wire hell

Any of the various times you might try to do something, but something has to become tangled into a perfect knot or unplugged and coiled around something else as you do so.

Steve: "Hey man what too you so long? I already brought all the bags in from the car."
Bryan: "Sorry, I got stuck in wire hell, couldn't get off the couch without my earbuds getting wrapped around my leg and my laptop charger getting stuck in the couch when I tried getting up."