30 Funny Fails From Workers Who Live By The “Not My Job” Philosophy

Ironically they're full sized doors

I've seen these in hospitals. They allow medical professionals to check on patients using the restrooms.

Half fire ladder, half fireman’s pole

Hydro electricity

Wheeeeeeeee! *splat*

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Had a helipad installed at our office. On the inspection it was found they had read the plans upside down somehow and instead of being a raised mound they had dug a pit. Just the thing for walking into rotors.

Got two apartment buildings that close in my town. You could step from one balcony to the other, about three feet between them.

Most of the posts on this thread are minor inconveniences. This one is serious, a multimillion dollar project that isn't safe to use and where the danger is hidden from the motorists.

Parkour banking.

God, the top of that picture makes it look like the toilet is behind old western saloon doors.

I guess there was more of a need for washing hands than using the toilet.

Well, I hear flying cars have started to hit the market.

"Missed it by thiiisss much!"

Thank God it's locked 🔒

Just wrong..

Test road for new paint formulations.

This would be OK if it was in a private apartment on an upper level. One of the posh hotels in Melbourne (Australia) has a men's toilet and washroom on the 20th ... something floor, where you can pee and enjoy the views over the city. It's quite an experience and no one can see you doing it !

Glitch in the Ai pathing for the npc.

I swear that reminds of the ExCel Center in London!

Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou, extraction ducting

That's not that bad. Would be better if it didn't slope like that, instead being a half-dome.

And the 'not my job' award goes to..

Please shut the gate !

Another exercise in decorative architecture.

Hedges were removed or never planted.

At one point, the two floors were a single store. That has since changed. This sort of remodeling is common in places where houses have been broken up into apartments.

How do you get up there, teleportation or forklift?

I'm not a fan of this...

It's not a support column.

The sign is not pointing to the right hand stairs, but a ramp or elevator that is out of shot.

This has undoubtedly been closed off because the steps have degraded, making the staircase dangerous. So arguably the materials used may have been a poor design choice for this location (in conjunction with environmental conditions and lack of maintenance), but the fact that the stairs don't currently go anywhere would be a remedial situation, not the intentional design.

Anyone could just walk in. I imagine clunking as one lets go every time.

Such a shame, that’s a beautiful bannister

This looks like it's out of Portal.

Expansion.

The building looks like a Georgian-era warehouse or factory, so that would have been for getting heavy goods in or out that were too heavy to take up the stairs. There will have been a block-and-tackle lifting device fixed above the door.

stairs and bathrooms seem to be difficult

A decorative gate? No reap purpose aside from looking pretty.

What's the problem? Who is going to see you through that window?

Throw a couple of cushions up there and it could be a quiet hidden spot for someone.

Staircase 9-3/4.

New: fire-escape obstacle course!

Someone wanted some steps to sit on and watch the worls pass by.

Just as well they weren't tasked to dig a tunnel from both ends to meet in the middle.

You can see where the stairs used to be.

Supermarket Nine and 3/4?

That's what an earthquake does

Oh! It's the Hollerith Building!

Now that's just plain passive aggressive.

Doesn't look like a failure to me. More like clever use of the space w/o blocking the walkway.

Get a lot of really deep winter snowdrifts there, do they?

Looks like this is just for decoration, pool access is at the other end.

Could be storage space.

So now I'm picturing someone inside opening those doors, then a box truck backs up there to load or unload.

gotta have some for the tall ppl, some for the short ppl and then ppl in between

How can you do stuff like this and walk away?

Temporary staircase.

Maintenance hatches that one needs a ladder to get to aren't a failure?

That won't stop kids from falling down the stairs.

Inspector said that there was an exit through there.