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.
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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 Got The Chatbot Working, Boss
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#2 Labeled The Sports Boss
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#3 “I’m A Painter, Not An Exterminator.” -This Person Probably
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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 Previous Owners Built This House, Told Us There Was Insulation In The Roof. True Story
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#5 Updated Our Working Hours, Boss
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#6 Rail Installed, Boss!
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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
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#8 Proud Of The Local Crew And It Only Took Them A Month
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#9 Best Before
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“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 Not Sure How This Made It Through Proofreading, Peer Review, And Copyediting
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#11 Printed The Sign, Boss
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#12 Straight Lines Painted Boss!
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#13 Just Moved Into My New Apartment And Saw This
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#14 It’s Not My Job To Dress The Mannequins
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#15 Pasted The Poster Boss!
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#16 Made The Warning Label Boss
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#17 Security Dog
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#18 Care To Elaborate??
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#19 Cleared The Snow, Boss
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#20 Put The Store Capacity Sign Up Boss!
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#21 Delivered The Package Boss
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#22 Made The House Frame, Boss!
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#23 Changed The Speed Limit Sign Boss
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#24 Application Was So Good, Took Them 6 Years To Read It!
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#25 The Chosen One
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#26 Finished The Fence Boss
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#27 Made The Error Message Boss
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#28 Moving To A New House. This Is Where The Last Owners Had Their China Cabinet
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#29 I Mean, It’s Important To Follow Safety Protocols
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#30 I Mean He Was Just Told To Put An Image
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#31 Put The Emergency Button Up, Boss
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#32 All He Wanted Was A Nice View And Fresh Air
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#33 Installed The Radiator Boss
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#34 Installed The Stove, Boss
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#35 Painted The Lines Boss
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#36 Got The Un Logo Boss
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#37 I Dressed The Mannyqween Boss
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#38 Door Successfully Installed
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#39 Instead Of 2 A’s And 2 E’s, We Got 4 A’s In This Happy New Year Balloon Pack
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#40 Beware Don’t Take Your Kids Here On Sundays
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#41 The Fact That They Couldn’t Even Properly Print The Cdpr Icon. They Hit Us With The No Image Found
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#42 Installed Anti Theft Tags On Collectibles Boss
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#43 Face That’s Too Handsome It Doesn’t Need A Mask On
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#44 I Asked For Extra Cheese. It Might Have Been His First Day
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#45 Labeled The Colors, Boss
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#46 Kinda Sloppy, But It’s Welded Very Well
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#47 Wrote The Cleaning Instructions Boss
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#48 Done
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#49 The Cover Of My Computer Science Textbook
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#50 Painted That Wall For You, Boss
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#51 Named The New Green Polish, Boss!
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#52 I Made The Wheelchair Ramp, Boss
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#53 Trained Everyone Up On The Security System, Boss
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#54 Installed The Glass Partition, Boss
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#55 When U Forget To Pay
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#56 I Smell A Government Tender
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#57 Put Up The Signs Boss
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#58 They’ll Figure It Out
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#59 Finished The Balcony, Boss
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#60 Finished The Road Surfacing, Boss
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#61 Which Ones White?
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#62 Made The Buttons, Boss
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#63 Put Up The Dead End Sign, Boss
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#64 A+ For Being Ingenious
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#65 Installed The Wheelchair Road Boss
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#66 Just Finished The Stairs Mate
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#67 Sent Out The Spam Message, Boss
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#68 I Got Makeup Wipes From Walmart Pickup, And They Gave Them To Me Locked In A Security Box
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#69 Undefined Job
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#70 Ordered My Burger With An Impossible Patty And They Just Added The Impossible Patty To The Regular Meat Patty
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#71 I Finished The Gutter, Boss
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#72 Somewhere In My Beloved Home Country
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#73 This Can Of “Black Beans” I Opened At Work
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#74 Just Finished Setting Up The Chairs Outside, Boss!
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#75 How To Ruin Someone’s Day
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#76 Yeah I Made The Maze Like You Asked, Boss
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#77 Posted The Pictofact Boss
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#78 Package Has Been Delivered Safely
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#79 Put Up The Sign Boss
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#80 Removed The Fullstops, Boss
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#81 The Lazy Guy In Work
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#82 Nothing Here Makes Sense
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#83 Placed The Sticker, Boss!
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#84 Blurred The Logo Boss
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#85 I Asked For Honey Mustard At The Local McDonald’s
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Source: boredpanda.com