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.
#1 Security Dog
#2 Got The Chatbot Working, Boss
#3 Printed The Sign, Boss
In an earlier interview with my colleague, the founder of r/NotMyJob, redditor Ani625, told We 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 We 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
#6 Previous Owners Built This House, Told Us There Was Insulation In The Roof. True Story
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.
#7 That’s Good To Hear
#8 Painted The Lines Boss
#9 “I’m A Painter, Not An Exterminator.” -This Person Probably
“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
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#16 Not Sure How This Made It Through Proofreading, Peer Review, And Copyediting
#17 Proud Of The Local Crew And It Only Took Them A Month
#18 Rail Installed, Boss!
#19 Pasted The Poster Boss!
#20 Made The Warning Label Boss
#21 The Chosen One
#22 Finished The Road Surfacing, Boss
#23 Best Before
#24 Got The Un Logo Boss
#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
#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
#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
#46 Undefined Job
#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
#57 The Fact That They Couldn’t Even Properly Print The Cdpr Icon. They Hit Us With The No Image Found
#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
#62 This Can Of “Black Beans” I Opened At Work
#63 They’ll Figure It Out
#64 Painted That Wall For You, Boss
#65 Installed The Glass Partition, Boss
#66 Kinda Sloppy, But It’s Welded Very Well
#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
#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
#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!
