Life can always find a way to surprise us, where the most simple, straightforward, and mundane task sometimes goes awry and you are left sitting there and wondering how exactly did this happen. The blessing and curse of the 21st century is that there will always be someone around to document it for posterity.
This online group documents the painful and sometimes inexplicable fails they have encountered “in the wild,” so be sure to upvote the posts where you really do not understand how someone failed at the single thing they needed to do and comment your own experiences if you aren’t afraid.
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Looks About Right 👍
Protecting Someones Privacy
Bright But Brief
Even in the smallest, most seemingly easy jobs there needs to be some level of quality assurance. If you disagree, scroll through this article a bit and see if it changes your mind. Consumer protections against questionable quality do go back to the Medieval ages when various guilds were responsible for making sure the things their members produced were up to scratch and wouldn’t discredit the entire profession. Now if a company messes up, its competitors are no doubt gleeful at the opportunity.
Modern companies do use more statistical methods and will generally have an idea of how many units per thousand or million will have some issue. Fixing every single one is generally not considered worth it, so an unlucky consumer down the line will just have to “eat” the company's mistake. On the bright side, if you do end up with a misprinted shirt or some other mistake, you at least get to stand out from the crowd.
Whoever Edited This Advertisement Never Saw A Human Foot
Don't see what's wrong - if their feet are like that they need all the help they can get.
Really, Frankenstein Is An Author Now?
Never Do Your Best, Quit!
Of course, some issues come down to human error, be it a typo, or misreading some instructions. In our private lives, these at most cost us some money and our dignity, as friends and family are likely to constantly bring up some mistake we happened to make. But in the “real world,” mistakes will inevitably cost as much as some lawyers can squeeze out of a jury or the legal system, as most places have a set of rules to define damages from negligence.
Yes. Effort Definitely Involves No Effort
Which Floor Was It Again?
Bill Nye Is More Evil Than You Think
As much as business owners and manufacturers may dislike it, these laws do protect us, consumers from them. Even a CEO is also a consumer at times, so it’s important not to be short-sighted here. The origins of the law involved Scotland, a ginger beer float, and a snail. A woman named May Donoghue ordered the aforementioned item and was shocked to discover a dead, decomposed snail in the liquid. This led her to sue the manufacturer of the ginger beer in 1932.
I Did Not Know There Were 11 World Wars
Made That Breaking News Banner, Boss
Mph? I Prefer Fahrenheit
In this case, judge, Lord MacMillan ended up creating a new sort of tort, which is just a legal term for a civil wrong, the sort that they can pursue legal action for. In Donoghue v Stevenson (the latter being the manufacturer of the ginger beer and snail combo,) Donoghue did not outright win the case, but it did create a shift in legal thought about the responsibilities of manufacturers, particularly for food and beverages.
Are Lizards Going To Start Falling From The Sky
Handle With Care
I see nothing wrong here. It says 'Ragile Handle Ith care'. I don't know what language it is, but clearly it means 'Sorry for damaging your box'.
This is most likely the funniest comment i will see today. take my dang upvote.
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USPS at their best! My sister sent me 3 boxes for Christmas labeled "fragile" and "this side up" and they came upside down and looking like they had been through a war zone
"Who the heck is Care and why do I have to handle this box with him? Also, what's "fra-gee-lee" mean?"
A few years ago, the UPS guy brought me a box that was completely mangled. I wouldn't except it. All he could say was: "I'm sorry. All our packages look like that."
Never warn shippers, esp the PO, that you have breakables inside. I worked temp Christmas help one year at the PO and saw regular workers intentionally trashing those so marked
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I have gotten many of these and you can tell what happened is that your box got put on a truck first and then other heavier boxes got put on top of and next to it and as the truck was driving around, the weight shifted and your box got smooshed
Their conveyor belt system ate one of mine. They've improved it since...
Load More Replies... It's not only the drivers' fault. Very often, when I receive a damaged package, the whole thing was badly protected by the shipper or the box was too big.
It's uncooked pasta in an over-cooked marinara.
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GILE NDLE ARE...the three words I can observe that signal my package is f****d up...
Well that's definitely going back to where it was ordered from!!!
Every one knows, If you put Fragile and Handle with care stickers on any parcel. It is an open invitation to bash them and toss them around.
What’s the problem with this one? It just says “iragile handle ‘ith care”. Not sure what that means but it’s just a sign…
THIS is why you don't put "Fragile, Handle with Care" on your packages. They deliberately WON'T.
So, Uh… Wanna Tell Me What Went Wrong With This One?
The result is that anyone who does not take “reasonable care” to protect a third party can be held liable. This started with food and drinks but quickly expanded. So a doctor giving bad advice can be sued just as effectively as someone selling you a defective drill. As with so many things in life, this basically comes down to money. If a company or person wrongs you, they are now compelled to compensate you financially.
Oh Costco, Are We Jewish, Or Pagan?
Ahhh Yes,the Nutritional Info I Needed. I R I S H
Julian Are You Ok?
Mort made him so mad he became over 9000 degrees through sheer anger.
Installed The Ac, Boss!
If Only There Were Something In The Nest That Started With The Letter E…
Looks Like #tacobell Couldn’t Find The Inside Of A Taco
‘Anti-Graffiti’, Huh? (Waterloo Bridge)
That's the paint guys, it makes people think it's already done
Since 14 Together 20 / Together Since 1420
Tell me you're a vampire without telling me you're a vampire
Ah Yes. Everything Is Fine Here
Yup That's How Acronyms Work. Job Well Done!
Fork That Wasn't Cut
When It's Close To The End Of The Shift
Whoever did this should be forced to complete a 1000 piece jigsaw every day for the rest of their life.
How To Stay Awake
Laid The Pipe Down, Boss
Filled The Bins, Boss
I Can’t Believe My Dad Bought This!
Make Sure You Use The Left Lane Cause Left Lane Closed
The People Who Thought That This Bathroom Was Ethical
Just Saw This Jem On My Jobsite Friday !!!
It Would Be Easier To Get The Right Flag
Bought A Chocolate Milk But They Forgot To Add Chocolate I Guess?
Photoshoping Can Be Hard
Labeled The Fruitables Boss
To Paint A Sign
Mcdonalds, You Know That Chicken Is Not A Drink. Right?
Vegan Noodles “Contains Pork”
New Security Cameras After A Sa At Work! 🙃
While Shopping At Costco-This Caught My Eye. Well, I Guess It Looks Nice
Child Car Seat Installation Instructions
Wait I Remember That Character, It's Super-Man!
How Not To Install A Metal Roof
All Of The Bar Stools At Our Air Bnb Were Assembled Backwards
How would you even be able to put your feet on the footrest with that ridiculously extended seat?! And there is almost NO back - design flaws galore!
Scammer Talking To Herself
This House Costs $2m+ And They Think This New Driveway Is Fine
My house isn't worth that much and I'm not going to be happy with that drive either.
Installed The Explenation Boss
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Why can't we have titles that tell us what we're looking at? Not everyone is American, not everyone has seen a certain film series or played a certain on-line game, etc. If I'm not sure I always read the comments, because if the question has already been asked, there are sometimes loads of replies, almost identical.
I guess I'm old. I just can't stand this level of complete imbecility.
When did BP start putting more than one article per page? I used to click on an article, and then if I wanted to, I could scroll to the bottom and see the comments. Now, I have to be more careful scrolling because there are other articles belong these. Don't really like this new format.
This was at the Belgium embassy in Washington DC
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They shorten the initial lists after several hours, possibly to make it look more curated. It's based on popular votes. You can still see the rest, there's a link below the last image (where it says "the post originally had 95 images". Just click on 95 images and it'll reload with all images).
Load More Replies... Why can't we have titles that tell us what we're looking at? Not everyone is American, not everyone has seen a certain film series or played a certain on-line game, etc. If I'm not sure I always read the comments, because if the question has already been asked, there are sometimes loads of replies, almost identical.
I guess I'm old. I just can't stand this level of complete imbecility.
When did BP start putting more than one article per page? I used to click on an article, and then if I wanted to, I could scroll to the bottom and see the comments. Now, I have to be more careful scrolling because there are other articles belong these. Don't really like this new format.
This was at the Belgium embassy in Washington DC
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