20 Times People Took Things Too Literally And Hilariously Failed At Their Job

We’ve all been on that auto-pilot mode that makes us do our job without actually being conscious of it. And it takes us a few moments to realize that we may have been doing things way too literally according to the request instead of understanding the context.

Well, here are some people who went through with the requests literally and failed to understand. But at least they were being entertained while doing it and that’s just what we need during this boring lockdown period.

1. When you can only answer the question literally.

2. The person in charge of giving this mannequin its clothing.

3. Whoever thought his name was Firstname Lastname.

4. Getting yourself ‘a’ chocolate chip muffin?

5. This horrendous way of ‘cutting’ the pizza.

6. The man who didn’t get the note.

7. Whoever told the boss he refilled the paper tray.

8. Someone ordered an egg and cheese bagel.

9. You know, the legal stuff.

10. When you understand English.

11. “My note on the cheese fries said: extra cheese on the side.”

12. When you tell the kid to put a new roll of paper towel on.

13. This person who was asked to add a 2-line banner.

14. This person who listens but does not consider the context at all. Or maybe he just missed a ‘D’.

15. When you’re at your wit’s end translating anime.

16. Can you please give the dessert its expiration date on top?

17. This guy who got told the expire date is on Monday.

18. Some people are just editors.

19. To the boss who probably didn’t read this because it was too long.

20. This employee was told to stick the price on the butter.