25 People Who Had One Job And Still Found A Way To Mess It Up
I once watched a guy install a stop sign upside down, finish the job, pack up his tools, and drive away. It stayed like that for three days before someone fixed it. The whole time I kept thinking: that was literally his only task. Put the sign up. One job.
There’s something weirdly fascinating about fails like this. Not because they’re catastrophic, but because they’re so avoidable. Someone painted the wrong arrow. Someone spelled “school” wrong on the road. Someone installed a door that opens directly into a wall. These aren’t complicated tasks. They’re the kind of thing you do, check once, and move on. Except someone didn’t check. Or looked at it, shrugged, and decided it was fine.
That’s what makes these photos so satisfying. They’re proof that even the simplest job can go hilariously wrong if someone’s having an off day.
1. “Street in Germany be Like”
2. “This is at my blind school. Really accessible.”
3. “While shopping at Costco-this caught my eye. Well, I guess it looks nice.”
4. “A professional wiring of a satellite dish”
5. “These taps in army barrack restroom. They’re all like this.”
6. “Parking ticket person doesn’t know what they’re doing”
7. “They are a little confused but they have the spirit”
8. “I thought I was 6’5”…”
9. “These three different clocks (powered and rotating) are completely wrong (Taken at 10:30 in Cancun).”
10. “Don’t think that’ll work.”
11. “This bike parking spot is placed right in front of a bench that requires you to raise your bike up to place it on the bench.”
12. “Trains too big for tunnels”
13. “Gatorade put in vending machine in a peculiar way”
14. “Really, Frankenstein is an author now?”
15. “Absolutely not in English”
16. “I love my delicious red coloured green sauce”
17. “Ummm, maybe a pair of glasses would be a better disguise…”
18. “Something isn’t adding up”
19. “This customer facing up sell poster”
20. “Never do your best, Quit!”
21. “They changed Arthur’s nose”
22. “If it doesn’t fit, cut it”
23. “The people who thought that this bathroom was ethical.”
24. “That gap was wide enough for a child to fall through it”
25. “These buttons on the tall lift I was taking today because I was carrying heavy bags. How did that happen”
