The minor annoyances of daily life. Uncomfortable situations you silently power through. No matter who you are, your world is filled with people, things, and circumstances that can be summed up with one simple word: BAD.
In the spirit of March Madness, eight captains have painfully sifted through steaming piles of life's unpleasantries and submitted their regions. The result: a single-elimination bracket of 68 entries making up the Tournament of Bad!
Saturday, March 21, 2026
The Opening Round, Part II
The results are in for the First Four and the first half of our Opening Round, and the winning entries have moved on. There was some tough competition in this year's First Four. Fan-favorite "Servers who have convinced themselves they're actually entertainers" put up a good fight, but ultimately faded down the stretch. Fans who came out early were delighted by the hard-fought First Four matchup between "Seeing one loose pair of your underwear come down the baggage claim" and "Carpet in a bathroom" with the latter taking a 71% victory to advance.
Tournament-goers were shocked by the early passings of "Overly groomed beards," "The View," "Recumbent bicycles," and "Someone saying 'just circling back' out loud, in real life," all fan favorites that came to this year's tournament with high hopes. But the court of public opinion has spoken, and so these entries see their March dreams shattered in the Opening Round.
The updated bracket:
And now we move on to the other half of the bracket, featuring highly anticipated regions authored by Rick, Brent, Ryan, and me. Voting is NOW open for Part II of the Opening Round. All 16 polls can be found below.
Remember - vote however you like. Some people always vote for the entry they find the funniest. Some always vote for the entry that most annoys them personally.
