Ted often finds himself in unfortunate circumstances and bizarre misunderstandings. You might say it has to do with the things he does and the people with which he spends time. I want to say it has to do with his natural ability to wrong people even under the best situations, but maybe I’m just basing this off my own interactions with him. Honestly, neither is mutually exclusive.
Basically what I’m saying is I think Ted might be some kind of walking bad luck charm. That’s a thing, right?