The internet is undoubtedly full of a lifetime’s worth of crap, but every now and then, at the right moment and in the right mood, you stumble upon something that is pure, unmitigated genius.
Hadonejob.com is such a site. It features an endless stream of photos and captions, showcasing the world’s most amusing cock-ups. Signs posted the wrong way round. Public announcements with major typos. Product labels stuck upside down. Mistakes on such a large scale that the mind really does boggle that the responsible party was satisfied that they had fulfilled their duties. Or maybe they didn’t think that; maybe they saw the sublime humour to be had in a job done so poorly that it brings into question the whole notion of human intelligence. Who knows.
The site made me chuckle because I had just found out about the latest set-back in our kitchen installation. Apparently, after “someone” got the kitchen measurements wrong (i.e. our builder), the resulting reshuffle of the cabinets has led to a completely unforeseen hash-up whereby the splash-back and extractor hood of the cooker will overlap the window by about an inch. Never mind that I had asked the builder over and over to do a dry run with all the cabinets and appliances to see if they all fit and to avoid just this kind of mistake. What do I know about fitting a kitchen? Sigh, he only had one job….
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