Ever struggled putting a tent up? You’re either nodding now, or you’re lying (or a third option, I suppose: I’m a simpleton), but whatever your expertise with assembling a place to lay your head, comfort yourself that it could get much worse, as this gallery of tent fails from Reddit will demonstrate…

“Room for rent. Starting at 1200/month. Great view,” comments NosillaWilla of his neighbor’s construction.

“Tent Inception”, reckons quebeker4lif.

anspaughnato has a genius solution of ‘what to do when you forget your tent poles…’

“What I think when I read that a tent ‘sleeps eight'”. Looks too spacious to us, damantoo.

Easily done, Cynikal818.

“Speaking of drunk awakenings, can’t wait to see my friend get out of his tent…”, says easy_Money.

“Three years ago I unknowingly bought a two person child’s tent thinking it was adult sized… and I still took it to the festival,” says Kelkymcdouble.

It seems that lukasnorie and his friends went partying and decided to camp in the backyard. Photographic evidence of how well that worked out.

“Your tent had a hole, so we sealed it for you.” Excellent pun work, _Adam_M_.

“A friendly reminder to always stake your tent down,” from trizephyr.