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

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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.

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

Paint bucket with white paint left open outdoors fail
32points

#42 My Daughters Laundry Hamper With An Inspiring Quote

Kids laundry basket with repeated placeholder text fail on giraffe design
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31points

#43 Holup

Conflicting strawberry artificial flavor and no artificials label fail
31points

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

Hilarious fail with lemon sign recommending orange juice
29points

#45 Really, UPS?

Damaged mail envelope despite warnings not to bend with cartoon character image
29points

#46 Goddamnit Bruce!

Ottawa Public Health social media post with blank Super Bowl winning team logo
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29points

#47 My Kitkat Was Just A Bar Of Chocolate

Chocolate bar with a bite taken out in a one job fail scenario
29points

#48 No Words. This

T shirt showing Africa map labeled as Asia
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28points

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

Baked triangles on tray with one piece bitten off showing cooking fails
27points

#50 Just Shingle That Roof

Ladder fixed precariously into roof framework showing construction fail
27points

#51 I Do Love My Latin Dishes Sometimes

Amazon kitchen wrap label with placeholder text fail
27points

#52 Who Fixes A Clock Like This?

Clock taped to ceiling with blue tape in office fail
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26points

#53 Delivered Boss!

Sign on door asking UPS man to knock loudly despite package notice
26points

#54 A+ For Being Ingenious

Light switch installed crookedly in a wall causing usability fail
26points

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

Open can labeled black beans filled with diced tomatoes as packaging fail
26points

#56 Delivered The Package Boss :/

Funny delivery message showing package left with neighbour Dude
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26points

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

Road crosswalk painted with confusing left and right look directions
26points

#58 Nice Work

Electrical outlet with plugs installed upside down showing a funny handyman fail
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26points

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

Malfunctioning traffic lights causing confusion at urban street intersection
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26points

#60 Just Moved Into My New Apartment And Saw This

Painting fail with puzzle piece painted the same color as baseboard trim
25points
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