30 Moments that made us go, ‘I give up’

Living and working in this world takes a fair amount of effort. You have to wake up every day, go to work, make a living, complete all of your daily chores, and find a way to achieve a work-life balance. It can be exhausting.

It looks like the people on this list had enough of all of that. They just decided to phone it in on their creations because they couldn't be bothered to put in the effort.

It's The Wrong Way

manhole cover put back the wrong way
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Photo Credit: Tombombleron / Reddit

I understand that a square is a square and that it technically this fits in the hole that it's in, but clearly, the lines aren't matching up here.

How hard would it be to flip this thing around?

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That's Not How QR Codes Work

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plastic drawers
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This person was too lazy to print out the QR codes, so he decided to just draw them onto these plastic containers.

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I don't think that's how QR codes work, man.

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A Backwards Lock

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backwards bathroom lock
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Whoever installed this lock installed it in such a way that it can't possibly function as a lock.

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The tab slides the wrong way, so now anybody can open this bathroom stall door.

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A Dangerous Way To Get Your Money

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atm machine
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Photo Credit: saintkillio / Reddit
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Reddit user saintkillio posted this photo online along with the caption, "This ATM in Egypt is not grounded and can electrocute people, the paper says 'Use wooden stick.'"

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Well, that's concerning. It's technically a solution, but not a very good one.

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Painting The Parking Lot

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fall leaves in puddle
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This person was paid to paint lines in this parking lot.

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When they encountered a wet spot and a small pile of leaves on the ground, they just decided to paint around that.

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A Clock On A Clock

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clock taped onto a broken clock
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The larger clock in this picture stopped working, so instead of fixing it, someone just taped a smaller working clock over top of it.

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Well, that's an interesting way to solve a problem.

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What Does It Mean?

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north crosswalk closed sign
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Photo Credit: Ookgluk32 / Reddit
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I don't understand how I'm supposed to use the north crosswalk if the north crosswalk is closed.

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This is a paradox that doesn't make any sense to me. Just tell me which sidewalk to use!

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So Much For The Surprise

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surprise message on box
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This person specifically asked this company not to make the box look obvious because they were planning a surprise party.

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What did the company do? They printed those instructions on the outside of the box.

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Do Not Double Stack

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stacked items in warehouse
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Apparently, following directions can be hard sometimes.

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It was hard for whoever decided that it was a good idea to stack these crates full of cans despite all of the signs everywhere that say not to do that.

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Who Cut This Pizza?

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pizza cut unevenly
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Someone clearly needs to go back to pizza cutting school because this is very not okay. Who would cut a pizza like this? It doesn't make any sense.

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Who is going to want that tiny slice on the left?

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Broken In Transit

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broken ceramic bowl
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Photo Credit: LoopHoleSurgeon / Reddit
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Reddit user LoopHoleSurgeon posted this photo online along with the caption, "My colleague ordered some bowls online and this one came exactly as you see it.

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"Someone wrapped a broken bowl, without the parts that broke off, meaning it didn't break in transit."

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Where Do I Turn?

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left right turn overlapping text
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The person who was responsible for changing this sign decided that they were too lazy to remove the paint that was there previously.

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They just painted right over top of it.

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An Upside Down Pug

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upside down pug photo on bus
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Whoever installed this bus ad clearly doesn't know how pugs' faces work. To be fair, pugs do have pretty strange faces.

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It can be hard to tell which way is up and which way is down.

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Place Your Text Here

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place your text here on laundry basket
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How many people had to approve this design before it ended up in this woman's hands?

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How many eyes saw that no text had been added to this template and did nothing?

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He Didn't Knock Loudly

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ups please knock loudly sign
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The UPS man saw this sign, he just didn't pay any attention to it. He decided to knock quietly and then just walk away.

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This is so incredibly frustrating! Now they have to go to the post office to pick up this package.

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A Brid Pot

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So if you wanted to get a pot at a reduced price and you don't mind that it says "brid" on it, then you've come to the right place.

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I don't know how they messed up this badly at the bucket factory.

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An Accident Waiting To Happen

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grate in bike lane
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Someone thought that it would be a good idea to have an uncovered grate in the middle of a bike lane.

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Bike tires are going to get caught in that thing and then someone is going to end up in the hospital.

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A Rolled Up Tape Measure

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rolled up tape measure
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I've seen people use tape measures in many different ways, but I've never seen anyone roll a tape measure up like this before.

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Why not just feed it back into the mechanism it came in?

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Barely Holding It Together

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brick pole plastic wrapped together
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This photo of a brick pillar being held together with nothing but plastic wrap is a pretty good visual representation of my life right now.

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Someone really needs to fix this properly.

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They Didn't Want To Move The Rock

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hole in fence
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There was a large rock on the ground where this fence was supposed to be built, and instead of moving the rock, this person just built a fence around the rock.

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Where's The Filling?

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poppy seed pastry underfilled
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This pastry is supposed to be absolutely full of poppy seeds, but when this person bit into it, there were like four poppy seeds in there.

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This is false advertising!

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A Ham Sale

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price drop jeff ordered to many hams
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Jeff ordered too many hams, so now this grocery store is having a sale on hams to try and fix Jeff's mistake.

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Hey, at least they're being honest about it.

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I See Plenty Of Chocolate Milk

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out of chocolate milk sign over chocolate milk
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This sign says that the store is out of chocolate milk, but I see plenty of chocolate milk in this section of the refrigerator.

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Something fishy is going on here...

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Words In Here

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How did this colossal mistake even get to leave the printers? Does nobody at this newspaper edit?

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They really need to hire some editors to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

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A Full Explanation

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buttons on remote diagram unhelpful
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I don't know that these descriptions are really doing anything.

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They aren't really descriptions. It's pretty much the same symbols that are on the remote, just written under the remote.

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A Hidden Hole

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Hole in wall behind sign
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This crumpled-up piece of paper isn't fooling anyone. We all know that there's a hole in the wall.

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It's going to take more than a note to fool us.

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The Steepest Ramp In The World

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very steep ramp
Photo Credit: AidsInMyBrain / Reddit
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Excuse me, are you trying to send people in wheelchairs on the ride of their lives? This ramp looks like a death trap.

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There's no way that this thing is safe.

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Happliday Hoys

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happy holidays sign mixed up letters
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Photo Credit: thenightmancummeth / Reddit
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How hard is it to spell "Happy Holidays?"

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If you are really unsure about spelling, the safe thing to do is to ask or to just not put the banner up in the first place.

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The Tiniest Patty

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small burger with large tomato slice
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This burger is like 90% tomato, and that just isn't right.

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We get the idea of thin patties, but you can't have a thin patty and a thin everything else and just slap on half a tomato.

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A Trophy With Nothing On It

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It looks like the people who work at this trophy engraving place took these instructions very literally.

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I actually think that this is better than a totally blank trophy. It's certainly more interesting.