People Are Sharing Priceless “Not My Job” Moments Caught In Pictures And Here’re 50 Of The Laziest Ones
Not everyone was blessed with the job they love, not even with the job they truly care for. For many, it’s all just a 9-hour long daily bender that vindicates the holy time known as days off. But some people are taking this logic to the extreme, which becomes a cause for many hilarious occupational mishaps.
And there’s an online group known as the Not My Job subreddit that documents the most hilarious fails spotted on duty. And if it doesn’t seem like being asked to paint a wall or install a street light is that big of a deal, they are about to prove you wrong. Created in 2013, the community has 717k members sharing smile-cracking content, or, as their laconic description says, examples of “[Placeholder - Jim, put a good description].”
Keep in mind that nobody really knows whether the mishaps were deliberate, since they may have been caused by the mind wandering elsewhere, but it’s still absolutely comical to see the job done so that it barely passes the minimum threshold.
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Not My Job To Add The Subtitles
Made me laugh. I wouldn't even mind reading that when watching this cartoon. Would just laugh and miss all the rest.
I remember watching a really poorly dubbed first episode of Naruto where Naruto himself sounded like an adult (and a chain-smoker too) and spoke with a rather rural accent, several female characters had male voices (while a few male characters spoke with a falsetto), and some the meanings of some words could sometimes change mid-sentence.
Considering it's Plastic Nee-San, it probably wouldn't make much sense, regardless.
I watch a lot of British shows, and the misheard subtitles are pretty funny! The one I'm watching right now just writes "(inaudible)" when they can't understand. It averages about 20 "(inaudibles)" an episode!
I used to borrow fansubs for Dragon Ball GT back in 97/98/99! Good times, those tapes got around!!
I remember watching an Anime that had the captions: "something in Spanish" XD
Once I watched the movie, the most important, emotional moment and the translation says: "don't understand, some psychological bullshit"
The Sign's Up, Boss!
I thought the patio was closed because it's not open. Thankfully there's a notice to clear it up for me.
Fixed The Broken Clock, Boss
The age-old riddle of How many Americans do you need to replace a broken clock?
Starting from the guy who reports it broken? Loads of them.
Load More Replies...I bet the teachers paid for that clock. And the tape. And probably for the ladder.
This is what I think their reasoning is:the big clock will eventually be fixed so don't take it down, and cover it up so people don't see the wrong time.
Nah, it's because janitors aren't payed well so they will never fix the original clock, therefore second clock.
Load More Replies...This is a real lifehack. The clock in front is standard time and the one in back is daylight savings time.
It works. And if you don't have money or time to repair the big one, why not?
Looks like Blue Painters Tape was used. Will NOt last long. Hopefully not fall on a person head.
Probably not meant to last long, but students gotta know what the time is.
Load More Replies...Bored Panda reached out to the creator and moderator of the r/NotMyJob subreddit, who goes by the handle u/ani625, to find out more about this online community. u/ani625 explained that the saying “not my job” in the title of the subreddit refers to someone doing just their bare minimum of their job, and nothing more.
“This results in the 'product' being far from neat/complete/usable, depending on what it is,” the moderator explained. This extreme lack of care and attention makes it a perfect combo for absurd situations, which fuels r/NotMyJob.
Whoever Named These Streets
I've seen one by the C&O canal in Maryland that's called Back Rd. The funny thing is that it is literally a back road.
Load More Replies...I lived in Lake Jackson, Texas, U.S.A. and they have streets named This Way, That Way, Circle Way, and Any Way.
"Were is (insert place)?" "Oh, it's on That Street." "That street?" "No that's Other Street, you wanna go on That Street."
"Yeah, just go down This Rd to get to That Rd" "Which road?" "Oh The Other St"
They should add "What St" "Where do you live? " "What St." "... Where?" "I live in What St." "What?" "Exactly.."
Kid: I’m going to my friends house! Mum: ok, which street is it on Kid: um, Other street. Mum: what other street? Kid: the one across from That Street and near This Street. Mum: What?
I passed that street for YEARS until I actually read the sign.
Load More Replies...Workin For The Big Man
Back in March 2019 when tornadoes hit Alabama, Trump arrived and signed people's bibles. Some people thought it was sacrilegious, some said it was a sign from God, and some sold their copies on eBay for thousands of dollars. I'm not going to comment on it one way or another, I'm just saying it happened.
Load More Replies...Thanks for buying my book, hope you enjoy it! - God PS: please leave a review
5 stars for the newer translated version. 4.5 for King James version, beautiful but hard to understand
Load More Replies...Well, it doesn't say who signed it. Could be the pool guy, the butler, anyone.
It's been written, re-written and edited down (and up) so many times over the centuries...We'll never find out who all the authors were.
Painted Wales’ Flag For Ya, Boss
This is fine... this is the best drawing of the welsh flag I've seen
This person has totally accepted his artistic abilities/limits and I accept that.
Yeah, you have to give 'em bonus points for that.
Load More Replies...If they didn't want to draw a dragon, they could have gone with the St. David's flag, which is black with a yellow cross.
The community was launched 7 years ago when “an image of a dead animal painted over on a road became popular on another subreddit.” u/ani625 said that this particular case depicted the road painters being too lazy to do a better job.
“Someone said the phrase 'not my job!' in the comments, and people seem to be interested in such an idea. I created /r/NotMyJob and linked the subreddit then and there, which got its first few subscribers.”
From there, it picked up steam “as users kept on mentioning the sub all over Reddit whenever they saw such content, and the subreddit grew.” Today, it has about 25-30 daily posts shared by 717k members.
Answered All The Questions, Boss!
Or the chats where it asks you to write out your problem, then the rep comes on, doesn't read a single thing you wrote and asks you what is the problem.
2-2 is 0. So, it took him 0 minutes to look into it.
Load More Replies...The four is newer, bud, it means that they decided that the amount of money for the previous one wasn't enough for them.
TIP: Always "copy" your initial question to clueless chat support people so you can "paste" it again over and over again.
Better tip would be to ditch those places and shop with someone who cares about their customers enough to provide a decent support service.
Load More Replies...The agent stutters while writing the answers. That´s why he had disconnected, he couldn´t handle the the situation longer than 2-2 minutes ...
Installed The Street Lights Boss
a beautiful metaphor of mankind constantly trying to free itself of its earthly bonds to seek higher purpose and meaning in the beyond
Sorry to get all dark but there's a lamp in Prague made like this as a monument to people who have lost their lives to suicide under a bridge that used to be used for this for a long time (not any more thanks to the barriers). It's really a fascinating piece of art called "Out of their own decision". https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_vlastn%C3%ADho_rozhodnut%C3%AD_%E2%80%93_Memento_mori (You'll have to google translate, sorry.)
Amblivious
Yes. They were able to get it right in the actual article.
Load More Replies...Finished Putting Up The Sign Boss
I imagine you could, since the sign says "fine". Legally you don't have to guess what a sign is meant to say, but to read what it says.
Load More Replies...On looks like I can park here... 3 hours later, why is there a ticket.
Got Those Smoke Detectors Marked Up, Boss
Or what he smoked before detecting his job.
Load More Replies...Nobody: just put the floor smoke detectors o... on it was supposed to go on the ceiling. Oops my bad.
Sounds like my maintenance man at my apt. They use caulking to fix EVERYTHING! Lol
Had to remove a wallpaper border that was stuck up with caulking. Took forever.
Load More Replies..."I Decided It Was Faster To Draw The Qr Codes, Boss"
Lol Honestly though, if this is an old picture, the person may not have had any idea how these codes work. I haven't used one yet (I am old and grumpy and refuse to do it :p )
I love using these! So much easier than typing in a code - but then I'm the type that will input the numbers in the wrong order so, for me, a real relief.
Load More Replies...Thanks, Associate's Name
Awe I'm sure "Associate's Name" is so proud to be part of the #WalmartFamily. ❤️
Yes. Associate's Name is the best Walmart employee ever.
Load More Replies...If only they had some kind of apparatus that told you their name. Perhaps a badge of some kind. Perhaps have them wear it on their chest where most would see it.
I wonder if Associate's Name knows Current Occupant. I have a BUNCH of their mail.
Wow, I do too! Current Occupant sure gets a lot of catalogs and ads.
Load More Replies...Yeah. That's what I first thought the problem was when I saw them.
Load More Replies...How I Bang Your Mother
I Wrote Warnings, Boss
The engines start smoking before safety happens. That is actually correct.
Took The Driver’s License Photo Boss
I'd get a new one, but also keep this one just for laughs when i pull it out at a traffic stop... then again, I'm black and this is in the US, I'd probably get shot
Can you imagine getting carded and told that you look nothing like this chair?!?
"They never said I could teach a chair how to drive... Well.... I PROVED 'EM WRONG!"
I Hung That Sign In The Parking Garage, Boss
Great...another go-back-in-time-and-accidently-shoot-your-great-grandfather tropes.
Just Put Monday
Since you habe no idea how long it‘s been laying in the store already - yes.
Load More Replies...Boom town rats will tell ya....they were still wasted from the weekend.
Load More Replies...I don't care i love salad i would chose it over pizza (i actually would)
In my country we don't put best-before-dates on salad. We just have a look at it :-D
Made The Name Tag, Boss
You can get flaky fingernails like that for a lot of reasons. My mom developed them after radiation treatment. So don't be so judgey.
Load More Replies...Me too! It’s a very... interesting name choice..🏜🙋♂️
Load More Replies...Made The Engraving, Boss
I have always wondered if the reason these engravings, cakes, nametags all come back like this, is the customer was a d*ckbag on the phone and the service person decided to do some malicious compliance.
Does the business that made this honestly think that's what they wanted?
No, and the team mates or whoever probably didn't either.
Load More Replies...Wonderful idea I DO NOT WANT ANY ENGRAVING JUST LEAVE THE METAL BLANK NO ENGRAVING, wonderful
Hmm, are these things made 100% by machine? Order - Production -> Sending?
I Painted The Fence Boss
Someone never had a coloring book as a kid, lol. Stay inside the lines!!!
Must be the same buffoon that painted my house when it was new and ruined my wood floors. Not to mention using the wrong kind of paint in the bathrooms now I can't get the wall paper off without destroying the surface of the sheetrock.
Added Subtitles, Boss
It’s be funny if that’s really what the guy said just to mess with people.
To be fair, a captionist/transcriptionist and a translator/interpreter are two completely different jobs. If this was an English captionist doing captions in English, and a Chinese phrase is used, obviously they don't understand it and it's procedure to use a [foreign] tag. Someone should have hired a Chinese captionist to fill that in.
True, but they could have written "Speaks in Chinese"
Load More Replies..."No worries, our editor Joe can also do the subtitling. No we really do not need a translator."
And what platform did they watch it on?
Load More Replies...When you're Asian and born in America but on the resume as a editor probably he or she speak Chinese but illiterate writing in Chinese. It's true. I can't write Chinese as well.
Godamnit Roy
That's literally me when trying to place ladders at all.
Load More Replies...That would be cool if these were all rotating at different speeds and you had to time when you climb down to the next one like a super mario game
Packed The Violin Bow, Boss
InTeReStInG packaging. You don't snap the f*cking bow in half. It's used to play the violin, so you gotta treat it respectfully. And the bow hair looks like human hair. Utterly lamentable. I give it a Sacrilegious/10.
as a fellow musician (cellist), this hurts my heart :-( any other crying ling lings out there?
If you can find other ling ling wannabes slowly, you can find other ling ling wannabes quickly
Load More Replies...The Brids
alright im making a comic about Brid the bird now. I will credit you for the name.
Load More Replies...Scribble A Present From and pretend it’s come all the way from Bridlington (a seaside town on the North Yorkshire coast).
“Hey, You Put Those Shirts On The Correct Models, Right?”
Also, WTF "danger educated black woman"? and "angry black woman"? who would wear "melanin and mascara"?
Load More Replies...you know they have the models wear a green shirt and then the computer autogenerates the the Tshirt onto the model. Most retailers have fixed this issue by not having the computer randomly assign models to shirts. But this is how they can have a thousand shirts showing how it would look on a model without doing so many photoshoots
Reminds me of the time I was at a Lauryn Hill concert and Busta Rhymes was the opening act. Busta was talking about all the fine black women in the audience and the jumbotron camera decides to focus in on a bunch of white faces instead.
this happens all the time they take a stock photo of a woman and photoshop their product on them
This ATM In Egypt Is Not Grounded And Can Electrocute People, Paper Says "Use Wooden Stick"
0.5mA of ground leakage current is generally considered to be acceptable. If the equipment has no ground bond, the chassis can float up to either the power supply voltage, or the mains input voltage. You would form a fairly high impedance ground connection for such a small current, but you would feel it.
Load More Replies...This is what you get when you recklessly deregulate EVERYTHING, without a thought about consequences.
Made The Front Page Boss
Stating the obvious beside a completely F**ked piece about POS sex offenders
LOL XD LMAO Mom: great day for playing, kids, have fun outside!!! Kid: Why is that person staring at me?
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo WHY did I laugh WAAAAAAAAY to hard at this!??!??
Big Bullets
Everybody fine with what the sign implies? "We sell no handgun ammo" ... "so, you sell 7.62mm?" "no?" "ah, 9mm?" "no." ... (starts amending sign) ... "surely .38!" "NO." "maybe .40 then?" "No, we said NO AMM.." "Wait wait, I'm keen to guess... .45?" "ARHG NO!" "Oh. Not even .357?" "GO AWAY!!" "What terrible service here, how rude! LemmegetmygunohnoesIdon'thavebullitz"...
Yeah, only the first two are actually mm. The rest of them are fractions of an inch (.357 inches)
Load More Replies...Okay, were NOT gonna talk about how walmart used to sell ammunition tho?
You can get gun and ammunition in USA so easily? Why?
Load More Replies...YOu're thinking .357 magnum... this is 1000x larger =0 (in three dimensions, so 1billion times larger, theoretically).
Load More Replies...It's more about the calibre than comparing both - 223mm and 357mm are ship artilllery shells, and the picture with the Nazis happen to display the biggest rifled artillery ever made
Load More Replies..."Yes, this will definitely work against our enemies." "Oh yeah, colonel. Wait till you see my 800mm primary."
This Sandbox Was Place Right On Top Of A Manhole
What is the actual point of the sandbox? The whole playground is covered in sand xoxox
Have a place to put the sand cakes you're making. Obviously
Load More Replies...Shipped Those Crickets Boss
How would anyone come up with this? You'd struggle to keep them from escaping while you're closing the box...
If you put them in the fridge they're sedated. I assume they did that and then for some reason took them out of the refrigerated containers and just tipped them into the box. By the time they arrived they'd warmed up.
Load More Replies...I assume you were ordering the crickets to feed something, like a lizard. Just set it loose in the house 🤗
These being tiny, it may be e.g. poison dart frogs, or other tiny squishables that don't live long on laminate or carpet... Unusual, as Josh's is a good & big supplier so not a rookie mistake.
Load More Replies...why would you open anything with live insects inside your house regardless of how it's packed shipped???
because you would expect them to be in separate smaller boxes like normal.
Load More Replies...I wonder if the purchaser did like Reese from Malcolm with his butterflies, but with crickets. The queen of crickets.
It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Cheesy
https://www.boredpanda.com/twitter-rampage-against-peta-billboard-crab-baltimore-jimmy-famous-seafood PETA sucks
Load More Replies...I hope so, but by looks could be either. Coupled with olives and herbs on top makes it seem more like feta.
Load More Replies...I live in Maryland. PETA had a big billboard campaign here trying to tell Marylanders they shouldn't eat blue crabs. Didn't go over well, obviously. And the Jimmy's Twitter account messed with them. PETA deserved it. Not the smartest campaign in the state known for it's blue crab crab cakes, etc.
Corporate Said We Should Put In A New Fire Alarm, Not Remove Old Ones
That, and at least once a month they start "chip"-ing intermittently for low battery... usually at night...
Load More Replies...Imagine if steam from tea sets it off and you spill it on yourself...
if they all went off at the same time i would probably scream so load the people on the other side of the world would hear me.
American efficiency. Installing a new fire alarm doesn't include removing the old ones. That's a totally different department and they haven't got the order yet.
Extreme Wheelchairing!
Sure we do! I would even consider to give it a try...no seriously! :D
Load More Replies..."Warning: Do not use if not equipped with 2093 Rocket Propane powered Tesla Wheelchair 678. All injuries are not responsible."
Handicapped — level 6706: Make it down the ramp without dying, falling off the cliff at the end, or face planting the wall. ‘Magic wand’ item needed to complete level.
Without that wall at the end... wheeeeeeeeee-lchair racing FTW.
I Made It Handicap Accessible Boss
yes, it is almost 90 degrees, I don't even think a regular guy could walk up that
Load More Replies...Pretty sure that's Eastern Europe and they are not handicap ramps. They are for delivery dollies, though I do see women with baby carriages use them frequently, which is slightly frightening.
You are right of course but that's no fun.
Load More Replies...Accurate visual representation of the American health care system.
My Colleague Ordered Some Bowls Online And This One Came Exactly As You See It. Someone Wrapped A Broken Bowl, Without The Parts That Broke Off, Meaning It Didn't Break In Transit
I once received a mug with the handle broken and wrapped separately... which means they knew perfectly it was broken before wrapping the whole thing. Thankfully I took pictures as soon as I saw something was wrong as when I made a complain they tried to say I was the one who broke it intentionnaly to get a refund. Yes darling, I don't have anything better to do with my life than break the mug I wanted for weeks before I could order it, just to get a refund... Thanks to the pictures the had to admit their fault.
I recently received a half used bottle of hand sanitizer from Walmart, with the pump unlocked. SMH.
Load More Replies...reminds me of the time me and my friend tried to break a bowl in a creek (long story)
Delivered Boss!
At least they left the slip. My UPS driver never rings the doorbell and never leaves a slip - I have to check the website to know that he was even there.
Contact your local UPS customer center to complain. This is unacceptable.
Load More Replies...FedEx is the worst! My package that they delivered clearly said on the address label "deliver to back porch ". They left $3,000 worth of prescription drugs (i can only get them by mail) on the front steps, in the rain. They do this EVERY time.
Any way to put something by front steps to shelter your parcels?
Load More Replies...Title Goes Here Fsdjik Ndfij Jkfns
Heder went to fdsa fd jhgf jhf jhgfj h j gfds gfh. Sounds like a good place!
Spotted In Target. Next Level Fashion
when you're a toddler and you want to be independent and dress yourself for the first time :)
when you're trying to dress the mannequins and their arms don't move lol
Load More Replies...That's pretty much how I've been looking since COVID started... I look like that right now.
Hey! That's a convertible shirt. You wear it like that when it gets chilly out. Or you want to meet a scottish penguin....
I've Got A Great Idea Boss
Strange how there is fruit called Grape and a fruit called Grapefruit, and they aren't the same thing.
Reminds me of my first real job 34 years ago. I "corrected" a bunch of documents that said "rape seed oil" to "grape seed oil" which I used for cooking at home. Turns out "rape seed oil" is what we call "canola oil." Messed eveything up.
"NO Banana! NO! Get out of my mouth! NOooooo! Stop! Why are you wearing pyjamas? Arffgh. Oh no! Who is that? B2? Bananas in Pyjamas gang rape! Helllpppp! Oh no! Here come the Zucchinis in Bikinis! For the love of God! Someone help me!!!"
grapefruit should have a different name. it is false advertising! it tastes nothing like grapes
Fan's Installed, Boss
I know the column is supposed to come first when building, but I don't want to believe someone was stupid enough to put the fan there later.
You probably never had a manager who wanted everything done EXACTLY has he told you. I guess this is just another "Not worth my job" situation.
Load More Replies...It would have been fine if he hadn't added the blades after the installation.
It Says "Emergency Telephone"
"You don't need to contact anyone, just hit the murderer with this plank and you'll be totally fine."
I bet MacGyver could have made that phone work with his safety pin!
Worse than that, the red sign says to hold in the button for about 30 seconds and help will arrive within an hour. An hour. In an emergency!
I Installed The New Elevator Button, Boss
Clock That Has Hung On Our Wall With 20 Years. Needless To Say It Gets Confusing Sometimes
I genuinely didn't see the problem at first and was very confused lmao
A Soccer Field I Spotted While Flying My Drone Around
right side to left side, and bottom side to top side
Load More Replies...Sausage Squad
Is that 7 00 AM or PM? I wouldn't want to miss the suicide party....
I'm Done With The Handicap Ramp Boss!
Like if you have a tragic accident on the way down. Or miraculously heal on the way up
Load More Replies...Again its EE. And they are for deliveries or prams. Nothing in old Soviet style construction is designed for handicapped people. Even if the building has a lift you still have to go up stairs to get to it.
which eastern european language has the word "sand" for sand?
Load More Replies...They did know the ramp wasn't supposed to MAKE you handicapped, right? ....right?
This may be the dumbest thing I have ever seen.
I initially thought the orange thing was the ramp...🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I’m Not A Math Expert But....
I assume that people could pick more than one answer for these numbers to work. So, wrong type of graph.
Makes me think of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GysVngf7GrE
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
FYI. Manhole covers are round so that that they don't fall into the hole; square ones would.
They are also round so they can be rolled, instead of having to lift them since they are very heavy.
Load More Replies...oh no, my phone! I have your phone georgie come and get it.
It Just Throws Me Off
The 3 is upside down. One of the much less egregious examples in this post.
Load More Replies...My neighbour had an upside down 8 on his house. One of these days I'm going to go over there with a screwdriver and fix it
We have an upside down zero on our house, plus the numbers are fastened diagonally, but not aligned or evenly spaced.
Load More Replies...What Do You Mean By "This Is A Historical Monument"?
This hurts my heart almost as much as the graffiti at Luxor Temple. Absolutely disgraceful. To the guillotine!
Hung The Photo, Boss
The legless photo, legless chairs... maybe that's the theme. They hate legs.
I Mowed My Elderly Neighbors Lawn. The People On The Left Of Her Mowed A Day After. I Guess I Didnt Mow Right To The Property Line. I Officially Hate These People Now
Sorry, but I don't see a problem here. My new neighbor hired a mowing service. They mowed 10 feet short of the lot line. If I were a "nice guy" and mowed over further, I would have committed myself to mowing that extra bit forever. I mowed to the line and left it be. Two weeks later the service caught on and corrected. Problem solved.
now throw a few bags of wild flowers seeds and you'll have a nice property limit ( I would even put my seeds strategically to form a welcoming word like ..."fudge you" only viewable from one of those mini drones thngys; obviously you don't want to offend kiddos around)
I wouldn't mind this, I would like having a "border" at the edge of lawn.
How did they even fit a mower between the pole and the high grass?
Maybe used a strimmer for that part? Petty beyond belief.
Load More Replies...Put The Advert Up Boss
Why would this evilll mann messs uppp aaa pugggg? PUGGGSSSSS ARRRRRE COOOOOLLLLL ANNNND CUUUUTEE
Paypal Support Responding To A Tweet 9 Years Later
They noticed that people have been leaving to use other services and also bitcoin...now they are trying to bring back customers
Got The Water Line Done Boss
Literal "Not My Job" In Helsinki. Left Part Belongs To One Housing Company And The Right Part To Another. Needless To Say, They Do Not Use The Same Maintenance Firm
Well no one's going to work for nothing. If you only get paid to clean the right side, you'd be a fool to also clean the left side for free.
I Mean, It Was Printed In Big Enough Lettering
Windshields are "fragile". They don't crack, but shatter into many small pieces to actually NOT cut you up in case of a crash and for the rescue to get you out faster.
Load More Replies...Big lettering never works. We have No Parking in 3 foot high letters on the road and people still park on it! If you can't read that you shouldn't be driving!!!
Got 3st!
Does the colours in the ribbon say anything about the country? Red white blue: can be dutch or french. But dutch would be 3de...
Cookies For Satan
Yep he sure made his Christmas bonus this year.
Load More Replies...Did you hear about the dyslexic devil worshipper? He sold his soul to Santa.
COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT! Besides, you'd leave devil's food cake for Satan, not cookies.
Load More Replies...Maybe if satan got some cookies he'd be more pleasant. Plus instead of tap water you could use Holy Water and watch him squirm lol
Windows Are Done Boss
That one time Picasso dabbled in construction (or in architecture)
First Day At The Scam Factory
Unless that message came from someone else in the group text.
Load More Replies...Close Enough
Installed The Lock On The Bathroom Stall Boss!
Except that's a secure hex screw. Not exactly a common driver.
Load More Replies...Ahhh!!! This has made me crazy since I was a small child, "We can put a man on the moon, but can't make doors in restrooms stay closed." I was shocked when I heard someone else say it. Of course I have said for 50+ years, nice to know someone was listening.
I swear 90% of the public bathrooms I use have a problem with the latch on the stall door. It’s crazy. Why is it so hard to put on the latch where it lines up properly? It’s ridiculous. I went to ikea a few weeks ago and even their bathroom had the latch on the door about 2 inches higher than the slot on the wall. You would think a ikea would be sure to make their bathrooms perfect but no. 🤷♀️🤦
At least there's lock. Most of these stalls don't have locks at all.
The Weather Graphic Is Ready, Boss!
Did The Signboard Boss
They probably don't understand English, hence the translation website. They just saw something in English and assumed it's right.
Load More Replies...Somewhere on the internet is a Welsh roadsign which reads something along the lines of "I am currently out of the office".
Installed The Random Gate And Locked It, Boss!
There is something similar on Salsbury Plain in England. MoD decided they need a gateway, concrete and steel. It sits alone in the middle of a range with no fence to keep it company.
I Think We Should Hire Him Boss
Price Marked The Books, Boss
It says 'Tasty, healthy, and SAFE recipes'. It won't be sage for the dog LOL
Actually, sage really enhances the flavor. Makes it "doggier".
Load More Replies...Remember the sci fi movie, aliens came with a book called To Serve Man. It was a cookbook
Not The Translators Job
To be fair, a captionist/transcriptionist and a translator/interpreter are two completely different jobs. If this was a captionist doing captions in the original language, they probably didn't understand the other language used (because that's not what they were hired for) and it's procedure to use a [foreign] tag.
Token Attractive Woman
Translated The Menu Boss
There have been a few notorious cases of poorly translated menus in my country, offering dishes such as "constipated old man" and "blackboard erasers with rice."
There are also names o dishes that sound mistranslated but aren't - like the chicken and egg dish "mother and child reunion". Had to explain to a lot of customers that wasn't an error in translation.
Load More Replies...Personally, I'm craving Japanese Brown saucefish.
Load More Replies...Cut The Tomatoes, Boss
Proof Read The Ad Boss
Damn, I am living with multiplication and I could use some help. I feel divided, like something subtracted from me
i hate it when addition takes over my life. i can't sleep because i'm adding numbers, i can't concentrate at work because i'm adding, it screws up my home life because people want to talk about things, but i just reply with 2+2= 4.
Hello, my name is Petite, and...I- I-... I can't stop thinking about imaginary numbers! *sobs* It all started in high school. I had this one teacher...
Load More Replies...Installed The Sprayer Boss
BP automatically censored it, it is supposed to be s h i t
Load More Replies...Filled Up The Smoke Generator For The Patrouille De France, Boss
"Just use red. I'm sure nobody will post it on reddit, where it will be subsequently put onto boredpanda"
Load More Replies...Every Time I Go To The Bathroom At Work - This Really Bugs Me!
An uncle of mine worked for Xerox as developer. He once tried to tighten a loose screw on his chair. He almost got fired for it because he did something that should have been done by maintenance. Very strict rules.
Load More Replies...Put Away The Pallets, Boss
The only way to prevent this is to physically put a plastic cone on the pallet!
Or design them to collapse when someone tries to double-stack. Best part: you wouldn't be liable for damages because there was clear signage not to.
Load More Replies...My Daughters Laundry Hamper With An Inspiring Quote
dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit........
Load More Replies...Words In Here Ghghg Hg Hgh Ghg Hgh Ghg
words words more words even more words, end of words
Load More Replies...I Applied The Stickers Boss
I have actually sat upside down in the bus one time... I fell on my head...
Done Adding The Security Tag Boss
Welded The Frame Boss
Just A Little Slipper Isolating Two 250 Amps Main Power Lines
That's not a slipper, that's chancla! Typically used for preventing nuclear meltdowns
Well, as an safety officer I'll have to disapprove. At least they should have wrapped that slipper fully around it and secure it with duct tape!
The Way The Bricks Have Not Been Replaced Properly (To Make The Double Yellow Lines)
My work has this because our floor bubbles and then explodes
Load More Replies...Translated The Line, Boss!
Jokes aside, this is the official practice of translation agencies - when a translator runs into a language they're not certified for, the only thing they can do is explain it brackets. Of course, the client could pay for a translator in that other language (e.g. Japanese) to translate that missing bit.
Oh , I hate this so much, i'm Japanese but not fully so I sometimes never understand
This Floor Moulding
aww that attempt hand made with some sort of plaster is kinda cute, it even come with a tiny home for spiders on the left
I Changed The Month On The Commuter Rail Passes, Boss
Ooooof I feel this one. I made the "find and replace" mistake once on the seating tickets for a fashion show I was helping produce. I didn't catch it til the night of the show, so had no time to reprint.
Made That Sign You Asked For, Boss
I wonder how many people were involved in design, proof reading, printing and posting?! Definitely "Not my job"
I'll bet money on it being a joke and someone just forgot to take it out
Load More Replies...No idea why my concern that something my have a very different reaction to some than just an oh no facepalm etc. As Becca said it will be part of New York forever, but also the world, I just think in a post full of crazy that one is a bit too raw for people, I did not mean to offend anyone, or as Vincent reacted, ever try and state that the handicapped ramps were any less cringe worthy.
The real problem is that even thought it will be part of New York forever, I'd think the goal of this display is to say something more like, "Hey - New York City is as super-cool place with great pizza!" To put it kindly, this image is "off message".
Load More Replies...The Ceiling Is All Painted, Boss!
I don't think they painted it. It looks like they sprayed texture to the ceiling and over the alarm as well
Load More Replies...Looks like a slightly better company than my landlord hired to paint my apartment
When You Order A Pizza During Finals Week In A College Town
That's not a whole pizza right? Not even the same pieces to the pizza?
Yah, I think it was put together from remainders, or from the buffet...
Load More Replies...Aaaw, the ickle slice on the left!! Knowing my luck, that slice would be left for me.
After Renovating The Band Room The People Who Painted The Shelves Just Painted Over The Gum
Well, if a company / school / whatever hires painters they had better make sure the room is ready to be painted. It is not the painters job to remove gum.
Decorated a place once and we tried so hard to clean it first but it was so bad that most of the dirt had to just be painted over in the end. Textured walls and doors...
Load More Replies...As a sometime professional painter, I consider this a win. Well done, my friends.
Made The Sign Boss
it's supposed to say, "Attention students you are not allowed to take our trollies to help you move."
its trying to say " Attention students you are not allowed to take our trollies to help you move"
My Sister Was Just Served This At A Local Mexican Restaurant
Not My Job To Make The Sign Boss
Its too much trouble for everyone to keep avoiding the dude on the left. We should just dump him on an island.
Ok What The Hell
They put effort in.which is different than trying.
Load More Replies...That would destroy your toe if you stubbed it. *kashing!* No pinky toe.
Installed The New Sign Boss
I Now Understand The Phrase “Close Enough For Government Work”
Worried? Give Them A Call
Is this just dum or am I dum because i think almost the world has the virus in their hand
It's possible that this sign was from the early days of the pandemic, before mid-March 2020.
Load More Replies...Hey Boss, Painted The Parking Lot Like You Asked!
You have reached the fork in the road. Will you go right or left? One leads to death, another to freedom.... choose carefully.
It's the international sign that says you have reached a fork on the road!
Hmmm
I wonder which country you can buy these. I've never heard of it before. /sarcasm/
I imagine you're trying to make a 'fat Americans' joke, but I'll have you know Chocolate Milk was invented in Ireland, and is enjoyed around the world.
Load More Replies...I Put On The Cheese Boss!
Loose Brick Replaced By A Different Colour, While The Original Is Right There At The Bottom
Should We Tow The Car Boss? Not Our Job, Leave It
The exact same thing happened on my street too. They were supposed to come back to finish it but the vehicle never moved. It's been like thst for a year
Yes Boss, I Installed The New Bathroom Doors
i mean yeah it's probably not the right way around, but it does look pretty neat
Shouldn’t the kickplate going on the inside? (& obviously on the bottom)
That's kinda the whole point... A little slow today are we?
Load More Replies...They should be in the other doorway and upside down. The metal plate is the kickboard - the part against which people kick to open/close a door.
Load More Replies...Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
That's a new type of structural tape. Don't remove it and everything will be fine.
I Think My FedEx Guy Was Having A Bad Day
Left The Note, Boss
Now We Have A Way To Better Communicate With Our Spanish-Speaking Customers!
I see signs like this all the time in Korea. Services and information made for non-Korean speakers in 100% Korean...
This one is in a Spanish-speaking store, put there for English-speaking customers to get help. Notice that the sign right behind it is in Spanish.
Got The Practice Field Ready Boss
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Load More Replies...My Mom Only Replaced Half The Picture Wheel. 1,2,3,4,5,7, & 8 Are Me. The Rest Are Stock Pictures
Universal Orlando In The Main Entrance. Gets Me Every Time!
I Covered Half Of The Urinals For Covid Boss.
Guys seldom use urinals that are side by side, so in reality there's just one useable urinal left.
You're not wrong. Standing right next to someone when you're both... going, is AWKWARD
Load More Replies...I Put The Manhole Cover Back, Boss
Frog Birthday Cake
See, that's where they're wrong...they wrote "frog cake" on the flavor line of the order form.
Definitely not what they ordered & absolutely disappointing, but honestly I think it looks adorable.
When that child becomes a famous minimalist designer they will tell that story.
I don't know what you guys are talking about. I see Kermit.
0 Million Players!
I Sorted That Legal Stuff, Boss
Installed The Ventilation Shaft, Boss
Landlord Painted Over A Penny
Yes. Technically they’re cents, but most people in the US call them pennies anyway, and don’t know the distinction (decimal/non-decimal).
Load More Replies...Added The Headline Text, Boss!
lets just say the headline is: NEWS CAPTIONER FOUND DRUNK ON STREET!!
Ok. So How Do I Use This Stuff?
“My BF Ordered An Egg And Cheese Bagel...”
Didn’t Publish The Article Boss
Okay... A. why shouldn't this be published? B. Why is "dies" censored?
Sure Boss, I Can Make A Basketball Court
We Now Have A Permantly Installed Extension Cord
You Can Stop Lowering The Bar Now, Mcdonalds
Someone should remove that 'e' (and put in on that 'Brid' pot for plants)
I recently saw a McDonalds sign that said they were serving "blue berry muffins." But... they are blueberries right? Or are they just berries that are blue?
Maybe they weren't sure, so the manager just told them to be vague about it. :-)
Load More Replies...When “Rock Moving” Wasn’t In The Job Description
Depends on the size of the block on the other side. If it needs a crane to move, it may not have been in the budget.
It's a fence. It's on the property line. Perhaps the neighbor didn't want the contractor to damage that rock?
I started out once to remove a rock that stuck up about 6 inches. Three days later I was standing in a hole that was 6 feet deep next to a boulder that probably was attached to the very continent. "Is not a boulder, is a ledge!"
My Dad Said "As Close To The Rose Bushes As Possible"
I Woke Up To This
near my place there is one solid line zigzagging for a few kilometers when it should be a discontinuous one no idea if the guy had a stroke a hella good laugh of if he was just drunk but everytime I take that road and not at night I'm laughing
Don't know what's worse, the yellow line or the tire tracks indicating that some fools really like to burn rubber in a residential area.
Those are the shadows of the power lines on the left.
Load More Replies...An Attention Grabbing, But Questionably Working Car Antenna
Painting The Parking Lot
Fixed The Clock, Boss!
Will people ever understand how central clock-control systems work? If its broken and you want the right time, a different clock is your only option.
Ok Boss I Found The Vietnamese Flag U Wanted
1. Color the flag red. 2. Insert star. 3a. Fill in the star. I've got three words for you. 3b. That. Is. It.
he too frickin lazy but at least he got the country
Load More Replies...At least it's spelled right. I saw a label in a museum once that said "Vietman".
Painted The Bike-Lane, Boss
And who can blame them (cyclists). Bike lanes are notoriously badly designed and maintained.
Load More Replies...I Repair Commercial Kitchen Equipment, I Don't Clean Between Equipment
Looks like that one big booger that stuffs up one's nose during a particularly bad cold after it finally comes it.
Load More Replies...Finished Those Bullet Points, Boss
Things in this post frustrate you? I find this puzzling.
Load More Replies...I had to stop looking. My inner perfectionist was screaming and sobbing.
"Not my job" usually means exactly that. A person is not paid for, assigned to, or expected to do something someone mentions or asks about. All these pictures seem to relate to jobs badly done.
Things in this post frustrate you? I find this puzzling.
Load More Replies...I had to stop looking. My inner perfectionist was screaming and sobbing.
"Not my job" usually means exactly that. A person is not paid for, assigned to, or expected to do something someone mentions or asks about. All these pictures seem to relate to jobs badly done.
