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People Are Sharing Priceless “Not My Job” Moments Caught In Pictures And Here Are 45 Of The Laziest Ones (New Pics)
You’re a human being, not a maliciously compliant robot who follows orders exactly as they’re given to them. Without thinking too much. Without expending more energy than needed. Without considering the fact that they’re making life harder for others. But there are plenty of folks out there who actually take their instructions and follow them to the letter, doing the bare minimum, instead of looking at the spirit of what they’re asked to do. This results in some truly hilarious fails that are sure to perk up your mood.
And that’s also how they end up on the ‘Not My Job’ subreddit, a massive community of over 752k people, that’s dedicated to people doing their jobs, but not very well. It perfectly captures one of the many aspects of the human condition, namely, being super lazy and not giving a rat’s behind about how things end up looking.
Upvote the pics from r/NotMyJob that you enjoyed the most, let us know which ones stole your heart, and if you’ve got similar tales to tell, we’d absolutely love to hear all about your colleagues. Oh, and there’s more where all of this came from: you’ll find our first post about r/NotMyJob right over here.
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#1
Security Dog
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#2
Got The Chatbot Working, Boss
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Well, now I have that song stuck in my head. Not that I'm complaining; it's an awesome song. :p
#3
Printed The Sign, Boss
In an earlier interview with my colleague, the founder of r/NotMyJob, redditor Ani625, told Bored Panda that the subreddit is all about people doing the bare minimum. And not an iota more!
“This results in the 'product' being far from neat/complete/usable, depending on what it is,” the founder and moderator explained to Bored Panda previously. And that leads to some truly bizarre and absurd situations which the ‘Not My Job’ subreddit is happy to share with the world.
#4
Care To Elaborate??
#5
I Mean, It’s Important To Follow Safety Protocols
Mohsie Supposie 4 years ago
You never know when you get stuck in your car for hours and hours. Good to have some cake to eat.
#6
Previous Owners Built This House, Told Us There Was Insulation In The Roof. True Story
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
Laziness can be the mother of invention, however, most of the time it's the mother** of frustration.
The subreddit will be celebrating its 8th birthday at the end of the month, on July 30, so if you like their stuff, go on and give them a quick ‘hi, congrats.’
The entire ‘Not My Job’ project was started way back in 2013 all thanks to a single viral post on another subreddit. “An image of a dead animal painted over on a road became popular on another subreddit,” the founder said that the road painters were too lazy to do a better job. Things took off from there thanks to someone dropping a spot-on comment.
#8
Painted The Lines Boss
#9
“I’m A Painter, Not An Exterminator.” -This Person Probably
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
In the insect world, this is a horror movie. "Oh my god, it's Darren! He's been mummified alive!" PAINTBRUSH: The Nightmare Begins.
“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.”
After that, “users kept on mentioning the sub all over Reddit whenever they saw such content, and the subreddit grew.”
#10
Made The Error Message Boss
#11
Updated Our Working Hours, Boss
#12
Labeled The Sports Boss
#13
Just Moved Into My New Apartment And Saw This
#14
Instead Of 2 A's And 2 E's, We Got 4 A's In This Happy New Year Balloon Pack
#15
Delivered The Package Boss
#16
Not Sure How This Made It Through Proofreading, Peer Review, And Copyediting
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
Yeah you gotta remember to remove those bits though
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Daria B 4 years ago (edited)
This is why you should always colour code or highlight remarks, instructions and anything that's not part of the content. Otherwise, proofreaders might not notice. These are people working long hours on mountains of text every day....
Michael Gaskell 4 years ago
Or just use "add comment" does all that for you! And hides the comment offscreen entirely. Just remember to delete all before you send
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Libby Tailor 4 years ago
He is a Hungarian guy probably (Gabor is the Hungarian form of the name Gabriel)
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I wish I could live in the ocean 4 years ago
I don't get it. I'm a little paranoid, so I would never write adjectives like crappy, stupid, shitty in work related documents our texts because everyone knows stuff like this happens. Why not just write "put xyz here", instead of "put crappy xyz here"?
TheAnimalLady 4 years ago
My Female Biological Parent does that because she's a narcissist who needs to put down others to make herself feel better. I wouldn't do it either so I'm guessing that you are a nice person 😁😻😃
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Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
From 2014 though, https://retractionwatch.com/2014/11/11/overly-honest-references-should-we-cite-the-crappy-gabor-paper-here/
Beth Dezarn 4 years ago
100% me making notes in all my college papers. Thankfully, I never left one in accidentally.
T J R 4 years ago
So what you're saying is, that a Crappy fish is crappy, huh? ;)
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Iapetos 4 years ago
That's why you highlight those things in colour. I like to use "TODO", "DEBUG" and "COUNTERFEIT" tags in all of my work so that by the end of it, I can just CTRL+F these annotations and fix everything that needs fixing.
Potato 4 years ago
Or just use comments. Then you can jump straight to each comment in the review menu.
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TheAnimalLady 4 years ago
I believe they are saying: While the mating preferences of female fish (who they stay near) MAY control "schooling" (directions a group of fish swim) and "shoaling" (group just 'hanging out'), they DON'T think that it's likely. And that they'd recreated research others have done to test the theories. 🐟🐠🐡 It's only a tiny part of a research paper, so I could be wrong...but as I write this for you it suddenly sounds like a man saying what a woman wants doesn't matter.
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Jeff Schager 4 years ago
How funny that my own comment made it through review also....
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k1ddkanuck 4 years ago (edited)
Lmao. Tobler et al and Plath et al would be feeling pretty happy right now I'm sure. If this got past peer review and was actually published, that's a nightmare.
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
Probably peer-reviewed by Gabor, who has a sense of humour and an alibi
Esther Evans 4 years ago
Yeah...to be honest, if they didn't hi-lite that area, my eyes would have slid right over it...LOL
TheAnimalLady 4 years ago
IKR, because it's full of long, technical words that most people don't use. It's like reading monotone 🥱😴
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Jace 4 years ago
Probably because proofreading is a dead art. That's not necessarily a "not my job dept" issue, though it does literally result from companies and organizations deciding to eliminate as many jobs as possible and make the remaining people do all the tasks of the eliminated job positions. It might not be malicious or even lazy. Just a failure of resource allocation, for a lack of resources.
Potato 4 years ago
Just... just proofread your own work after writing it.
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Proud Of The Local Crew And It Only Took Them A Month
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
"I Just Can't Wait to Be King" from The Lion King popped into my head as soon as I saw this. 🎶
#18
Rail Installed, Boss!
#19
Pasted The Poster Boss!
#20
Made The Warning Label Boss
#21
The Chosen One
cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
Boss said try again. He then got sacked by him for gross sexual misconduct
#22
Finished The Road Surfacing, Boss
Raven Sheridan 4 years ago
England has the Sword In the Stone, we have the Shovel in the Asphalt.
#23
Best Before
#25
Straight Lines Painted Boss!
#26
I Dressed The Mannyqween Boss
#27
It’s Not My Job To Dress The Mannequins
#28
Trained Everyone Up On The Security System, Boss
#29
I Asked For Extra Cheese. It Might Have Been His First Day
#30
Wrote The Cleaning Instructions Boss
#31
Beware Don’t Take Your Kids Here On Sundays
#32
Made The House Frame, Boss!
#33
I Mean He Was Just Told To Put An Image
#34
Changed The Speed Limit Sign Boss
#35
Installed Anti Theft Tags On Collectibles Boss
#36
A+ For Being Ingenious
#37
Cleared The Snow, Boss
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
It's the driver's fault. There is usually a sign asking for cars to be moved so the parking lot can be cleared
#38
Installed The Stove, Boss
#39
Finished The Fence Boss
#40
Application Was So Good, Took Them 6 Years To Read It!
#41
Door Successfully Installed
#42
All He Wanted Was A Nice View And Fresh Air
Damira Balent 4 years ago
This is near my house in Petrčane, Croatia. What makes this even worse is that house is on the beach, and it has unobstructed view to the sea. Uh, "had" unobstructed view to the sea 😂🤦
#43
Put The Store Capacity Sign Up Boss!
#44
Face That's Too Handsome It Doesn't Need A Mask On
#45
Moving To A New House. This Is Where The Last Owners Had Their China Cabinet
Neil Bidle 4 years ago
At least you can paint to match, that rail looks like it doesn't even match, let alone line up
#47
Done
#48
Installed The Radiator Boss
#49
Labeled The Colors, Boss
#50
Finished The Balcony, Boss
#51
Put Up The Signs Boss
#52
Installed The Wheelchair Road Boss
#53
I Smell A Government Tender
#54
When U Forget To Pay
#55
Yeah I Made The Maze Like You Asked, Boss
#56
I Got Makeup Wipes From Walmart Pickup, And They Gave Them To Me Locked In A Security Box
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Barb has the key, but Barb is on lunch. Easier to just hand you the whole box.
#57
The Fact That They Couldn't Even Properly Print The Cdpr Icon. They Hit Us With The No Image Found
Hilary Mol 4 years ago
I never knew Justin Timberlake had a fade. And a scar on his cheek. And a robotic arm. And used a miniature tanning bed as a collar.
#58
Put The Emergency Button Up, Boss
#59
Named The New Green Polish, Boss!
#60
I Finished The Gutter, Boss
#61
Posted The Pictofact Boss
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Cracked.com's proofreading standards have really gone down the toilet lately, sigh.
#62
This Can Of "Black Beans" I Opened At Work
#63
They’ll Figure It Out
#64
Painted That Wall For You, Boss
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
given the way the wood weathered its been sitting there for a while before someone noticed too
#65
Installed The Glass Partition, Boss
#66
Kinda Sloppy, But It's Welded Very Well
Chucky Cheezburger 4 years ago
Sweet baby Jesus on a bumpy bicycle...I would be embarrassed,mortified and utterly ashamed to show off those welds. I understand maybe they are learning, but dayum, ask for guidance and take pride in your work.
#67
Made The Buttons, Boss
#68
Sent Out The Spam Message, Boss
#69
Put Up The Dead End Sign, Boss
#70
Package Has Been Delivered Safely
#71
Ordered My Burger With An Impossible Patty And They Just Added The Impossible Patty To The Regular Meat Patty
#72
Removed The Fullstops, Boss
#73
I Made The Wheelchair Ramp, Boss
#74
The Cover Of My Computer Science Textbook
#75
Which Ones White?
#76
Nothing Here Makes Sense
Dr Nostromo 4 years ago
The tragic case of fruit that desires to be something beyond their hopes and dreams.
#77
Just Finished Setting Up The Chairs Outside, Boss!
#78
I Asked For Honey Mustard At The Local McDonald's
#79
How To Ruin Someone’s Day
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
A lot of bike lanes are like this- about as much use as a chocolate teapot
#80
Blurred The Logo Boss
#81
Put Up The Sign Boss
#82
The Lazy Guy In Work
#83
Somewhere In My Beloved Home Country
#84
Just Finished The Stairs Mate
#85
Placed The Sticker, Boss!
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Shelp 4 years ago
I don't understand some of these. Are the people doing such things really that stupid? Or is it just that they absolutely don't care?
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
When your supervisor is an a-hole, you do exactly as instructed, then look innocent and say, "That is what you said to do, boss!" AKA Malicious COmpliance with Willful Stupidity and/or They Said Get It Done Fast, Not Get it Done Right...
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Soggy Crumpet 4 years ago
I am sure some of these are real but I wonder how many were photoshopped
sofacushionfort 4 years ago
These would be in "The Illustrated Karl Marx," in the Theory of Alienation chapter.
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Ironically, so many of them are apparently government workers.
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juice 4 years ago
yeah, that's a glitch that just happens sometimes. the same exact entry shows up twice (if you check, the duplicates will have the same comments and number of upvotes)
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Shelp 4 years ago
I don't understand some of these. Are the people doing such things really that stupid? Or is it just that they absolutely don't care?
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
When your supervisor is an a-hole, you do exactly as instructed, then look innocent and say, "That is what you said to do, boss!" AKA Malicious COmpliance with Willful Stupidity and/or They Said Get It Done Fast, Not Get it Done Right...
Load More Replies... Soggy Crumpet 4 years ago
I am sure some of these are real but I wonder how many were photoshopped
sofacushionfort 4 years ago
These would be in "The Illustrated Karl Marx," in the Theory of Alienation chapter.
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Ironically, so many of them are apparently government workers.
Load More Replies... juice 4 years ago
yeah, that's a glitch that just happens sometimes. the same exact entry shows up twice (if you check, the duplicates will have the same comments and number of upvotes)
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