Oh, the sweetness of sheer unapologetic laziness… Is it just a lack of willpower? Maybe it’s a state of mind, a hedonism-inspired lifestyle, a rebellion of modern kind. All jokes aside, calling someone “lazy” is somewhat an insult, especially in societies where hard work and productivity are valued highly (we’re looking at you, America!).
Having said that, a 2019 Pew survey found that a majority of Americans think people are lazier now than they used to be. But we can all discuss what being dubbed lazy actually means.
For some it's a lack of physical activity, for others it may be lack of will to do even the most routine and boring tasks. And while it’s totally normal to have a brief episode of idleness, if it lasts too long, you’re suddenly playing dangerous games.
So today, we’re diving deep into real-life examples of people succumbing to their laziness, by choice or accident. The result is an uncanny collection of pics that may make you laugh, infuriate you or give you a moment to reflect on your own lazy side.
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Multiple Reasons Why You Should Put Your Cart Back And Not Be Lazy
Super frustrating to see this. My dad is a paraplegic due to a car accident. We both nearly died, no exaggeration. This type of c**p happens all the time. I’ve seen two healthy 19 yr old dudes park in a handicap parking space at the bank. Most folks excuses are, “oh I’ll only be one second”. NO ONE is ever just one second. The laziness & sense of entitlement is brewing rampant across the globe. This is not something unique to one race or moral beliefs. It’s a complete lack of common courtesy.
Laziness can lash out at us at every corner, especially at times when we need to be at our most productive. Think of work deadlines, important meetings and calls, bills to be paid and things to be done. Sometimes it’s little things that we can’t force our bodies to push through– from household chores to dragging ourselves to the gym.
And while we all have brief moments of idleness (which may feel pretty indulgent!), at some point it becomes a genuine problem. So to find out more about what’s actually happening in our minds when we’re lazy, how to cope with it we reached out to two experts: Christine Mitterbauer, a licensed and ICF-approved career, and life coach and serial entrepreneur, as well as Dr. Audrey Tang, a chartered psychologist, media spokesperson and author of multiple books, including "Be A Great Manager Now", "The Leader's Guide to Mindfulness."
People Who Do This Are Just The Worst
If You Have A Gender Reveal Party And Leave Confetti Everywhere For People To Pick Up, F**k You
Did She Purchase Or Put Back Any Of The Books? Of Course Not
I hate people who do that! I am always the person to put their books back when I find them in the wrong place
Dr. Tang argues that laziness becomes a problem when you are either no longer contributing fairly to what you are receiving and requiring others to take the strain (with little thought to their wellbeing and efforts), or it is standing in the way of your own achievement of personal goals and desires.“In the latter case (and sometimes in the former) - this can speak to a lack of motivation, and, sometimes, the lack of desire to do anything can be a symptom of depression. In which case it can be helpful to ask yourself why this is happening,” she explained.
I Pulled The Foil Off Of This To See What Was In It, And It Was Empty. And Still In The Fridge
Don't Even Get Me Started On The People That Test Spray Paint Like This
This Is Embarrassing
An escalator can never break - it can only become stairs - Mitch Hedberg
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I made a profile just to post on this. I'll probably get downvoted, but anyone who believes this is laziness needs to try taking public trasportation on a regular basis. I live in a megacity with subways, and some of them are built DEEP to be under the city's infrastructure. If you belive that one set of stairs is going to get you to the exit, for some cities, that is absolutely not the case. It could be three, four, five sets of stairs to get to the exit. And it's not like most peoples' houses are so close to the metro that it's an easy walk once you get out. Once you get out, then you need to walk home, and my city has hills. I would much rather save my energy by taking the escalator when I need to walk another 15-20 minutes to get home. Just like I don't judge people to take elevators when there are stairs, I also think it's very unfair to consider these people lazy. Some of these people walk miles/kms every single day to get to and from their place of work. Have some compassion.
Not being able to go up stairs isn't always a laziness issue. Some people just really can't go up a long set of stairs. But also, who cares? Choosing to take and elevator or escalator isn't necessarily a laziness thing. It's more convenient and a lot of those people look like they're maybe carrying bags or maybe it's hot. Or maybe they're going to be walking all day so they're conserving energy. Choosing a technology to avoid over-exerting yourself isn't lazy.
My knees are nodding in agreement (or would if they had a bit more flexibility)
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This isn't lazy, it's "tired". I've done this in airports. Walked across "miles" of airport corridors with my suitcase, feet hurt, didn't feel like hoofing up stairs. And in spite of how it looks, waiting for the escalator crowd typically only added a minute or two compared to taking the stairs.
Without knowing how long the stairs and what all the disabilities of those queuing I'm not judging
This feels way more like "let's judge people" than a picture of laziness. They're just politely queueing for an escalator. They could be disabled or exhausted or just not in a hurry - I don't know and I'm not gonna decide for them that they don't belong there. They aren't doing anything wrong.
Some subways are 4 or 5 stories deep underground so you would have to climb the same amount of stairs. Seniors, pregnant women, children, or anyone will have lots of trouble climbing them. Also, don't forget about the "keep to the left/right" rule to allow those who want to climb the escalator. Hence this jam at the escalator entry.
I will definitely wait for an escalator if the alternative is climbing a hundred stairs. (100 stairs is five stories).
It's not always laziness. After two weeks of 12 hour days on my boat, I used the elevator to go up exactly one flight of stairs because I hurt my foot.
People are so judgmental! I'm sure others would find fault with you regardless of your foot injury! Stairs or no stairs, it's no one's fûcking business for Christ's sake!! GEESH!! ;(
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How is this embarrassing? I see this every morning when I go to work. Some people just prefer to take the escalator - live and let live. And as long as no one's pushing and shoving to get on it, no problem. The only thing that seems off - though it's hard to judge since this isn't a moving picture - is that the people on the left of the escalator seem to be standing still. Where I live, you stand still on the right side and walk on the left. But this could just be a case of different customs, so....
Oh, that's nothing. Wait till you go thorugh three major world airports in one day *and none even have an escalator* anywhere you need to go. No joke, did 10K walking just in airports that day, unless Hubby's fitbit thing lied. In whcih case, probably 8km.
While I fully agree this could take an award for laziness, lemme tell you about the lines at some subway exits. They’re so long they stretch to the top of the steps and escalators. There are 4 functioning entrances and 2 exits on the one I used to used to use. You scanned your card entering and exiting to deduct value of trip. Every evening the line stretched down the escalator and moved at slightly faster than its speed. If you walked up the steps you’d have to awkwardly ask someone to let you cut in line. It’s hell for impatient people who like to bolt up the steps.
Looks like a Chinese tour group, they always stay together. One goes on the escalator, they all go on the escalator.
People are so lazy willing to wait in a long line than take the stairs which is right next to the escalator? How sad.
I'm the disabled obese granny with a walker but even l take the damned stairs! Only time l don't is back attack days. Usually as long as l have the side to lean on l'm good.
I saw an episode of I survived about an elevator breaking while it was full and the people were being chewed up in what became a human meat grinder. Have never looked at them the same.
Social anxiety said that being invisible in the line is better than walking by and being judged by everybody in said line
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Yeah i saw this in Singapore every day. People would wait in line to take the escalator instead of taking one flight of stairs
A queue for an escalator is insane to me. I never even imagined such a thing existed.
I think they mean why don't they just walk up the stairs instead of queueing
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Yes. People need to be shot more until human populations are under control. There's no reason I should ever be so crowded I can't flail my arms about without hitting someone. Don't these idiots get that their city is full? Stop breeding.
This is China and happens every day. They also wait for the lift to go up 1 floor.
its gonna take longer to go up the escalater than it is to just simply walk up the stairs
So here are some important questions to ask yourself, according to Dr. Tang: “Think of a goal, have you got it?” and next, “Think of all the things you need to do to achieve it.”
“Small manageable chunks, with focus – you should be achieving that in no time – go you!”
“Seems straightforward, doesn’t it?” Dr. Tang asks. “And this is a goal you’ve had for some time, plus those steps are probably quite easy…”
Dr. Tang invites us to think about everything we did yesterday–”how many of those things contributed TO your goal or simply distracted you from it (Netflix binges, scrolling mindlessly through social media, any psychodramas you got caught up in)?”
People At The Dog Park I Go To Are Too Lazy To Put Their Poop Bags In The Trash Can So They Hang Them On The Fence
They throw them in to trees here in the UK, the disgusting sub human knuckle draggers
My Roommate Throws Away Dishes So He Won’t Have To Do Them
Driving Over Graves Because They’re Too Lazy To Walk
According to Dr. Tang, our brains are amazing since they are capable of so much. “And yet we often apply their energy and drive ineffectively due to habit, laziness, or simply because we don’t know any other way.”
It’s important to realize that it is not the big choices that we make that shape our lives the most – “whether to buy that house, whether to take that job, whether to get into a relationship with that person… because they are clearly defined and they have an exit strategy,” she said and added that “it is the little choices you make every day that really make up who you are.”
Lazy Karen
We Call This One, "The Landlord Supremo"
This Idiot Hit Me While He Was Pulling Out Of A Gas Station, He Said He Didn't See Me
Dr. Tang gave an example: “Do you have the apple instead of the donut? Do you take 5 minutes for yourself, or do you say 'yes' to every person who asks? Do you choose to speak kindly to you, or do you berate yourself for 'just not being good enough?'”
According to the award-winning book author and spokesperson, “if we can focus on making as many little healthy choices as possible, we’ll be living the life we want, rather than seeking motivation to move towards it.”
This Guy Wasn't About To Let 13 Inches Of Snow Or Laziness Stop Him From Getting To Work On Time
So dangerous. You can't see out of half the windscreen. and if the car had to stop suddenly all of that snow would cover the windshield.
I Will Pass On The Lunch Meat. Thanks Anyway. Too Lazy To Get A Ladder
People Who Are Too Lazy To Remove Their Strings After Fishing Or Crabbing. So Many Animals Get Trapped In This And Die
How My Ex Roommate Left Her Bathroom After Moving Out
My Neighbor Keeps Parking Her Car On Top Of My Garden Area Instead Of Her Driveway Because She's Too Lazy To Pull Her Trash Cans In
If it were me, she'd do it twice.First time is a warning,second is a tow.
This Guy Ignored No Entry Sign And Drove On Wooden Pier, Because He Was Too Lazy To Carry Stuff On His Dolly
Pier has to be closed for structural inspection.
Every Day This Lady Walks Her Dog And Throws It's Poop In The Same Tree
I Tore My Rotator Cuff So My Husband Told Me He’d Finish The Interior Painting On Our Downstairs. He Says He’s Done
So I Finally Got A House, And They Literally Painted Over Bugs On The Wall
Lazy People Who Abandon Their Unwanted Groceries In The Freezer, Causing Them To Explode And Become Unsellable
Best Employee Of The Month
Lady, Your Laziness Causes An Unnecessary Queue At The Exit Of Cardales
Lady Is Too Lazy To Find A Parking Spot So She Blocks The Bus From Picking Up The Kids From School
Yes. He Was Using Them Both
Everytime I see someone on one of those things, or a One Wheel, I can't help but hope I get to see a face plant soon. You know how rich boomers looked at skaters in the 80s, that's how I see these people now. Bloody Parasites.
First Day At The Beach And My Wife Made Sure I Was Protected From Sunburn By Spraying My Back With Sunscreen. I Can’t See Back There - Did She Do A Good Job?
Too Lazy To Put Your Cart Up? Block The Handicap Spots
Make them have to release a cart/trolley with money, they will want the cash back
My Wife Never Fully Screws The Lids Back Onto Anything
I Was Making Homemade Churros For The Husband And The Piping Bag Tip Popped Out. Too Lazy To Fix It. I Present To You The Turdo
People Who Can’t Pick Up After Themselves
They do look very heavy. Perhaps a sign is needed, directing them to a tiny woman who can put them away if they find the big weights too heavy.
I Guess She Was Too Lazy
Lazy People Parked Right At The Entrance To Load Their Vehicle Up And Blocked The Traffic
Kinda Funny Tho
I Live With Monsters
i am one of those monsters, i love them, and i want to use all of them for arts and crafts.
Am I Crazy Or Is This Acceptable?
We share a laundry room with the people upstairs (the laundry room is right outside our door). This pile of dirty clothes has been sitting there for 5 days, this is nothing new. My bf is making me feel like the crazy one for having a problem with it. Advice please?
There is definitely a problem with this. You don't clutter up communal spaces with your c**p.
When You're So Lazy And Can't Walk 20ft To Watch Your Kid
Left His Driveway But Didn’t Clear The Rear Window Of Snow. Lazy. Dangerous
I Was Gone For A Few Days, And I Guess No One Did Any Dishes
Pint glasses, disposable plastic cup, and beer can imply someone threw a party. Oh theres a shot glass right there too. Someone over indulged.
Too Lazy To Adjust The Clocks For Winter
If only they had thought to put the name of a city in a time zone -1h away (e.g. if in Paris, the sign says London). Then this would actually look classy.
A Couple Years Ago, My Neighbor Decided To Paint His House Bright Orange. Then Gave Up Halfway Through
Love Having Roommates
My Sister Was Just Served This At A Local Mexican Restaurant
I Work At An Ice Skating Rink, And Instead Of Properly Turning In Skates, People Just Throw Them Over The Counter
The Dumpster On The Left Is Empty But People Are Too Lazy To Open The Lid So They Just Keep Piling Trash Up Into The Right Dumpster
Ain’t My Job To Cut The Trees. I Paint The Lines
Someone Was Very Lazy
It actually took much more effort to paint the plank than to move it. This is not laziness, this is malice.
Taking Laziness To A Whole New Level
Key Screwed And Painted To The Door Frame Inside My Wife's Apartment. Such Laziness
Lazy Shoppers Leaving Their Carts, Blocking The Entrance To The Mall
There's Literally A Garbage Can 3 Feet Away. How Are Some People So Lazy?
And The Winner Of "Not My Job" Is My Sister
This Person Pulls Her Car Out Of The Parking Spot So No One Can Drive Past Because She's Too Lazy To Carry Her Shopping Bags, Causing A Line Of Traffic
Actually this looks like one of those idiot car parks with the pillars right where you want to open your door. They leave almost no room to get down the side of the car with shopping. You might say that she should have gone in nose first so the tailgate is facing the aisle, but frequently you then can't get out of the driver's door for the pillar or next car. This gets worse as car get bigger. Car parks built 20 years ago and often no longer suitable for purpose.
My Sister Spilt Wax On The Floor While Making Candles Because She Poured It Into A Smoothie Cup. I'm Left Here Cleaning It Up Because She's "Too Tired"
She should clean that s**t up herself and I would make her do it at all costs. 😡
A Friend's Brother Lives In His Garage Trying To Make It Big On Twitch. He Shows Me This Picture Of His "Streamer Den." And Yes, Those Are Gallons Of Urine
I Found This In The Break Room At Work. How Can You Be This Lazy?
Never mind the towels, who picked out those colors for your break room?!
My Lazy Family Leaves The Tub Like This After Every Bath Bomb And Refuses To Clean It
How Lazy Can People Be
The Leaning Tower Of Garbage
This Is How My Boyfriend Leaves The Sink After He Shaves
When You Are Too Lazy To Throw Out The Old TV
To be fair, it's nigh impossible to easily dispose of a tube television. Charities won't even take them anymore. At least they didn't set it by the curb like I've seen so many others do.
How Lazy Can You Be?!
My Sister Leaves Empty Bowls In The Fridge For Weeks
A New Caliber Of Laziness. People Like This Actually Exist
Our Office Was Renovated. They Were Too Lazy To Move The Outlet Location Or The Wall Over
UPS Was Too Lazy To Walk 10 Feet To My Door
USPS won't even come up to my house. Have to leave s box by the road for them. Every other carrier is fine. Usually they will mark some random reason for non delivery too. Mailbox full (nothing in it), can't access mailbox, recipient not home (they won't go to my house anyway)
Moving To A New House. This Is Where The Last Owners Had Their China Cabinet
Someone In Denver Blocked The Platte River Trail With Their Car, Probably Were Looking For A Shortcut
This Dog Park. This Is Not A Public Dog Park. It's Part Of A Private Rental Community. Bags Are Always Provided, Yet People Are Too Lazy To Clean Up After Their Dogs
My Family Throwing Giant Chunks Of Food In The Sink On Top Of Dirty Dishes
Someday, probably in the USA, someone will invent a garbage disposal that takes the food AND the dishes. Prove me wrong.
I Can’t Even
I have done that. When you are in chronic pain, and getting the groceries was all you could manage that day - barely, and your handicapped wife is in an even worse state. Then, who cares if the toilet rolls are not stacked up until the next day? There are more important things in life.
Laziness At Walmart
Happy 12th Of July From An Angry Irish Environmentalist
its Orangemen's day just in case anybody was wondeing what july 12th is
Being A Cinema Worker And Having To Clean Up After These Delightful People. Yes, Sadly, But The Boxes Are Still Half Full Of Soggy Cereal And Milk
Amazon Left My Package In The Rain 10 Feet Away From A Covered Patio. Good Job You Lazy Pos
They once threw a mattress over our security fence while the sprinklers were running. At no point did they ring the bell or tell us our package was outside. The delivery picture shows the box being sprayed by water. Thankfully, Amazon gave us a refund and sent us a new mattress for free.
How The F**k Can People Be This Lazy
Sometimes the garbage was in the can, but if it's outside and uncovered the crows and raccoons throw it out while scavenging.
I'm Angry That Poor Brad Might Have To Pull The Shift Alone Due To Lazy Office Staff
This Type Of Person Has A ‟Someone Gets Paid To Clean This Up” Kind Of Mentality
That's giving them a lot of credit to think about it at all... they probably just don't care.
I Cleaned The Whole Kitchen At 5 Pm Yesterday. I Stayed At My Partner’s Place Last Night And Today Came Home To This Mess From My Roommates
When i lived with 'roommates' I just kept my own dishes cutlery etc in my room. even bought a small fridge to avoid that fluster cluck.
To Be Fair, Every Customer At This Theatre Is Either A 6-Year-Old, Brain Damaged, Or Both
Maybe its not empty? I was in a cinema recently and there was a sign on the bin that said, that you need to place not-empty cups next to the bin and only throw empty cups inside. This seems fully right to me. 🤷♀️
When Your're Too Lazy To Wash Them Dishes So You Do This
Lol this is kinda similar to what my uncle used to do. According to my dad, when my uncle was in college he’d cover his plates with cling film so he didn’t have to wash them
Calm Down Bro, It’s Just A Little Pizza Grease
Remains From A Horrible Person's Photo Shoot
If the confetti is made from paper, I don't have a problem. It will decompose quickly. If it's plastic, then it needs to be cleaned up quickly.
Hates Lazy People But Wants A Rich Man To Feed Her
If she needs a rich man "to support her eating habits" I am kinda worried what this habits are. Does she mean she just prefers the expensive stuff?
This Is Some Next Level Lazy
People Who Don't Clean Up After Themselves And Leave The Fast Food Places Like This
Lazy People Hanging Their Trash In The Store
My Coworkers Are Too Lazy To Replace The Trash Bags
This Is The Level Of Laziness I Aspire Towards
Spotted In Target. Next Level Fashion
This Panhandler Works Remotely
This Lazy Lady Stole The Cart From A Lady With A Broken Neck
My Flatmate Has Peaked In Laziness During The Lockdown
I live with someone who does this. I say “someone” because I live with 7 other people and I haven’t figured out who it is yet. Nobody but me seems bothered by this. How??????
Your Ride Pulls Up And You See This, What You Doing?
My Ex Wife Texting Me Asking For Money Because She’s Too Lazy To Get A Job
There's a reason why people like this are "exs" and should stay that way...
My Mom Was Too Lazy To Get Her Cats Food So She Fed Them One Of My Spams
This Morning, The News Paper Delivery Was Too Lazy To Go To 11 Houses, And Just Dropped A Pile At Our House
How Hubby Won't Throw Away His Empty Ice Cream Buckets
Hubby is in for a shock when he find the ice cream space in the freezer is totally full of empty cartons, and there's no ice cream available.
Whoever Did This Should Be Ashamed
I have heard of people doing this to prevent cats from unrolling the loo paper. If they put the loo paper on the holder properly the cats just paw away at the paper until there's a huge, satisfying puddle of paper on the floor.
Ohio Officer Is Too Lazy To Walk And Parks In The Handicapped Spot
Mom's Boyfriend Never Puts The Soap On The Soap Trays
When "Rock Moving" Wasn’t In The Job Description
To be fair, we don't know how big the rock is on the other side. If it's a rock that's big enough to sit on, it might well have been too heavy to move.
Too Lazy To Wash The Dishes
No Shadows And Just A Lazy Painter
These Shortcuts Symbolize Human Laziness (Yes, I Use It) Central Park Edition
These are called "desire paths" and beautifully show how a space could be laid out better based on how people actually use them. https://99percentinvisible.org/article/least-resistance-desire-paths-can-lead-better-design/
My Husband's Go-To Meal When I'm Lazy
I think you mean when he's lazy. . . He can't cook dinner for the two of you once in a while?
Anytime Fitness Too Lazy To Type An 'Out Of Order' Sign, So They Find A Typed One Online To Print
Wow....such a bunch of lazy useless disrespectful people in this world.....yup, I'm angry, that's it.
Same I should not have read this because now I’m so angry.
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Some of these make me feel great about some of the lazy things I do because theirs is lazy to the 10th power!
I feel like a lot of these could be clearly be explained and are just posted without context for rage bait. Also as someone with a disability who has done a few of the things in the list it honestly hurts that default assumption is lazy for things that could clearly be caused by disabled people trying to live in an abled world.
Well, that just reaffirmed my belief that humans are an ongoing mistake...
There was some sad examples of laziness, that I almost forgot how good it is, that humans are lazy. That gets us to invent washing machines, vacuum cleaners, lawn movers to use instead of tubs for washing by hand, brooms and scythes for the grass.
Okay but some of these comments were much worse, a lot of them could be understood in context I think
I can't understand the logic behind hanging poop bags on trees and fences and I see this everyday, so this is pretty common practice. Why? If you're really too lazy to take a bag with you, just leave the c**p on a ground and rain will wash it off. I'm not saying people should leave the poop, but putting it in the bag, and hanging it on a fence is extra work, and it's even more disgusting.
I didn't see your opinion anywhere, just this post. I, personally, don't downvote a differing opinion, just if someone is utterly being vile. BTW, I upvoted this post. Tried to negate some other àsshole!! :)
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Can your small-brained having a*s, keep politics to your damn self?
Load More Replies... Wow....such a bunch of lazy useless disrespectful people in this world.....yup, I'm angry, that's it.
Same I should not have read this because now I’m so angry.
Load More Replies... Some of these make me feel great about some of the lazy things I do because theirs is lazy to the 10th power!
I feel like a lot of these could be clearly be explained and are just posted without context for rage bait. Also as someone with a disability who has done a few of the things in the list it honestly hurts that default assumption is lazy for things that could clearly be caused by disabled people trying to live in an abled world.
Well, that just reaffirmed my belief that humans are an ongoing mistake...
There was some sad examples of laziness, that I almost forgot how good it is, that humans are lazy. That gets us to invent washing machines, vacuum cleaners, lawn movers to use instead of tubs for washing by hand, brooms and scythes for the grass.
Okay but some of these comments were much worse, a lot of them could be understood in context I think
I can't understand the logic behind hanging poop bags on trees and fences and I see this everyday, so this is pretty common practice. Why? If you're really too lazy to take a bag with you, just leave the c**p on a ground and rain will wash it off. I'm not saying people should leave the poop, but putting it in the bag, and hanging it on a fence is extra work, and it's even more disgusting.
I didn't see your opinion anywhere, just this post. I, personally, don't downvote a differing opinion, just if someone is utterly being vile. BTW, I upvoted this post. Tried to negate some other àsshole!! :)
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