# First World Problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356 "2011-10-31T05:01:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/1 "2011-10-31T05:01:26Z")
Don’t know if you’re familiar with the “First World Problems” meme (a subset of which is a “White Whine”), but it’s pretty well summed up in this video (First World Problem Rap.) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2p5svFJ9cQ) What is the best First World Problem you’ve come across recently; which have happened to you? The most obnoxious one I’ve seen personally is someone who said something along the lines of “Whole Foods is closer to me, but Trader Joe’s has better broccolini.” My most recent whine was when I logged onto Facebook to post “Is anyone else having trouble with Google Chrome? I had to use Explorer to post this like some caveman.” ---
**Author:** ![raskolnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@raskolnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raskolnik)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/2 "2011-10-31T12:21:50Z")
My computer broke…so I had to plug my USB charger for my Ipod into a transformer into a wall socket. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/3 "2011-10-31T12:38:51Z")
I know what you mean - just try finding competent help to varnish the teak on your yacht - honestly, I’m paying for it to be sanded first, yet they just slop the finish on the weathered wood!!! OK, We don’t pay anyone to varnish our teak, we do it ourselves, and our yacht is a 33 year old sailboat with leaky portholes. But I admit I did catch myself whining to my sister about the expenses of maintaining a boat - the sister who had 2 kids in college and an unemployed husband. I really didn’t mean to be a snot, I was just venting about an aggravation… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/4 "2011-10-31T13:51:40Z")
The TV in our bedroom up and died three weeks ago and the kids won’t let us watch theirs. So any time me and the husband want to watch anything, we gotta do it sitting up on the couch. And, to top it all off, we don’t have enough money to buy a 40" HDTV right now and won’t for _months_. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/5 "2011-10-31T14:00:26Z")
My sister: complaining that she couldn’t find a Halloween costume that fit her dog. Me: my digital camera crapped out so on vacation last month I had to use actual FILM. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/6 "2011-11-01T00:35:46Z")
Due to the economy, I had to give up having one of [these](http://www.westwindaviation.com/images/arrow1.jpg), and go back to renting. My wife has pointed out that my friend has offered me unlimited use of his… and maybe I can learn how to manage in these limited circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/7 "2011-11-01T00:37:46Z")
My **[Scooba](http://store.irobot.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=3334444)** doesn’t fill itself with cleaning solution, I have to do it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/8 "2011-11-01T02:13:12Z")
At my office they stopped giving away cans of Coke in the vending machine for free. Now I have to get my free Coke from the soda fountain. My girlfriend wouldn’t let me buy the tickets to New York before $149 special expired. The next sale wasn’t until four days later and I had to pay $159. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/9 "2011-11-01T05:50:00Z")
Aw man. YouTube took down all the leaked songs from Justin Bieber’s new album, so I have to wait until it’s released TOMORROW to listen. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/10 "2011-11-01T07:54:03Z")
One of the web comics I read is having an impromptu Guest Week because the artist is without power because of a stupid snow storm. Like who ever heard of it snowing in October, where is your global warming now? ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/11 "2011-11-01T09:31:05Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > One of the web comics I read is having an impromptu Guest Week because the artist is without power because of a stupid snow storm. Like who ever heard of it snowing in October, where is your global warming now? LOL, that’s actually a legit gripe. (Spoken as an Indiana resident who once had to go trick or treating in a snowsuit.) ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/12 "2011-11-01T10:00:44Z")
I couldn’t find any free WiFi in Burma for nearly a month. I had to use internet cafes filled with guys spitting out their betel nut juice! How did I survive such an ordeal? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/13 "2011-11-01T10:28:15Z")
According to the radio in the UK a couple of years ago, a couple once called mountain rescue to helicopter them off a hillside because they were late for a dinner party. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/14 "2011-11-01T13:59:55Z")
My favorite was a distant relative of mine complaining that she had too many parties to attend that week. The part that really got me was her conclusion: ‘‘When it rains, it pours!’’ Mine is that one of the PC games I bought is too easy. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/15 "2011-11-01T14:04:15Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > My favorite was a distant relative of mine complaining that she had too many parties to attend that week. The part that really got me was her conclusion: ‘‘When it rains, it pours!’’ > > Mine is that one of the PC games I bought is too easy. [I can top this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=629451). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/16 "2011-11-01T16:44:38Z")
I had a spider in the corner where I couldn’t physically reach it, and I didn’t want to pay a whole 8 dollars for a can of Raid. #firstworldproblems ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/17 "2011-11-01T16:52:29Z")
Halloween - I was running a bit late to meet some friends so we could ride to a party together and wanted to text them that I was on my way. I know better than to text and drive so was going to do it at the next red light but I kept hitting every light green damnit! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/18 "2011-11-01T17:01:25Z")
My roommate is taking up to 4 showers a day and now my water bill is $60/quarter instead of $50! ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/19 "2011-11-02T23:09:36Z")
We’re in the middle of a cotton crisis and as a result I can’t get nice, soft, cool cotton sheets. I had a set I bought at Ikea years ago. Made in Poland. Awesome sheets. Until one sad day several weeks ago when the flat sheet tore and I knew I’d never be able to find sheets that good a a price I could afford. I spent fifty bucks on sheets that sucked. Returned them. Bought one hundred dollar sheets that suck. Like sleeping on a thin scratchy towel. Every night I whine myself to sleep over how my hundred dollar sheets suck. ---
**Author:** ![ripopgome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@ripopgome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ripopgome)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356/20 "2011-11-03T03:37:06Z")
People at work complain about the free gourmet food all the time. I think it’s a rite of passage that means you’re no longer a newbie at the company. Heck, even I do it sometimes, but there are people who get all freaking worked up about it, like it’s some kind of crime perpetrated against them that the Bernaise sauce didn’t taste authentic enough, and they wouldn’t feed it to their dogs, etc. Also, I read a thread on the management e-mail list complaining that the impromptu bonuses that managers can give out were too small, to the point of being “offensive”. Another manager graciously offered to accept any bonuses that other employees found “offensive” 🙂 I admit these bonuses aren’t huge, but as many others pointed out, the point is really to recognize the employee, and it’s really less about the monetary reward than the team recognition (and it looks good at promotion time, too.) Fucking hell! I love my job and am grateful for working at a great firm, having worked at a lot of kind of kind of crappy ones. I’m always amazed at some folks’ capacity for moaning. Meh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/601356.md?page=2)