Bad luck. Everyone gets bad luck. However, there are some people who are desperately unlucky and get barrows of misfortune after living the high life. Once you get to the top, there’s an awfully long way to drop.
And sometimes, bad luck is tied in with good luck. Look at King Midas. Everything he touched turned to gold, which means that, should he jump into a swimming pool, all the water would turn solid, leaving him with a broken jaw. Probably.
So what about those with the Reverse Midas Touch?