Typical examples of 'You had One Job...'

Listlessness, laziness, lack of attention... There are many reasons for doing a job badly. The problem is even bigger when the work appears straightforward and it is still done badly. Like, for example, an escalator that runs into a wall. Click to see more examples of "You had One Job..." in the next slides.

This gate was not supposed to be about aesthetics. It should have closed off the property to intruders. And it's not doing that.

This enthusiastic marker wasn't paying attention when he drew the white line. Or - they were trying to teach the owner of this car a lesson.

We concede, the road marking looks unique and artistic this way. But was it really that much trouble for the machine operator to go and pick up the fork before painting over it? How much time would that have cost, 15 seconds? 30 maybe?

For starters, it is a lot more difficult to hang a television upside down than it is to hang it correctly. But what's more, you'd only have to look at the brand name of the TV... to see that the letters are the wrong way round!

It is confusing, contradictory and annoying. How hard can it be to match the drawings of the male and female puppets?

It's a good thing that people will recognize this as an ice machine anyway. The bad thing, though, is that the person painting it clearly can't spell.

When the home owner's brother-in-law went out to buy him a faucet, they only had this model in stock. Now, of course, if you change it, he might feel offended. So... this bathroom has had a pool of water on the floor since 2007.

How do they expect people to get onto these?

Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael and Dona... Hulk! The Avengers continue to recruit heroes for their group.

Did the UK get the Eiffel tower?

A park with a trap, and everyone wondering who designed this.

Maybe this is the elevator to hell.

How much do you need?
I don't know, 50 rolls maybe?

The need for a little privacy in certain occasions was not well understood by the person who installed this door.

Accessibility, they say. It would be funny if it wasn't outrageous.

People really don't have much respect for cyclists, do they?

Frozen popcorn.

Saint Nicholas is really... the Easter Bunny in disguise?

Something's not right here...

A koala is not a panda bear. Come on people, Zoology 101!

It's that they put it that way, and then just left.

How hard can it be to put the limes in the lime box and the lemons in the lemon box?

If you think 'CK-543C' should be on this birthday cake instead of 'Ryan', you might have a problem.

Do as I say, not as I do.

When you know a lot about coffee but nothing about how to drink it.

Go for a swim in your garden! Literally!

So much for the surprise...

That the sample headline wasn't removed, or that a newspaper journalist apparently didn't know how to spell 'header'...

This person clearly didn't test the toilet seat after installing it.

Make up your minds, Hot Wheels: is it Batman or the Flash?

Unfortunately, that door does not lead to Neverland, nor to Narnia. Not even to the head of John Malkovich. In fact, with that wall in front of it, you'd probably not even get it open.

A shower and a bench at once.

The ears either go on the head or on the back. How can you go wrong? But really - how did you?

Don't let anybody touch this installation!

Or is it the UK that loves Canada? Or - bear with us - if we connect all the feet from all Brits, do we make the distance to Canada?

These kinds of mix-ups can only occur on purpose. We suspect that someone was so twisted that they intentionally tried to get on the nerves of anyone noticing this error.

It may be a tribute to the legendary villain in the Batman stories, but it may also be the result of great carelessness. If you must guess, always go with the villain.

It must be that, because the water isn't going to taste like lemon this way.

Just pin the shirt on the block and you're done.

They say it's the new trend in architecture (ánd planning!) but I wouldn't bet on it.

Unless the restaurant is called 'Logo Here', it looks like a practical joke, albeit in very good taste.

And you can't even stretch your legs when you sit on it.

Limited options and only a 5-second search on Google to get it right... but you didn't.

It's awful on both an aesthetic and nutritional level. Now, if you want to write something down so you don't forget it, here's the ideal burger.

When they give you a USB drive with a picture on it to decorate their cake, and you put the USB itself on the cake. You must be a real evil genius.

This probably reflects how the store's employees usually féél about the week.

Want to see more? Have a look at some panorama pictures gone awfully wrong.