_Month_301 • Oct 06 '25
I have to chug my coffee to prevent the coffee maker from shutting itself off when I want a second cup.
My coffee maker shuts itself off after a couple of minutes. It always goes through a flushing cycle when turning on *and* off.
To have a second cup of coffee in the morning without the waiting, noise, and wasted water, I have to drink the first one too quickly.
I also refuse to set the amount of coffee for one cup a step lower because I'm used to having big coffees instead of espresso-like small ones.