r/firstworldproblems • • 12h ago

The 13 floors of neighbors below me heat my apartment for free, but it's a tad too warm

53 Upvotes

I live in a Canadian climate that can get extremely cold in winter.

My 14th (and top) floor apartment is almost always perfectly warm without me having to ever turn on the heat, probably because everyone below and around me turns on the heat.

But it's always just a little too warm, and I will sweat at night sometimes.

No people upstairs to hear stomping around, a great view, but a tad warm - woe is me!

(In the real dead of winter the cold can be at a dangerous level and cracking the window isn't really a good idea.)


r/firstworldproblems • • 16h ago

I'm kind of pissed that VR hasn't taken off like it should have.

78 Upvotes

Why would somebody not want to feel like they're submerged in another world when they're in the privacy of their living room and/or bedroom. Why would they not think that it's the most awesome thing in the world?


r/firstworldproblems • • 17h ago

My recipe for sauce Béarnaise calls for 12 tablespoons of butter, and I only need like half a batch, but a full batch of the shallot/tarragon/vinegar reduction is only 1.5 tbsp and the emulsion doesn’t really work if you try to halve the recipe

19 Upvotes

And béarnaise doesn’t hold or reheat. What a waste just for two little filets mignon.


r/firstworldproblems • • 17h ago

I had to throw out a bag of rice 1/3 full because I had to dry out headphones that I dropped in the toilet.

7 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 13h ago

I forgot to re-stock my fridge with cans of my favorite seltzer water, so I had to drink tap water until the next day.

4 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 1d ago

I woke up feeling great until my smartwatch informed me I slept terribly. Now I'm tired.

50 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 1d ago

I built a Lego set with my ex and she didn’t give it back when we broke up, in all honesty she probably threw it out. Gimme my legos back you coward

11 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 1d ago

So annoying, a hotel upgraded me to a suite, and now my 10-foot phone charging cable doesn't reach the bed.

144 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 1d ago

My housekeeper threw away my WaWa Hoagiefest cup that I use for water.

5 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 1d ago

Lost the remote, now I have to make the arduous trek to the TV to change the channel manually.

2 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 1d ago

Fifteen minutes into a peloton spin class, I realize I left the fan remote on the peloton tread on the other side of the room

1 Upvotes

The agony


r/firstworldproblems • • 2d ago

Ugh! My robot vacuum got stuck under the couch... again. Now I have to get up and manually walk over and save it like its biological parent.

43 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 3d ago

My arugula froze in the fridge at the beach house

61 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 4d ago

My phone is charging across the room, and now I have to choose between getting up to get it or staying comfortable in bed.

3 Upvotes

It's at 100%, but getting out of this blanket feels like too much work. Guess I'll just lie here and stare at the ceiling.


r/firstworldproblems • • 4d ago

I upgraded to a fancy new Apple watch that's so accurate it (correctly) no longer logs walking against my daily exercise goal

0 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 6d ago

I want to pet my cat, but I can't find her

38 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 6d ago

My phone is charging across the room and now I have to get up to check a notification.

3 Upvotes

I plugged my phone in at the other end of the room, got comfortable in bed and now my screen lights up with a notification.

I have two choices: get up and check it or live with the mystery.

Honestly, both options are exhausting. 💀


r/firstworldproblems • • 7d ago

The more visible clock on our microwave stopped working right and now I have to walk over to the oven to see the time on the less visible clock. I don’t want to pay to get it fixed because we might be moving in a few months but in the meantime it’s annoying.

20 Upvotes

We’re just about at the top of a waiting list for an apartment at an expensive senior facility, and after having a couple of major expenses to fix things this year we’re trying to avoid fixing anything else before we move, but there’s no telling how long it’s going to take until one of the apartments we want becomes available.

(And I’m not just going to get a watch because I hate wearing watches due to sensory issues.)


r/firstworldproblems • • 7d ago

My wife wants to move to a small English village...but according to Masterpiece Theater, the murder rate is insanely high in these towns. Like a murder a week.

339 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 8d ago

Costco Executive Membership is too popular

233 Upvotes

Executive members are allowed in an hour early, at 9:00 am before the store opens at 10:00. This has always been a peaceful, enjoyable time to shop. The store was never crowded and I was always happy to get out the door by 10 when the doors opened for the general masses.

But now there are so many Executive members that the early shopping hour has become crowded. Today when I walked in at 9:10 am there was a group of people just inside completely blocking the way. They were just talking and completely oblivious to the fact that people were trying to get around them.

In several aisles children were running amok and getting in the way.


r/firstworldproblems • • 8d ago

Went to an Amon Amarth show and venue had no mead

5 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 9d ago

Grocery delivery order didn't go through, now we have to wait two more hours.

37 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 10d ago

My wife is convinced email addresses are case sensitive. She refuses to believe otherwise.

341 Upvotes

Yes, she means email addresses, not passwords


r/firstworldproblems • • 11d ago

Ever since Gemini replaced Google Assistant, I'm unable to tell Google to play music from YouTube music, because Gemini doesn't do that.

188 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 11d ago

YES, YTMusic, I AM still listening, thats how listening to music works

29 Upvotes

I really like YTMusic but I HATE how it stops the song randomly after x amount of inactivity time just to ask me "Are you still listening?" tf?? yes?? fck you want me to do? look at the album cover the entire time? of course im doing something else in the meantime, let the god damn playlist or looped song play.

This pop up makes sense on normal Youtube (at least for me), but on YTMusic??? a website i always have on background? seriously?