Having self respect at a job is important; it allows you to stand your ground and avoid being taken advantage of. No one should ever accept having to do work outside the scope of their job description... within reason.
These 25 workers followed their boss's orders to the letter of the law, without one thought left over for common sense.
"Oh, you want me to pick up a screw before I paint over this table? Yeah, not my job."
1
“Nearby town got a new roundabout with an obstacle to look out for.”
2
Cementing temporary signs into the wall.
3
“20 layers of paint and it’s still not anyone’s job.”
4
“Somebody was supposed to pick that up!”
5
“I painted all the curbs like you asked.”
6
“Destroyed the hard drives boss!”
7
“I labeled the records boss!”
9
“Enjoy the new door. Sorry, we don’t do electrical work.”
12
My parents' neighbors built a wood fence, and now there's a planter stuck between the two fences.
13
“Local road crew repainted lines today.”
14
“Reattached the buttons to the new post!”
15
"Landlords will paint over anything."
16
You can’t blame the lawn mower for this one.
17
“Construction going on at my office. As far as I can tell they installed a new light switch but just slapped the old plate over it.”
18
Re-doing asphalt slurry around a car.
21
“I put the signs on the stairs.”
22
“They don't pay me to move these.”
23
“I guess towing was too expensive.”
24
“We’ll never need to access this panel.”
