It’s often easy to tell when someone doesn’t like their job, because they’re usually seen slacking off, and these pictures show exactly that.
People around the world spotted hilarious fails that clearly depict the employee’s lack of work ethic and Bored Panda compiled the best in a gallery.
Amusing examples included a bookstore employee, believed to be based in the United States, who bizarrely lined up books about true crime and serial killers in the “new hobbies” section.
Meanwhile, Cornwall-based author Martin Dorey was left furious after publishers wrapped his book No More Plastic in plastic.
Someone else ordered a trophy with simple instructions not to engrave, however what they received was the complete opposite.
It’s probably not the best place to put these books – amusing examples included a bookstore employee, believed to be based in the US, who bizarrely lined up books about true crime and serial killers in the “new hobby” section.
A school in the US found an unconventional way to “fix” a broken clock – by simply touching another clock to the broken one.
Meanwhile, a sign asked people not to call emergencies because the emergency phone was broken.
Elsewhere, the person in charge of painting the road markings on the street in one of the images decided to work around the obstacles rather than simply moving them.
Here FEMAIL takes a look at some of the worst blunders spotted online…
![Funny photos of shoddy work show the mistakes people make when they're not paying attention. 7 You had one job! A sign asked people not to make any emergency calls because the emergency phone was broken](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/07/1721717808_270_Funny-photos-of-shoddy-work-show-the-mistakes-people-make.jpeg.webp)
You had one job! A sign asked people not to make any emergency calls because the emergency phone was broken
![Funny photos of shoddy work show the mistakes people make when they're not paying attention. 9 Let's talk about laziness: the person in charge of painting the road markings on the street in this image decided to work around the obstacles instead of just moving them.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/07/1721717808_664_Funny-photos-of-shoddy-work-show-the-mistakes-people-make.jpeg.webp)
Let’s talk about laziness: the person in charge of painting the road markings on the street in this image decided to work around the obstacles instead of just moving them.
![Funny photos of shoddy work show the mistakes people make when they're not paying attention. 11 Oops! Author Martin Dorey, who lives in Cornwall, was left furious after publishers wrapped his book, No More Plastic, in plastic.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/07/1721717809_515_Funny-photos-of-shoddy-work-show-the-mistakes-people-make.jpeg.webp)
Oops! Author Martin Dorey, who lives in Cornwall, was left furious after publishers wrapped his book, No More Plastic, in plastic.
![Funny photos of shoddy work show the mistakes people make when they're not paying attention. 13 Lancashire-based psychologist Sandi Mann was invited to speak at a conference and asked which of her two affiliations she wanted to appear on her name tag.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/07/1721717810_580_Funny-photos-of-shoddy-work-show-the-mistakes-people-make.jpeg.webp)
Lancashire-based psychologist Sandi Mann was invited to speak at a conference and asked which of her two affiliations she wanted to appear on her name tag.
![Funny photos of shoddy work show the mistakes people make when they're not paying attention. 15 Oops! Looks like someone dropped a fork while painting lines on a road and didn't bother to pick it up.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/07/1721717810_312_Funny-photos-of-shoddy-work-show-the-mistakes-people-make.jpeg.webp)
Oops! Looks like someone dropped a fork while painting lines on a road and didn’t bother to pick it up.
![Funny photos of shoddy work show the mistakes people make when they're not paying attention. 17 Problem solved! A school in the US found an unconventional way to](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/07/1721717811_903_Funny-photos-of-shoddy-work-show-the-mistakes-people-make.jpeg.webp)
Problem solved! A school in the US found an unconventional way to “fix” the broken clock by simply touching another clock to the broken one
![Funny photos of shoddy work show the mistakes people make when they're not paying attention. 19 More specifically? Meanwhile, one customer in Ireland was upset when the expiration date on her lettuce simply said](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/07/1721717811_980_Funny-photos-of-shoddy-work-show-the-mistakes-people-make.jpeg.webp)
More specifically? Meanwhile, one customer in Ireland was upset when the expiration date on his lettuce simply said “Monday.”
![Funny photos of shoddy work show the mistakes people make when they're not paying attention. 21 Someone else ordered a trophy with simple instructions not to engrave it, however what they received was hilarious.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/07/1721717812_570_Funny-photos-of-shoddy-work-show-the-mistakes-people-make.jpeg.webp)
Someone else ordered a trophy with simple instructions not to engrave it, however what they received was hilarious.
![Funny photos of shoddy work show the mistakes people make when they're not paying attention. 23 How daring! A perfectly placed sticker on a packet of M&M's had chocolate lovers laughing.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/07/1721717812_13_Funny-photos-of-shoddy-work-show-the-mistakes-people-make.jpeg.webp)
How daring! A perfectly placed sticker on a packet of M&M’s had chocolate lovers laughing.
![Funny photos of shoddy work show the mistakes people make when they're not paying attention. 25 Meanwhile, one council apparently thought this sensible sign might help stop crime between 8am and 6pm.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/07/1721717813_588_Funny-photos-of-shoddy-work-show-the-mistakes-people-make.jpeg.webp)
Meanwhile, one council apparently thought this sensible sign might help stop crime between 8am and 6pm.