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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Security Dog
Got The Chatbot Working, Boss
Well, now I have that song stuck in my head. Not that I'm complaining; it's an awesome song. :p
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.
Care To Elaborate??
I Mean, It’s Important To Follow Safety Protocols
You never know when you get stuck in your car for hours and hours. Good to have some cake to eat.
Previous Owners Built This House, Told Us There Was Insulation In The Roof. True Story
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.
That’s Good To Hear
Painted The Lines Boss
“I’m A Painter, Not An Exterminator.” -This Person Probably
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.”
Made The Error Message Boss
Updated Our Working Hours, Boss
Labeled The Sports Boss
Just Moved Into My New Apartment And Saw This
And probably a cat who knew he'd get away with it.
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What puzzle piece, can't see past the drip, paint on carpet and the fantastic line job on molding.
It's all I can see! We painted all the rooms when my mom bought her first house 15 years ago. I only knew from watching home shows and damn does her house still look good! Being OCD and insisting I do the corners helped!
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I love it 🤣😹🤣...also, an inch to the right and a corner piece would be perfect, right?!?
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As someone who likes jigsaws this made me laugh but caused me to have incomplete puzzle flashbacks XD
They also painted the carpet, so it’s safe to assume they 1) didn’t use painter’s tape on anything that wasn’t supposed to be painted, or 2) even clean the place before they started slapping paint on the walls and doors.
Better than painting over dead bugs as the post before this one happened.
I once did 4995 pieces of an entire 5000pc puzzle before I realized it had 4999 pieces. The missing piece was in the exact middle. It still hurts
Well that explains where the missing puzzle piece went!
Somewhere in the world there is a person looking for that odd piece of wall.
OUCH! I can feel the frustration of the one who could not find the last piece of the jigsaw!
That's one suck paint job (without having painted over the puzzle piece)!
Wow?!? How'd you end up in the "puzzling paint job" section? BOREDPANDA is something else, isn't it. I really hate it when I hit "post" and my comments vanish instead of posting.
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That is one talented carpenter, It almost looks like a real jigsaw piece(!).
Instead Of 2 A's And 2 E's, We Got 4 A's In This Happy New Year Balloon Pack
Delivered The Package Boss
Not Sure How This Made It Through Proofreading, Peer Review, And Copyediting
Proud Of The Local Crew And It Only Took Them A Month
"I Just Can't Wait to Be King" from The Lion King popped into my head as soon as I saw this. 🎶
Rail Installed, Boss!
Pasted The Poster Boss!
Made The Warning Label Boss
The Chosen One
Boss said try again. He then got sacked by him for gross sexual misconduct
Finished The Road Surfacing, Boss
England has the Sword In the Stone, we have the Shovel in the Asphalt.
Best Before
Got The Un Logo Boss
Straight Lines Painted Boss!
I Dressed The Mannyqween Boss
It’s Not My Job To Dress The Mannequins
Trained Everyone Up On The Security System, Boss
I Asked For Extra Cheese. It Might Have Been His First Day
Wrote The Cleaning Instructions Boss
Beware Don’t Take Your Kids Here On Sundays
Made The House Frame, Boss!
I Mean He Was Just Told To Put An Image
Changed The Speed Limit Sign Boss
Installed Anti Theft Tags On Collectibles Boss
A+ For Being Ingenious
Cleared The Snow, Boss
It's the driver's fault. There is usually a sign asking for cars to be moved so the parking lot can be cleared
Installed The Stove, Boss
Finished The Fence Boss
Application Was So Good, Took Them 6 Years To Read It!
Door Successfully Installed
All He Wanted Was A Nice View And Fresh Air
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 😂🤦
Put The Store Capacity Sign Up Boss!
Face That's Too Handsome It Doesn't Need A Mask On
Moving To A New House. This Is Where The Last Owners Had Their China Cabinet
At least you can paint to match, that rail looks like it doesn't even match, let alone line up
Note: this post originally had 85 images. It’s been shortened to the top 45 images based on user votes.
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?
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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I am sure some of these are real but I wonder how many were photoshopped
These would be in "The Illustrated Karl Marx," in the Theory of Alienation chapter.
Ironically, so many of them are apparently government workers.
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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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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?
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... I am sure some of these are real but I wonder how many were photoshopped
These would be in "The Illustrated Karl Marx," in the Theory of Alienation chapter.
Ironically, so many of them are apparently government workers.
Load More Replies... 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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