Sometimes a great plan in theory is a disaster in practice.

Other times, the plan itself is a dumpster fire to begin with.

The tales you're about to witness unfold are a truly facepalm-worthy mixture of the two,

but they all share one thing in common.

None of them when is planned.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening.

You're listening.

You're listening.

You're listening.

There's an old saying that goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, which nicely summarizes a fiasco that occurred in England in 2015.

As part of a life-release ceremony, two Buddhist monks purchased 5,000 pounds worth of crustaceans

from a wholesale fish supplier and set them free off the coast of Brighton. Their hopes were

that by returning the animals to the wild, they could rack up some good karma,

but the reality was much less positive.

It turned out the crabs and lobsters the Buddhists released into Brighton's coastal waters were non-native species,

and their unchecked presence would cause untold damage to the existing ecosystem.

Upon discovery of the monk's reckless act, local authorities were forced to spend thousands recapturing the invasive species to minimize the devastation cost. As for the Buddhists,

what started off as a 5,000-pound bad idea ended up costing them an additional 15,000 pounds

and fines. They may not have been enlightened, but their bank accounts certainly were.

Next up, sometimes it feels like the biggest scammers of our time are airline companies.

With hidden costs at every turn, it's not particularly surprising that a Scottish man tried to sneakily save some cash while flying in 2015,

to avoid paying extra to check in an additional

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