Nobody’s ever entirely sure why these things happen, but they do and it’s both annoying and hilarious. Annoying for those who have to suffer the direct consequences (or those who empathize with said consequences) and hilarious for everyone else.
By that, we do of course mean instances when people had just one single job to do and they managed to blunder it up in the worst ways imaginable. And of course it was all documented online because the internet. You know what to do.
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So, why are folks seemingly deliberately bad at their job? There are a number of reasons behind this.
The most clear-cut explanation is that the person is completely incompetent and is thinking with anything else other than their brain. And, sometimes, training and onboarding as well as meetings don’t really help. Because there is no cure for stupid. Well, education is, but you gotta consider the cost-benefit ratio.
if i remember correctly, i saw someone say this was actually planned as a joke
Another thing that makes someone a bad employee is their tendency to do a no-show. What is worse is when they are also unreachable. Calling in, not picking up the phone, not responding to communication—all of these mean that the worker is irresponsible and not committed to the job they’ve been hired to do. Sometimes, things like addiction might complicate things further.
Ok, I give the Non-US Pandas permission to complain about the stall gap here
As a US Panda I will complain with the rest of you because that gap is insane even for US standards
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I constantly have dreams where I have to use public toilets and they’re all totally exposed like this.
Surely that must be illegal...?? I mean, in any other context that would be seen as indecent exposure, at least, no...?? So how come forcing that upon people is OK??
Is it indecent exposure to use a urinal? Or when you shower in the common area shower at gym? Or use a public changing room? But a lot of US bars have bathroom stalls that just don't have doors at all. I'm pretty sure trying to prevent sex and drug use. Also some public park bathrooms the doors are missing.
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Where the eff is this? As am American I've never seen anything this bad before. The usual gaps are on the doors!!
Look, it's not as if we didn't know what people did in toilets, anyway. But nobody's going to know that it's YOU doing it!
Someone was sick of the gloryholes needing cleaning. Now a mop and a rinse will git er done
In my Jr high we had a bathroom that had urinals on one wall, stalls without doors on the opposite wall,
This has to be the film set for a gloryhole video with the dividers removed (maybe for B-roll?).
💩💩💩 The heinous bathroom dream ... a woefully neglected movie genre of icky dread. 💩💩💩
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Why have a door at all if some can see you take a dump they may as well see your dump face while you do it
There is a rest area in my state in which the doors are almost this bad; they're only a few inches lower so you still see too much. If you look at the hinges on the doors and the cubical frames, you can see that they somehow turned the doors upside down to install them, hence the problem.
I suppose most people are recognised by their face, so it does provide a degree of anonymity.
I WENT TO AMERICA ON HOLIDAY RECENTLY AND I WAS A P P A L E D AT THE SIZE OF THE BATHROOM DOORS
you may be forced to poop with strangers, but at least they won't see your face! ...-the designer of this bathroom, probably
Some folks are also compulsive or habitual liars. Either that, or they always have an excuse up their sleeves. Regardless, someone who’d rather lie or make excuses instead of doing a job right, doing it at all, or learning to do it and making something of themselves is a time-waster from a business perspective.
People like this don’t take responsibility for their actions, but work is something that demands taking ownership, so this is another incompatibility that leads to poor results.
is the son three? because tbh, if I were a three-year-old, i'd love that cake. i have low standards, though.
thirst? thirsty for what? water? juice? something else that'll get censored here?
Sometimes, people might be careless by nature and fail to follow directions right from the get-go. Now, it might be a simple case of “I didn’t read it” and doing so might resolve the issue, but some might not have the aptitude to internalize it and would continue to make the same mistakes. In turn, their lack of consideration, ignoring protocol and taking shortcuts leads to headaches for everyone else.
The one place where we actually want the food product to be smaller
And, sometimes, it’s just the case of a bad attitude. They don’t give a gaw-giggity about the customers, the merchandise, the quality, nothing. This often means they are unwilling to collaborate, let alone to do a good job, and even more so when their arrogance and asocialism doesn’t allow them to draw the right conclusions and to become better employees.
A major brand intentionally deceiving the buyer. Not a good look.
Most roads in my Belgian town: the grills or covers are nicely aligned with the road during construction, but as they are supported by a whole structure under them, they don't sink, whereas the tarmac sinks with the load of the cars. Only solution is set them 2-3 cm lower than the tarmac during construction, but that does not look nice to the politicians who have to cut the ribbon to open the road. "Luckily" normally a crack appears around these height differences and the water seeps into the underground. Where it creates other problems.
Besides being innately bad, there might also be external factors for why someone is bad at their job.
Being poorly paid is at the top of the list, but it becomes worse when the employee also feels like they are stuck there having to suffer the bad paycheck without any exit strategy.
Having a bad boss, being overly managed and underappreciated do not help in the quality of the work being done. Why do a good job if the boss isn’t going to be happy about it anyway? Either that, or it’s about quantity, not quality that pushes employees to assume different work priorities. That also likely kills the passion for work somewhere along the way.
There might also be other factors at play—factors like being stuck with poor job security or not being able to sort out your work-life balance.
An employee will never be a good one if their needs aren’t met to a sufficient degree, and that means reassuring them that their job is not at stake and encouraging self-care rather than min-maxing how things are done.
And if it’s none of the above, chances are it’s laziness.
While laziness breeds more laziness and it can become a habit, habits can also be broken. It’s not something people are born with, but rather a behavior that can be phased out. The idea is to learn to be industrious: do things that energize you (sleep, exercise, etc.), work first and reward yourself later, and visualize productiveness (make it tangible and reflect upon it). That’s at least a good start.
Whatever the case, you do still have one more job to do (hopefully that goes well) and that is to share your stories of that one guy who had one job in the comment section below!
And if the only job you have today is reading more Bored Panda, why not check out another article of ours on the same topic.
hmmm. are you sure about that, box? are you *absolutely* sure about that? 'cause I think you might be a little off. you know, just a bit
perfect! i was looking to put in some new windows to let in some more light! really brightens up the space, don't you think?
i also appreciate that this gate has a spot for a lock. like yeah, that'll *definitely* help
i think the "women" and "men" mean, like, maybe the cuts\styles of the shirts? could be wrong, feel free to correct me
Probably for wheelchair users, how do so many people forget we exist and need stuff like this?
colour them in and make one of them a different colour, then circle that one. boom, problem solved
They should have added a picture of misdeliveried mail..it isn't rocket science to match name and address to the appropriate box.
So true! Don't forget about the delivery person who doesn't know the difference between 2331 and 2231
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This a good type of post! Now time to stop with AITA and America-Bashing! (Right?)
They should have added a picture of misdeliveried mail..it isn't rocket science to match name and address to the appropriate box.
So true! Don't forget about the delivery person who doesn't know the difference between 2331 and 2231
Load More Replies... This a good type of post! Now time to stop with AITA and America-Bashing! (Right?)
