Coffee: morning pick-me-up or thorn in my side?

This morning I decided that while it is a sad fact .....

I am awful at making coffee.

Don't laugh or joke, this is quite sad.

No matter how hard I try it always turns out a mess.

Take this morning for instants:

Put in filter, add water, add grounds, 5 mins later...disaster.

The filter has collapsed and my coffee looks more like dark cloudy water

with dirt floating at the bottom.

This happens weekly no matter how hard I try to get the filter to say up ( I've tried fluffing it, smashing it into the sides of the maker, yelling at it, crying....and nothing works)

I thank the Lord for roommates and there skills of coffee making and sharing

I did how ever make a bomb piece of toast this morning. It may have been the best I have ever had.