20 People Who Clearly Didn't Understand The Assignment

Everyone is guilty of missing the mark with a job every now and again. Although, there are hordes of individuals out there who take this idea to new, heady heights!

So, from people who didn't understand what fire alarms were for to individuals who struggled with the concept of lions, here are 20 people who clearly didn't understand the assignment.

"Let's charge our phone instead."

"Look, if I'm going to die in a fire then I want to at least be able to tweet about it that's for sure!"

These Guys Know How To Party...

I like to imagine that the guy sat atop the ladder on the left is the health and safety officer, just making sure that everyone's keeping to code.

"Bought an automatic soap dispenser. It could not resist water and the batteries rusted."

You'd think that making a soap dispenser waterproof would be day one stuff to sort out.

"The marketing team for the local newspaper doesn't quite understand the idiom."

You would have thought that someone working at a newspaper would have understood an idiom this common.

Hmmm...

There is no fluoride in those bifters though, that's for sure...well, I don't think so at least? But they are jam-packed with carcinogens!

"Who needs a scaffold when you have a rope ladder."

If it was good enough for pirates then you know that it is good enough for construction workers!

"Still don't understand the layout of this cemetery."

One person who used to manage cemeteries added, "This is a crappy attempt to change a section of a garden into 'private' family estates and charge more. Definitely the case. That being said, they're all idiots. This looks ridiculous."

"This sign at the Akron Zoo that looks like a man peeing in his own face."

I suppose the warning should really be that you'll never beat the wind at a pissing contest.

"The new high school in my area has these crappy football/soccer goals with no sides to stop the ball."

All that this has done is make it look as though this football field will be host to gladiatorial-style deathmatches.

"That's not how crosswords work."

I suppose the good thing about this mug is that if you can think of any more vacuous buzzwords then you can add them in yourself!

"God damnit Mac."

Something is telling me that this "Mac" character didn't do very well in biology at school. But he is about as good a detective as Inspector Clouseau.

"The unsolvable maze..."

"Dave, I don't think that you made the kid's maze solvable?"

*Thunder rumbles

"I know, Steve... Muhahahhahahaaaa!"

"Great way to do that."

Maybe this is some kind of triple bluff where the mother will think that this is a joke and there aren't really party supplies in there?

"This barrier blocking the bicycle path."

"Sure, you've got a bicycle lane, you just can't use it."

"But, why?"

"Because screw bicycles, that's why!"

"If only there was a way the umbrella could have more effectively shielded him from the rain…"

And yes I suppose that there is a chance that it was broken, although there is also the chance that he is just a dolt.

"Medium degrees centigrade."

A person with a similar problem added, "I spoiled all the stuff in my fridge because it felt like it was too warm so I turned the knob towards the cold side, it kept get warmer and more things were going bad so I thought I needed a new fridge. Turns out the settings were cold or colder, I'm an idiot."

"And of course, engine was running."

If this guy really wants to become a part of a building's foundations then just let him do it!

"Saw this in Berlin. Dunno what it means."

It does kind of sound like a roided up Yoda if you read it like, "More you than a gym, who are?"

"So they redecorated our local children's hospital..."

Ah yes, what better look for a hospital than the "We just dragged a bloodied corpse through the corridor" aesthetic.

"A light to tell you that the AC is off in the car, light goes off when AC is on."

Seems a little needlessly complicated. Although, I constantly have the AC on so I guess it would be better this way?