Taking shortcuts is a part of being human! No one really has time to read all of the instructions, or use all of the pieces when assembling furniture, do they? Without shortcuts, life would be tedious…and much more efficient.
However, that aside, please enjoy reveling in the misfortune of these 13+ people who took one too many shortcuts!
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“Free masons.”
I do like how they put up their string lines for measurements and then just completely ignored them!
Genius!
I mean, one thing is for sure, no one is going to be picking that lock! Or even getting into it with the keys, for that matter!
“My buddy teaches English in China, his student might be cheating on google translate…”
I can’t believe this student missed the obvious trick of putting the phrase back through the translator in order to make sure they’re definitely right. Rookie mistake.
“Old roommate punched a hole in the door. New roommate fixed it.”
“Heeerrreeee’s Roomie!”
“…Please, John, I’m begging you to just fix the damn door.”
“Mistakes were made. The dog got into the weed cookies. Money was spent. Doggo is fine. Owner feels dumb.”
Seems like this dog owner really needs to find a more secure place for his edibles. If a dog this small can get at them, then that is way too accessible!
“Owner used the wrong shampoo (it’s hair dye).”
The dog’s expression on the right looks like he’s wondering, “why the hell is everyone laughing at me so much?”
“He chewed a hole in the cardboard box, chewed a hole into the beer, and now he’s passed out.”
That dog looks like it is going to have one hell of a hangover in the morning. Can’t imagine what a dog with a hangover would be like. And frankly, I don’t want to.
“I asked my 95-year-old grandma where she kept the salt and she said ‘I barely use salt, but it’s way in the back of the cabine.'”
That is a packet of salt from 1965! I wonder how it tasted. I mean, does salt go bad?
“Someone sent this Macbook in for repairs today. Looks legit.”
“My MacBook is broken!”
“What’s wrong with it?”
“It keeps playing ‘Someone Like You’!”
“Ah, I see your problem. It’s A-Dell.”
“At my local nursery.”
Do not try and hold the bird under any circumstances. Any attempts to get around this will result in injury, as they clearly have so many times before.
“Changed Later.”
“My, you’re one hell of an adventurer! What’s your name?”
“The name’s Later. Changed Later.”
“Just spray it quickly dude, I don’t need you to rub it in!”
How many people out there have been in this exact situation? You can never mess around when it comes to sunburn!
“Fixed my landlord’s house after a storm knocked down a tree onto my house. Not sure if he’ll be satisfied.”
This person is bringing 3D visual art forms to new levels. Although, I wonder how the outside of the house looks on the other side of that wall? There’s probably just a massive tree leaning against the house still.
“The moment you realize you used the wrong spray…”
This is why you always read the can twice! Although, just spray down some green paint and you should be sound.
“Aunt says i cheat at dominos by looking at the smudges on the back of the dominos, so every time we play, she washes the dominos.”
Now, that is an insane level of paranoia to have! I mean, my family are such prolific cheaters that we could probably do with putting something like this in place.
“Oh. Sorry to have gotten those mixed up…”
Pffft, what kind of fool would mix up those two completely different things? How very embarrassing!
“Every year at Thanksgiving, I’fix’ my aunts computer. I have a feeling she’s not keeping up with my advice.”
I like this person’s aunt’s style! I, too, am a big fan of hitting the “Remind me later” button whenever it comes to anything to do with the computer!
“I haven’t eaten a big Mac in 10 years and now I remember why.”
These vegetarian Big Macs are looking pretty sad if you ask me.
“That escalated quickly.”
One thing is for sure, this kid does not have any issues with confidence! It’s one hell of a jump in ambitions though.
“Grandpa fixed the broken arm on my daughter’s mermaid doll.”
Now their granddaughter’s mermaid doll has a touch of the terminator about it, and I think that can only be a good thing!
“Shower pole fell while I was at work. Tobey tried to ‘fix’ it with a box of French Toast Crunch. It didn’t work.”
Tobey looks so confused as to why his cereal box didn’t help to fix the issue. I wish everything could be fixed with cereal, Tobey. The world would be a much better place.
“Just finished a DIY repair on my iPhone. This is the worst feeling in the world.”
Sometimes the smallest and most unintentional shortcuts can lead to the most devastating outcomes! This phone is clearly about to burst into flames because of this missing screw.
“My client’s daughter cut her own hair. I am a hairdresser. She asked me if I could fix it. NOPE.”
Looks like that little girl is experiencing a little bit of shock at the realization of what she has done. She’s going to be rocking a combover for a long time!
“This cat lost vision in one eye, but thanks to modern technological advancements, his vision was repaired.”
You may now call it the six million dollar cat! (I have no idea if Six Million Dollar Man references still land. I mean, it was shown in the ’70s which doesn’t bode well…)
“Fixed it for you.”
Which is going to be easier to replace? I do quite like how the kid is looking at the TV like an abstract artist may look at a canvas after finishing a painting.
“DIY spring loaded door.”
I mean, it’s definitely not the sleekest thing that I’ve ever seen, but it looks pretty damn effective!
“A car hit the office building I work in yesterday. Came to work [and] found this gem.”
If people put half the amount of effort into fixing things that they put into turning things into jokes for the internet, the world would run a lot smoother! Although, it would be a much sadder place.
“Impeccable sidewalk repair!”
This one hurts my brain. How could anyone let this fly? Just find the original brick style! I am genuinely upset by this.
“I have been cheated!”
Hey, fortune cookies need a break too, okay? Do you know how much of a toll telling everyone their fortune can take on the mind?
“Scott made it easy again this year.”
This would still stress me out because he didn’t say what kind of gift card. Food? Coffee? A retail store? You spelled it out for me but I still need more details, please!
“My mom found out my dad has been cheating and since they don’t exactly make cards for this occasion I had to improvise.”
The poster reported back and said that his mom loved the card, which makes me happy to hear because I think I’d find it tough to retain any sense of humor in that scenario.
“Nice set of chrome rims.”
You either get a job at Google that gets you chrome rims, or you get a job at Google that gets you these chrome rims.
“I’ve mistaken its purpose all this time.”
I wish I could wear a little tag at work essentially stating I don’t want to do the work I was hired for. Would make life a lot easier.
:My 30 year old brother made this for my mom this Mother’s Day.”
Listen, by the time you hit 30 you’ve done every good Mother’s Day gift. Flowers? Done. Dinner? Done. Sometimes you just have to return to the classics.
“Lol this is so easy.”
Real talk, those people who do newspaper crosswords like, every morning? You’re so strong. I wake up and can barely remember my own name, how do you manage it?
“Nice try, deadly poison.”
While I’m sure the intentions behind the word “harmless” were just that – harmless – you have to know by now how suspicious that sounds.
“I dropped a box of spaghetti on the ground and accidentally graduated from Art School.”
All that talent without the tens of thousands of dollars spent! The next step is to glue this all together and sell it for millions.
“I ordered Cards Against Humanity’s 5th Expansion, or at least I thought.”
Man, can you imagine having a job where you’re totally allowed to call people dumb? And then give them free stuff for being dumb? I’d never wanna go home.
“Someone abandoned their slimfast in the candy aisle.”
At least they can say they tried. That’s about all they can say, though.
“Buddy of mine thought of a decent name for his moving service.”
He sure did. You think I wouldn’t hire this company in a heartbeat? Forget the actual service, I want my furniture transported by someone cool.
“My wife is smokin’ hot so I picked the shower curtain.”
Hold on, is that a vase with flowers on the corner of their bath? Does that read as weird to anyone else or am I just not fancy enough to truly appreciate it?
“Easy meal prep ideas.”
Man, this meal prep stuff is easy. It’s supposed to make me healthier, right? I can’t believe just picking my burgers ahead of time has so many benefits.
“My son figured out this trick today!”
I know a lot of people will be looking at this and recognizing this as something that their sibling would do!
“My 9 year old daughter thought she was funny. Made me some Brownies for Father’s Day.”
And she was right. You’re gonna tell me this isn’t hilarious? What kind of father are you, unable to see a prime dad joke when it’s laid out before you.
“Hello? Is this the shop that previously worked on this Nissan and left half the bolts out of the subframe, trans pan, and loose mounts? Yeah just wanted to let you know I found your phone.”
If you’re going to do a half-arsed job on a car, or maybe try and strip something down for parts before giving it back to the owner, then don’t leave your phone inside.
