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124 Hilarious Fails From People Who Had Exactly One Job And Still Managed To Mess It Up Spectacularly

124 Hilarious Fails From People Who Had Exactly One Job And Still Managed To Mess It Up Spectacularly

You have to admit, there is something uniquely chucklesome about a complicated task going wrong. But there’s something even funnier about a task that should have been impossible to mess up still getting fumbled. 

It could be a typo on a freeway billboard, a product assembled backward, or someone doing exactly what they were supposed to do, just in the most unexpected way imaginable. These are the folks who are likely to be featured on the One Job subreddit. 

As the page profile states, it is the official depository for the classic “You had ONE job!” posts. Scrolling through it may bring a laugh or two, as you will see in the posts below.

#1 Not Trying To Be Political I Just Thought This Was Funny

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#2 I Did Not Know There Were 11 World Wars

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#3 My City Celebrated Unveiling These Benches On A Bridge Downtown

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Multitasking could be one of the many reasons to fail at a straightforward job. Even thinking about the next task while doing the current one can throw you off. 

While the rare 2.5% of people can juggle multiple tasks, most studies show that switching between jobs can make brain function less efficient.

#4 Don’t Worry We Made Sure You’re Blurred

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#5 Somebody Put A Heavy Pallet On Top Of Raspberries, Which, Believe It Or Not, Are Not Very Strong

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#6 Just Shingle That Roof

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According to neuropsychologist Dr. Cynthia Kubu, the main problem here is losing the ability to focus enough to take in information. 

“If we’re constantly attempting to multitask, we don’t practice tuning out the rest of the world to engage in deeper processing and learning,” she said in an interview with the Cleveland Clinic.

#7 Delivered The Package Boss :/

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#8 Finished The Road Surfacing, Boss

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#9 Got My Token Of Gratitude As A Healthcare Worker At Work Today, Notice Anything?

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Cognitive biases may also play a role in these crucial, avoidable mistakes. As psychiatrist Neel Burton explains, these mental shortcuts often lead to bad decisions, which ultimately result in these botched jobs. 

“A cognitive bias is a mental shortcut or heuristic intended to spare us time, effort, or discomfort—often while reinforcing our self-image or worldview—but at the cost of accuracy and reliability,” he wrote.

#10 Handrail Over A Door On London Underground

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#11 Logo’s Up Boss!

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#12 Oh Costco, Are We Jewish, Or Pagan?

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Decision fatigue is one reason why we take mental shortcuts. But as Burton explains, you can actually use it to your advantage and minimize errors. 

“Owing to decision fatigue, people become more risk-averse with successive decisions. So if you are after a bold decision, try to arrange it so that your case gets looked at first thing in the morning, or right after lunch,” he stated.

#13 Installed The AC, Boss!

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#14 I Am So Confused

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#15 Sooo... What The

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Avoiding multitasking can also lessen the likelihood of decision fatigue. According to Dr. Kubu, it’s why a good surgeon can perform at their best, which is why she encourages everyone to focus on just one task at a time. 

“People assume that a surgeon’s skill is primarily in the precision and steadiness of their hands. While there’s some truth to that, the true gift of a surgeon is the ability to single-mindedly focus on one person and complete a series of tasks over the course of many hours,” she said.

#16 Teachers Making Quizzes

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#17 15 Straws. Thanks

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#18 Food May Contain Human Flesh

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#19 I Present To You The First Anti-Mold Paint For Walls That Managed To Make Mold In Its Original Container

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#20 They Literally Told On Themselves

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#21 They Did Not Use The Uploaded Logo

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#22 Give Cyclists Space

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#23 Put The Advert Up Boss

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#24 My Daughters Laundry Hamper With An Inspiring Quote

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#25 Wal-Marts Clean Bathroom Policy

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#26 Installed The Stove, Boss

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#27 This Can Of "Black Beans" I Opened At Work

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#28 Installed Anti Theft Tags On Collectibles Boss

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#29 Labeled The Sports Boss

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#30 Got The Actors Boss!

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#31 You Had One Job!!

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#32 Doors Design At A Hospital

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#33 Seems I Have Not Moved For A Period Longer That I Have Been Alive

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#34 Asked My Boyfriend To Bake The Croissants For Our Dinner

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#35 Hopefully The Braille Works

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#36 I Put The Manhole Cover Back, Boss

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#37 Cursed Toilet Paper

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#38 Who Fixes A Clock Like This?

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#39 Blurred The Logo Boss

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#40 Just Moved Into My New Apartment And Saw This

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#41 Proud Of The Local Crew And It Only Took Them A Month

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#42 Another Case Of Failing The Only Job You Were Given

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#43 Forever Cone

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#44 Nice Work

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#45 Goddamnit Bruce!

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#46 A Friend Of Mine Was Staying At A Hotel And Sent Me This

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#47 So Close

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#48 Yoga Mat Is Unintentionally Pessimistic

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#49 The Cement Do Be Vibin Though

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#50 I Think They Hired The One Person Who Worked There Who Had Never Seen Star Wars To Make These

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#51 I Feel So Safe

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#52 Cant U At Least Plant Trees In The Big Holes Too??

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#53 Come On Man

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#54 Wow Really?!1??1?1!1?2!3?1!3?

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#55 Yes! Place It In The Middle Of The Bikelane

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#56 Odd Placement For That Particular Sign…

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#57 Surprise Your Valentine

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#58 5 Feep Deet

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#59 Finished Those Bullet Points, Boss

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#60 Wasting A Third Of The Staircase

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#61 Delivered Boss!

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#62 That Smile Though

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#63 Engineering Done Right

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#64 A+ For Being Ingenious

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#65 Trained Everyone Up On The Security System, Boss

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#66 Well As Long As My Face Is Hidden

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#67 When Life Gives You Lemons Make Orange Juice. LOL

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#68 Do You See Anything Wrong With This Picture?

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#69 Batman Backpack Finished, Boss

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#70 One Job... One Job

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#71 No Words. This

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#72 Turn Rliegfht

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#73 Really, UPS?

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#74 Thinking Of An "I" Animal Was Too Hard

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#75 Slenderman Is Crying

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#76 Coincidence? Don’t Think So

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#77 You Had One Job

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#78 You Had One Job

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#79 Bruh You Only Had One Iob

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#80 My Kitkat Was Just A Bar Of Chocolate

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#81 Designed The Restaurant Menus, Boss

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#82 I Mean

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#83 Needed Some Blinds For Our Dark Room At Work The Guy Came To Measure The Window And Assured Us It Would Be 'Completely Dark' This Is What They Installed

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#84 Very Relateable

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#85 The Design Is Very Human

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#86 When You Hire The Cheapest Quote

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#87 Hmm, Something’s Wrong

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#88 Only One Person Gets Cookie Crumbs

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#89 Didn’t Have To Do My Boy Spidey Like That

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#90 My Highschool For Some Reason…

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#91 Allen Wrench That Came With Furniture To Assemble

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#92 Had Ordered Chocolate Chip Pancakes And Gave Us Regular Ones At Ihop…asked For The Correct Order And This Is What Happened…

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#93 Nice Ad For Anti-Fog Glasses

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#94 I Do Love My Latin Dishes Sometimes

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#95 These Taps In Army Barrack Restroom. They’re All Like This

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#96 Holup

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#97 Street In Germany Be Like

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#98 I’m A Stocker, And Found This Gem. They Forgot To Add The Pickles

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#99 17 Million Isn’t Above 3?

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#100 Can’t Beleave They’d Leaf It Like This

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#101 “I’m A Painter, Not An Exterminator.” -This Person Probably

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#102 You Had One Job

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#103 You Became The Very Thing You Swore To Destroy

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#104 Accidentally Drenched My Scrambled Eggs In Too Much Salt Because Of This

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#105 I've Been Walking On This Road For Almost A Year And Today I Just Saw This

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#106 Found That In My School

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#107 The Society Of People With Low Self Esteem

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#108 I Think Something's Missing

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#109 $89 For Avocados, Thanks Target

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#110 If One Ball Equals 20% Then Three Must Be 80%.... Right

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#111 A Recycling Bin Isn’t Supposed To Be A Logic Puzzle

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#112 While Shopping At Costco-This Caught My Eye. Well, I Guess It Looks Nice

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#113 Hooks For Bags In My School

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#114 This Is At My Blind School. Really Accessible

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#115 Looks Like The Waffles And The Waffle Maker Aren’t On The Same Page

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#116 On The House Im Moving Into The Guy Painted Over The Lightswitch

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#117 Installed The WI-Fi Network, Boss

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#118 Fortune Less Fortune Cookie

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#119 Anti Gravity Smoke?

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#120 Ah, Yes! My Favourite Avenger!

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#121 Parking Ticket Person Doesn’t Know What They’re Doing

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#122 Mcdonald’s, You Had One Job

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#123 It’s Hurting My Eyes

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#124 This Is So Weirdly Poetic.. Why Are People Like That ?

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