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Sometimes people just have one job to do and they still manage to screw it up. In fact, they manage to screw it up so bad it's even difficult to believe they didn't notice. Luckily, when you're not the one who messed up it can be pretty funny.
Keep on scrolling to take a look at Bored Panda's list of people who had one job and failed so miserably it's hilarious. To be fair, everyone makes mistakes, but these mistakes... They just bring up one question: WHY?!
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#1
College Of "Planning"
Jef Bateman 9 years ago
This was done on purpose as a joke that demonstrates the need for careful planning.
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#2
They've Been Mowing For The Past Month
#3
Jesus Was Working Today
#4
You Had One Job
#5
Forgot Something
#6
Long Yellow Things
#7
This Is Annoying
Awkward dog 9 years ago
Does anyone else have the strong urge to either paint that correctly or take a sledge hammer to it? I sure do.
#8
Dammit, You Had One Job
Suzana Durao 9 years ago
these pictures are correct, its the Campo Grande subway station in Lisbon, they are part of a set of figures and sentences about looking at history and tradition in a new way. In no way its a fail! ;)
Sandra Baptista 9 years ago
This is on purpose (metro station 'campo grande', Lisbon, Portugal 3678129977...5bb450.jpg 
Rui P Laia Ribeiro 9 years ago
These are actually correct, there's a entire wall with pictures like this. It's in a subway station in Portugal, named Campo Grande =)
Cristina Santos 9 years ago
That was completely intentional -Campo Grande Underground Station in Lisbon
Teresa Romano 9 years ago
Actually, this is on the Campo Grande Metro station, in Lisbon, Portugal and it's supposed to be like this. It's art. And this are called Invitation Figurines, which originally are whole...
Hristijan Sitnikovski 9 months ago
That looks like the thing i see when i see nightmares in the back of my bed when in the 1700s
David Henry 3 years ago
Little known fact: when overburdened, Victorian women could be hinged opened and used as temporary storage.
Jacob Eirikson 5 years ago
They didn't do it wrong they just accidentally left their secret bathroom cave open.
Killer Cupcake322 8 years ago
Those back massages from the servants did not work out very well...
#9
Good Job, Africa
#10
You Had One Job
#11
Do Not Stack. Okay
#12
Nope
#13
SOTP?
#14
One Job... One Job
#15
Perfect Bench Placement
#17
Well Done
#18
My Work Is Done Here
#20
Nice Job
Tracy Beggs 9 years ago
Well the headlight assembly doesn't have paint on it, and neither does the windshield wiper .. details details Photoshopper!
#21
Give Cyclists Space
#22
The Easter Bunny Is A Master Of Disguise
#23
You Had One Job, Editor
#24
Back To School? Just What I Need!
#26
You Had One Job
#27
Even More Than You Would Expect
Dave Nelson 9 years ago
Actually this makes sense if you know the motto, for the 99 cent only store: 99 cents only, 9 days a week, from 9-9. Just part of their original motto.
#28
Hey Joe, Did You Get That Urinal And Toilet Installed? "Sure Did, Boss"
#30
You Had Just One Job, Just One
#31
A Friend Of Mine Ordered A Picture Cake And Gave The Woman A Thumb Drive With The Picture She Wanted To Use
#32
Tried To Surprise My Mum For Mother's Day. Put This In The Special Requirements And They Print It On The Box
Ieva Idonga 9 years ago
Order/packaging instructions are for the people who actually pack it. They don't even look at the delivery instructions are those are for the delivery driver so need to be put on the box for them to be able to read it.
#33
Happy Valentine's Day To All The Single Ladies
ugaas wiilhoog 9 years ago
Not sure this was a mistake, i think he knew what he was doing. lool
#34
We Have 3 Sinks. We Need 5 Paper Towel Holders
#35
Mixed Signals
#36
This Escalator
#37
My Dog
#38
You Had One Job
#39
This Is Confusing
#40
Just Following Instructions
Ema Sklepic 9 years ago
hahaha xD well, maybe somebody would want exactly that on a cake, and then they would get mad is she/he didn't do it xD So i get that logic hahahah ;D
#41
My Dad Hired A Company To Install A Fence After Extending The Driveway. This Is Their Handy Work
#42
That'll Do
#43
Take A Left And Then Bunnyhop To Your Destination
#44
You Had One Job, Coca Cola
#45
Ready Meals
Danusha Kuchtová 9 years ago
take 5 spoons of fermented grape concentrate and 6 cubes of water (frozen). - I'm a good housewive.
#46
Happy Birthday Jana
#47
Hey, Can You Put This Shirt On That Mannequin?
#48
You Had One Job, Dad
#51
All The Best For Your Baby. Really?
Danusha Kuchtová 9 years ago
back in the good ol times everything was classier. and everything was found in the cough medicine section.
#52
Who Was In Charge Of Moving The TV?
#53
This Wonderful Mug
#54
You Had One Job, Phone
#56
Red Hot Chilly Paper
#57
Ice
#58
How Is This Supposed To Work??
#59
Watermelon? All My Life Was Wrong, Apparently
#60
Let's Go Out On The Balcony .......Oh Wait
#61
Trust Me I'm An Engineer
#62
Winner Of The "Not My Damn Job" Award
#63
You Had One Job
ugaas wiilhoog 9 years ago
When you don't have enough minorities in a company so reuse the one you got as many times as possible and hope nobody notices or there is a glitch in the matrixx.
#64
Animal Planet, You Had One Job
#65
You Had One Job, Cheese
#66
Go Make The Guests Some Lemon Water
#67
Walmart Never Fails To Fail
#68
Bunnies
#69
You're Clearly Going To Go Far In This Job
#70
Found In A Newly Renovated Middle School
#71
Space Bar, You Had One Job
#72
This Is Not Cool
#74
You Had One Job
#75
Well Done
#76
Someone Please Just Fix It With A Sharpie
#77
My Perfectionist Gland Exploded
#78
Man, You Only Had One Job
#80
Toothbrushes And Toothpaste
#81
Strawberries
Geek In the Blue Toolbox 9 years ago
Maybe the packaging was too tight, and the strawberries turned blue from the lack of oxygen?
#83
Translator Ain't My Damn Job
#84
Ninja Turtles
#85
Ordered Cheeseburger With Only Ketchup
Final score:
43points
#86
Thank God, My Feet Were Getting Tired
#87
Strange Onions
#88
There's No "Up" In This Elevator
#89
I Don't Think I Am A Perfectionist But This Is Very Annoying
Katinka Min 9 years ago
Well, it's ordered alphabetically from left to right - totally logical! ;-)
#90
Did They Miss The Taco?
#91
This Tile
#92
You Had One Fucking Job, Gate
#93
Tomatoes
#94
What $1450 Of Rent Gets You In Manhattan
#95
Panda Garden
#96
Smarty Pants
#97
Upside Down Fanta
Stella Pajukallio 9 years ago
I don't think it's a fail, isn't this the new campaign? I've seen quite a few of those
#98
Chicken, Beef, Whatever
#99
Someone Needs To Read More Comics
#100
I Was Only Paid To Put Back The Pavements, Not To Put Them Back At Their Right Place
#101
They Probably Don't Need To Get In There Anyway
#102
Lime Juice, Lemon Juice
#105
Black And White Cookies
#107
Just Noticed This In The Living Room
#108
He Had One Job
#110
Meanwhile In Hungary, Budapest.
Markus McCloud 8 years ago
The worst part is "Same in English" is written *in English*. (Or are those words spelled the same in both languages?)
#111
One Job! You Had One Job!
#112
To Whomever At Warner Bros Was In Charge Of The Dvd Case Design For Deathly Hallows Part 2
#113
Cherry And Green Apple
#114
So My Son Fixed Our Shower
Awkward dog 9 years ago
I feel as though that's really clever of him to think of something like that!
#115
Poewr
#116
Ad Placement Fail
#117
One Job
#118
Forever Alone...
#119
Best Employee Of The Month
#120
Hot Dog Buns
#121
One Job. You Had One Job
#122
You Had One Job, Burger King
#123
Whoever Typed The Description For #78.... You Had One Job....
Final score:
19points
#124
#143 Turn Right Here.
Final score:
19points
#125
You Had One Job
#126
You Had One Job, Grandpa
#127
You Had One Job
#129
Why Roadpainters!
#130
Finished Those Steps For Ya Boss
#131
You Had One Job, Nintendo
#132
No Description Needed.
Final score:
17points
#133
You Had One Job, Milk
#134
You Had One Job
#135
You Had One Job, Telephone
#136
These Watermelons Taste Different
Final score:
16points
Eric Lambrecht 6 years ago
The creators got into a fight. One said they were actually one giant eagle, and the other said they were watermelons. Too bad nobody knew they were oranges :(
#138
I'm A Painter Not A Meteorologist
#139
Hot Dog
#140
All People Want Is Money These Days...
Final score:
14points
#141
You Olny Had One Job.
Final score:
14points
#142
Why? Why?? Why???
Final score:
13points
#143
Just Write 'happy Birthday'
Final score:
13points
#144
You Had One Job, EA
#145
Common Core Restroom Design.
Final score:
11points
#146
From Where Exactly!?
Final score:
8points
#149
To Your Other Left
Final score:
2points
#151
My Job Was To Pave The Street, Not To Solve A Puzzle.
Final score:
0points
Markus McCloud 8 years ago
Umm... What exactly WAS that supposed to be? Handicapped? Bike lane?
#152
Meanwhile In Bucharest...
Final score:
0points
Joseph Mage 7 years ago
This one is actually normal, it reduces the cost not removing the old ones.
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⭐️🏳️🌈🍑TheEnderDraco🍑🏳️🌈⭐️ 8 years ago
Something like these happened to me recently. My parents' friends got me a Harry Potter Basilisk figurine for Christmas this year... only problem is, the display case was labeled Dobby. Same movie, wrong character!
Silent Skeleton 9 years ago
all of these are a big "f*k u" to perfectionists heh I'm sorry for any perfectionists that look at this article but i find it hilarious :o)
Rahb in Oz 1 year ago
Wait until some NON-perfectionist ruins something for you because they just don't care ...
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Chris Curtis 5 years ago
LOL YOU HAD ONE JOB...to compile a list of 154 fails yet your list has MULTIPLE repeats!
⭐️🏳️🌈🍑TheEnderDraco🍑🏳️🌈⭐️ 8 years ago
Something like these happened to me recently. My parents' friends got me a Harry Potter Basilisk figurine for Christmas this year... only problem is, the display case was labeled Dobby. Same movie, wrong character!
Silent Skeleton 9 years ago
all of these are a big "f*k u" to perfectionists heh I'm sorry for any perfectionists that look at this article but i find it hilarious :o)
Rahb in Oz 1 year ago
Wait until some NON-perfectionist ruins something for you because they just don't care ...
Load More Replies... Chris Curtis 5 years ago
LOL YOU HAD ONE JOB...to compile a list of 154 fails yet your list has MULTIPLE repeats!
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