The characteristics of a competent employee include a thorough work ethic and, most importantly, attention to detail.
However, we've all been there when the day seems to drag on and our patience runs thin, as we become desperate to finish the task at hand.
People from all over the world have shared hilarious images of workers passing by and hoping to get off the clock after hitting the bare minimum.
Collected by Bored Pandathe comedic transgressions range from a few innocent accidents to clearly intentional 'mistakes'.
A Starbucks customer told staff his name was spelled with a C, but a cheeky employee gave him a takeaway cup hilariously labeled 'Cark' instead of 'Marc'.
An unsuspecting Starbucks customer named Mark tried his best to help the American coffee house's staff spell his name correctly, but was instead given a takeaway cup hilariously labeled “Cark.”
Safe to eat? This Irish-grown lettuce goes out of date on Monday, but it remains to be seen when this will happen
This worker certainly committed a criminal offense after indicating the emergency evacuation route from a building with the single word 'run'
In a snap Posted on US forum Reddit, shoppers were no doubt baffled after someone listed the expiry date on a pack of lettuce as 'Monday'.
Elsewhere, a worker undoubtedly committed a criminal offense after indicating the emergency evacuation route from a building with the single word: 'run'.
Meanwhile, US drive-in fast food chain Sonic had to deal with a prankster employee who explained on a billboard that their chicken strips cost $3.79 because the chicken was 'broken'.
US drive-in fast food chain Sonic had to deal with a prankster who used a billboard to explain that their chicken resorted to gutting after losing his job
We've all been there when the day seems to go by and our patience runs thin – as we become desperate to finish the task at hand – which seems to be the case here
A spell check wouldn't hurt here. The worker who made this sign may have meant fumigation and not devil worship
I think you should have added the date! Health and safety has been taken to the extreme in this workplace
Hopefully the halauge company asked for their money back after asking them to write 'no smoking' in Arabic on the side of this tanker
Don't insult anyone's intelligence! The writer behind the first Polish dictionary believed that a horse did not warrant an explanation
Bring your credit card! You may go to this dealer hoping for a bargain, but it's anyone's guess what you'll pay for a new car
Never heard of Google Translate? A trader made a very feeble attempt to put up a safety sign
It's not a lie! But the security features in this building leave much to be desired after someone pointed the camera at a sign on the wall