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Mildly Infuriating

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 16 hours ago

go out at night and fix it, bring a friend and a crowbar

[–] Alloi@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

theres no way this was laziness....

.....this is malice in its purest chaos....

[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

Someone went through all the trouble of carefully making everything match, only for others to not care enough to put in 0.1% of that effort and keep it in order when they work on it.

Seems like a great analogy for my work experience these days.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 77 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I like fixing these digitally.

[–] BOLOID@pawb.social 44 points 2 days ago

Straight to jail

[–] RedStrider@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

honestly the most infuriating part of this is that you didn't match the colors

[–] RedStrider@lemmy.world 170 points 3 days ago (2 children)

reality can be whatever i want

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 33 points 2 days ago

Please put an NSFW tag on this. I was on the train and when I saw this I had to start furiously masterbating. Everyone else gave me strange looks and were saying things like “what the fuck” and “call the police”. I dropped my phone and everyone around me saw this image. Now there is a whole train of men masterbating together at this one image. This is all your fault, you could have prevented this if you had just tagged this post NSFW.

[–] BOLOID@pawb.social 9 points 2 days ago

Seeing this picture feels like getting a thorn out of your foot

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One is placed correctly by accident. The indifference is just so beautiful.

*wipes I tear.

[–] OddMinus1@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think both (counting from the top) number 2 and 4 are placed correctly.

[–] sauce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yup, swap 1 & 3 and 5 & 6 and 😘👌

The person who made the panels was super careful

Yes he was and then this next guy exists.

[–] BOLOID@pawb.social 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Somebody spent time properly paving these covers so that they don't interrupt the pattern, then later someone didn't spent one second trying to put them back the way they were

[–] plyth@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

didn’t spent one second

They did, and took pictures.

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[–] Akanes@startrek.website 58 points 3 days ago (2 children)
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[–] Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 130 points 3 days ago (10 children)

This is a perfect example of "Not My Job" at work.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I feel like putting stuff back in the correct spot would fall under, "Yes, that's part of your job."

[–] Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

You make the assumption that the company pays them well or treats them like human beings, rather than gaslighting them into accepting minimal pay, thus supporting the fiefdom of the C-Suite.

No Pay, No Work. Minimal Pay, Substandard Work. Victims fight back against their abusers in passive ways at first. Consider this picture as such.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean, to be fair these guys are paid the lowest dollar and subcontracted at this point. They literally aren't paid enough to make ends meet, they are too distracted worrying about their lives and family to bother worrying about some poor design that involved having movable panels crossing a pattern forcing an unnecessarily specific alignment.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 30 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This looks more like someone did it on purpose.

They're all shifted down by one

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

From the top, #2 and #4 are in the correct positions.

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[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This isn't mildly infuriating it's very infuriating! I'm genuinely quite cross

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Someone geolocate this so we can go and fix it!

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[–] inbeesee@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I'll only accept American roads that have zero orientation issues.

Perfection

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Somehow I can just tell where this photo was taken.

That is the most British looking paving slams I've ever seen.

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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

One to three and five to six will solve the puzzle. There better be a loot chest.

[–] dangrousperson@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

You found me! Yahaha

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

I expect the whole central curve to open to reveal a spiral staircase to the next level.

[–] qbus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm paid to fix what's under the covers cover aesthetics is not in my job description

[–] nfamwap@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago
[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 69 points 3 days ago (2 children)

As every manhole I ever saw was put back in place in such a way, that the patterns don't line up, I'm pretty sure, that the maintenance guys are doing this on purpose.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

According to the very last quote in the article mentioned here:

"As someone who works in them... we do it 100% on purpose!" one man said.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

They're trolling. It's not just that they're not paid enough to care, it's that they're so criminally underpaid, they've lost respect for everyone. If they were happy at their work, paid well, had benefits, and paid time off, and were treated well, they'd never consider trolling like this. We'd all feel like part of a community that respected and valued our input, and we'd all treat each other much better.

It's a class war, and every year there's less for us to share because the filthy rich refuse to share, and cannot be satisfied. It's about power, and what good is power if it's not exercised--wielded over others?

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[–] jake_jake_jake_@lemmy.world 52 points 3 days ago

I work for an telco and I have seen a lot of times that a contract for using preexisting underground infrastructure that have lids like this has a section requiring that they are returned to the same location and orientation when the enclosure is sealed.

Whoever owns that, municipality or private, will probably take a complaint about it, and may pass it to whoever is responsible or owns the plant inside.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 18 points 3 days ago

These are fully intentional.

[–] chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

I low key love it.

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

This ruined my day, thanks.

Edit: here is some eyebleech:

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Sorry, that photo isn't perfect either.

This is made from sand by monks.

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[–] enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I realized the lids are not wrong just not placed in the right spot.

[–] Part4@infosec.pub 11 points 3 days ago

Yeah it is that comedian work colleague putting them back in the wrong place for a laugh.

[–] Abraxas@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago

where in the UK is this lmao

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Looks like your textures didn't load properly. You gotta shut down the road and restart it.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 39 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Which is funny because if your job requires you to touch those lids, it would be your fucking job.

This is just the work of lazy fucks or they're truly dumb as a bag of rocks.

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