136 Job Fails Shared On The ‘Not My Job’ Online Community

Not everyone was blessed with the job they love, not even with the job they truly care for. For many, it’s all just a 9-hour long daily bender that vindicates the holy time known as days off. But some people are taking this logic to the extreme, which becomes a cause for many hilarious occupational mishaps.

And there’s an online group known as the Not My Job subreddit that documents the most hilarious fails spotted on duty. And if it doesn’t seem like being asked to paint a wall or install a street light is that big of a deal, they are about to prove you wrong. Created in 2013, the community has 717k members sharing smile-cracking content, or, as their laconic description says, examples of “[Placeholder - Jim, put a good description].”

Keep in mind that nobody really knows whether the mishaps were deliberate, since they may have been caused by the mind wandering elsewhere, but it’s still absolutely comical to see the job done so that it barely passes the minimum threshold.

#1 Corporate Said We Should Put In A New Fire Alarm, Not Remove Old Ones

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#2 Installed The Street Lights Boss

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#3 Workin For The Big Man

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#4 I Painted The Fence Boss

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#5 Amblivious

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#6 I Installed The New Elevator Button, Boss

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#7 Shipped Those Crickets Boss

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#8 I Applied The Stickers Boss

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#9 Clock That Has Hung On Our Wall With 20 Years. Needless To Say It Gets Confusing Sometimes

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#10 Got Those Smoke Detectors Marked Up, Boss

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#11 It Just Throws Me Off

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#12 I Made It Handicap Accessible Boss

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#13 I'm Done With The Handicap Ramp Boss!

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#14 Improvise, Adapt, Overcome

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#15 Made The Name Tag, Boss

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#16 Delivered Boss!

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#17 A Soccer Field I Spotted While Flying My Drone Around

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#18 Fixed The Broken Clock, Boss

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#19 The Brids

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#20 Every Time I Go To The Bathroom At Work - This Really Bugs Me!

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#21 My Colleague Ordered Some Bowls Online And This One Came Exactly As You See It. Someone Wrapped A Broken Bowl, Without The Parts That Broke Off, Meaning It Didn't Break In Transit

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#22 Just Put Monday

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#23 Title Goes Here Fsdjik Ndfij Jkfns

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#24 Paypal Support Responding To A Tweet 9 Years Later

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#25 Installed The Lock On The Bathroom Stall Boss!

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#26 Thanks, Associate's Name

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#27 Fan's Installed, Boss

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#28 Whoever Named These Streets

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#29 Not My Job To Make The Sign Boss

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#30 Finished Putting Up The Sign Boss

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#31 Answered All The Questions, Boss!

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#32 “Hey, You Put Those Shirts On The Correct Models, Right?”

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#33 Took The Driver’s License Photo Boss

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#34 Windows Are Done Boss

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#35 Literal "Not My Job" In Helsinki. Left Part Belongs To One Housing Company And The Right Part To Another. Needless To Say, They Do Not Use The Same Maintenance Firm

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#36 Packed The Violin Bow, Boss

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#37 This Floor Moulding

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#38 Extreme Wheelchairing!

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#39 Not My Job To Add The Subtitles

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#40 I’m Not A Math Expert But....

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#41 I Wrote Warnings, Boss

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#42 Hung The Photo, Boss

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#43 "I Decided It Was Faster To Draw The Qr Codes, Boss"

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#44 This ATM In Egypt Is Not Grounded And Can Electrocute People, Paper Says "Use Wooden Stick"

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#45 Put Away The Pallets, Boss

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#46 This Sandbox Was Place Right On Top Of A Manhole

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#47 I Mean, It Was Printed In Big Enough Lettering

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#48 After Renovating The Band Room The People Who Painted The Shelves Just Painted Over The Gum

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#49 Welded The Frame Boss

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#50 I've Got A Great Idea Boss

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#51 Painted Wales’ Flag For Ya, Boss

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#52 I Now Understand The Phrase “Close Enough For Government Work”

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#53 What Do You Mean By "This Is A Historical Monument"?

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#54 Ok What The Hell

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#55 Added Subtitles, Boss

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#56 Spotted In Target. Next Level Fashion

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#57 Did The Signboard Boss

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#58 Not The Translators Job

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#59 Done Adding The Security Tag Boss

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#60 Put The Advert Up Boss

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#61 Made The Engraving, Boss

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#62 My Sister Was Just Served This At A Local Mexican Restaurant

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#63 Cut The Tomatoes, Boss

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#64 Close Enough

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#65 “My BF Ordered An Egg And Cheese Bagel...”

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#66 Installed The Ventilation Shaft, Boss

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#67 Translated The Menu Boss

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#68 I Put On The Cheese Boss!

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#69 The Ceiling Is All Painted, Boss!

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#70 Got The Water Line Done Boss

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#71 Godamnit Roy

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#72 I Think We Should Hire Him Boss

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#73 Should We Tow The Car Boss? Not Our Job, Leave It

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#74 Installed The Random Gate And Locked It, Boss!

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#75 Installed The New Sign Boss

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#76 The Way The Bricks Have Not Been Replaced Properly (To Make The Double Yellow Lines)

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#77 Translated The Line, Boss!

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#78 First Day At The Scam Factory

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#79 I Mowed My Elderly Neighbors Lawn. The People On The Left Of Her Mowed A Day After. I Guess I Didnt Mow Right To The Property Line. I Officially Hate These People Now

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#80 The Weather Graphic Is Ready, Boss!

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#81 Big Bullets

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#82 My Daughters Laundry Hamper With An Inspiring Quote

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#83 The Sign's Up, Boss!

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#84 Frog Birthday Cake

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#85 We Now Have A Permantly Installed Extension Cord

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#86 You Can Stop Lowering The Bar Now, Mcdonalds

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#87 Got The Practice Field Ready Boss

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#88 I Think My FedEx Guy Was Having A Bad Day

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#89 Made That Sign You Asked For, Boss

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#90 I Hung That Sign In The Parking Garage, Boss

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#91 It Says "Emergency Telephone"

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#92 Made The Front Page Boss

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#93 I Changed The Month On The Commuter Rail Passes, Boss

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#94 Words In Here Ghghg Hg Hgh Ghg Hgh Ghg

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#95 Yes Boss, I Installed The New Bathroom Doors

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#96 Sausage Squad

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#97 Painting The Parking Lot

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#98 Didn’t Publish The Article Boss

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#99 Painted The Bike-Lane, Boss

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#100 Landlord Painted Over A Penny

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#101 When You Order A Pizza During Finals Week In A College Town

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#102 Token Attractive Woman

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#103 Left The Note, Boss

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#104 Finished Those Bullet Points, Boss

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#105 Made The Sign Boss

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#106 Improvise, Adapt, Overcome

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#107 I Woke Up To This

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#108 Added The Headline Text, Boss!

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#109 Just A Little Slipper Isolating Two 250 Amps Main Power Lines

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#110 When “Rock Moving” Wasn’t In The Job Description

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#111 Worried? Give Them A Call

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#112 Proof Read The Ad Boss

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#113 Sure Boss, I Can Make A Basketball Court

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#114 I Covered Half Of The Urinals For Covid Boss.

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#115 Ok. So How Do I Use This Stuff?

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#116 Hey Boss, Painted The Parking Lot Like You Asked!

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#117 Got 3st!

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#118 My Mom Only Replaced Half The Picture Wheel. 1,2,3,4,5,7, & 8 Are Me. The Rest Are Stock Pictures

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#119 Price Marked The Books, Boss

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#120 An Attention Grabbing, But Questionably Working Car Antenna

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#121 I Put The Manhole Cover Back, Boss

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#122 Hmmm

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#123 It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Cheesy

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#124 I Repair Commercial Kitchen Equipment, I Don't Clean Between Equipment

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#125 0 Million Players!

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#126 My Dad Said "As Close To The Rose Bushes As Possible"

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#127 Filled Up The Smoke Generator For The Patrouille De France, Boss

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#128 Fixed The Clock, Boss!

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#129 How I Bang Your Mother

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#130 Ok Boss I Found The Vietnamese Flag U Wanted

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#131 Universal Orlando In The Main Entrance. Gets Me Every Time!

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#132 Loose Brick Replaced By A Different Colour, While The Original Is Right There At The Bottom

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#133 Now We Have A Way To Better Communicate With Our Spanish-Speaking Customers!

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#134 Installed The Sprayer Boss

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#135 I Sorted That Legal Stuff, Boss

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#136 Cookies For Satan

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