75 photos guaranteed to annoy the perfectionist in you

1. Infuriating

Someone would need to hold me back. My first inclination would be to grab that knife and lop off a few fingers.

2. Poor workmanship

Frankly, everything looks tilted and off balance. Look at those walls. There’s good reason for that messed up corner join up there.

3. How did this happen?

Was there no patter to work from? Did they just start working in a line not realizing who lines worked in a situation like this?

4. Is this deliberate?

It has to be. Because no one, at least no one who was hired to do a job, would first do this, and second, leave it this way. Regardless, this is crazy.

5. How many of these have we seen?

I think the problem with these covers is there is likely a specific starting point. If you don’t know that, it’s a lost cause. Not that that makes it any less horrible to look at.

6. Sorry, puppy!

I would have to do a quick switcheroo there. Those last two puppies would get swapped.

7. So wrong

If one of those lights was on, I would have no problem with this. But that switch that’s up? It’s upside down, and that light is actually off. Let’s not even talk about the screws that aren’t lined up.

8. How and why?

Did they run out of white tile? Then why not do that in a corner or somewhere less obvious. Better yet, count first to make sure you have enough.

9. No!

I’m so glad I’ve never seen anyone do this. I’ve never realized there are people that even could do this!

10. And the reason for this would be?

Since those things are likely welded and bolted together, I can’t see someone coming to the park with a screwdriver and doing some rearranging. But why? Why, why, why?

11. This would make me crazy

Call me weird, but I love to try to round the dollar amount when pumping gas. I don’t know what I would do if faced with this.

12. Fire the landscape designer!

There is no need to get all Feng Shui, but I think a sense of balance is needed. There needs to be one more bush and one more lamp post. And you don’t need me to tell you were they need to be placed, do you?

13. Oh, boy

First, is that a urinal off to the side? It’s completely disgusting. Maybe the nauseating floor is there by design—to draw your eye away from the other horror in the room.

14. Clearly done instore

Since Coke and Pepsi are two different companies, there is no way this happened at the manufacturing level. However, no matter how it happened, that Coke has been seriously contaminated and that whole lot must be destroyed.

15. There needs to be a warning sign here

Seriously, I would trip and fall on that level ground, just because of this mess. And it’s probably super easy to pop those up and rearrange them, too.

16. Aarrgh!

What’s that old expression? Eyesore? This would definitely make my eyes sore every time I had to see it. And if I couldn’t find the tile to match, I would be figuring out something that would mask that.

17. What kind of a monster…?

Who could even think of doing this? This is a bad as the bite out of the KitKat instead of breaking a piece off. This is actually worse!

18. This is just stupid

Forget the fact this would make a perfectionist crazy, it’s just dumb and potentially hazardous. If someone tells you to flip the center switch, which one are you going for first.

19. Someone thinks this is funny

Someone else is going to need therapy due to this. We’re all so very different, aren’t we?

20. Dead pixel

I honestly have no idea what I’m looking at, although it does look like popcorn kernels. Regardless, that lone dark dot looks like a dead pixel.

21. Not only is this crooked…

There is this color malfunction. Is this deliberate? Did they start a new row of the dark color and realize they went wrong, then made things even worse?

22. Fire your contractor

Really, this is absurd. Even if there is a very good reason to have those dispensers at staggered heights so shorter people could reach, there had to be a better way to arrange these.

23. Hideous

Okay, this is a hot mess to begin with, at least in my opinion. Add to that the mismatched part and it’s even worse, if that’s possible.

24. Aargh!

How could anyone put up with that? Imagine seeing this every time you walked into your kitchen? And it’s such an easy fix too!

25. Oh look!

A nice path for families and cyclists. But wait, there is a large tree in the middle of it. With an arrow pointing up. So confusing.

26. Nope

I don’t think I could do it. The floor, the out of alignment toilet. I think I would hold it in if possible.

27. Repeating pattern

This is just so wrong. It’s probably a repeating pattern in the stone, but even if it isn’t, someone should have taken some care to ensure the pattern stayed within a single stone.

28. Irreconcilable differences?

What would you do if you were a perfectionist and you spouse wasn’t? Not only that, they liked to do cruel things like this to you just to get you going. Is the relationship doomed?

29. Fail

If this set of colored bowls is supposed to represent the rainbow of colors, it’s wrong. The colors aren’t in the right order.

30. So, so, cruel

This is hard to even look at digitally. Imagine someone showing you that in person. It’s like someone used a cookie cutter in the middle.

31. When this happens

Erasers are supposed to erase. Not just make dark smudges of your pencil all over the page.

32. At least it’s close

A perfectionist would have to correct this. Imagine if the problem was somewhere in the center. Imagine how many others you would mess up trying to fix it. This would quickly become a nightmare.

33. Cut your own

You don’t always need a standard size Band-Aid, right? So you can buy a roll and cut whatever size you need. But this? This is just wrong.

34. Savage

Ok, I don’t like this to begin with. It’s just too busy for me. But when someone goes wild on their pattern when the pattern is already migraine inducing—nope!

35. Ummm

I don’t drink juice boxes, but don’t they have a spot where you stick the straw in? You know, somewhere at the top of the container? How much work did this take for someone to do without spilling it all?

36. Don’t like the crust?

Fine! But don’t do this! This makes me want to cry and I’m too upset to say anything else.

37. Why?

The yellow ones are in nice, neat rows that decrease by one. Why aren’t the rest like that? Why is there a green with the orange?

38. Okay

I don’t know what language that is, but clearly is uses the Latin alphabet. For those that don’t know what that means, it’s the alphabet of English language. So, whoever wrote that sign should know the correct order, correct?

39. Another one

You know, these are so common now. To the point where we probably shouldn’t be bothered by them anymore, since they seem to be the norm.

40. How to get fired

Clearly, those pavers have been pulled up and re-laid. And whoever did the job just didn’t care. Because there is no way you could mess this up by mistake.

41. That’s so unholy

This is a tiled mural in a church. First, why tile? Why not just paint it on the wall? Secondly, is it that hard to see a tile I placed upside down? Some would say you’re going to hell for this!

42. Do we want to know?

Something that shouldn’t be there is in that package of whatever it is. Is it alive? Was it once alive?

43. Illiterate?

Or whatever the word is for “you don’t know your numbers.” For those hiring, it’s probably a good idea to make sure people can spell and know their numbers—if you expect them to work with letters and or numbers.

44. Well, it’s blue

Due to the mold, I’m wondering if this is a pool area. Many of which have blue tile. So when you tell maintenance you need a blue tile replaced, you might want to be more specific. There’s more than one shade.

45. Nope. Never.

I couldn’t wear this shirt. Even if I never looked at myself in the mirror, I would know I was wearing an abomination.

46. See, I told you!

It’s another cover that was originally painted to match but will never be put down properly again. We need to get used to these.

47. Oh, look!

These are becoming redundant right? But it’s not like you see all of these at the same time in the wild, so each and every time you saw one there, it would be hugely aggravating. I promise you.

48. Oh, boy

The only way this could be redeemed is if that corner is part of a bigger design. One that makes sense for it to be off like that. Maybe.

49. And it’s your very last one

I suppose this could be worse. But depending on the placement of the cut you want to cover, this could be problematic.

50. Rebel

Look at those 3 lights on that balcony. It’s the one single unique thing on that building. In this case, I say, “Bravo!”

51. And they just left it there?

Someone, somewhere, had to have noticed this before that completely dried. Couldn’t they pull the shovel out and patch that up?

52. What’s a few feet?

Maybe that’s what the builders thought, but they are clearly wrong. That could be terribly upsetting, especially if you were stuck in traffic and couldn’t get past it.

53. Problematic

If I saw this, I would want to fix it. But it looks like it’s buried fairly deep, so that wouldn’t be easy. So I guess I would have to walk away.

54. Hmm

There is typically a specific pattern to parquet flooring. At least I think there is. Anyway, there shouldn’t be a big cross in the pattern.

55. What else is wrong?

The problem I have with quality control issues is that you don’t know what else is wrong. Because if something glitched on an assembly line, there is a good chance there is more than one problem.

56. I usually check

It’s been a long time since I purchased any sort of ring binder, but I know to check first. If the rings don’t meet properly, I am not parting with any money for it.

57. Ouch!

This is infuriating. And while some people could leave it like that, many others would reprint that document and hope to do a better job with the hole punch the next time around.

58. Forget perfectionism

This enters into the realm of stupidity. Why would any human being with a brain install a dishwasher in a spot where it can’t be fully opened?

59. Enough, already

Like we don’t already have too much too worry about when using a public toilet. Now you’re faced with a seat that’s too big, and that not only looks wrong, it’s going to make going pee all that much more difficult.

60. So annoying

This is the hallway in someone’s building. The messed up pattern is bad enough, but what’s if it’s a signal of some sort? And it’s right next to your door?

61. Could you cut that please?

Do you really need to be specific if you ask for your bagel—or anything else—to be cut? Most normal people would automatically cut it in half. Not in thirds.

62. Disgusting

Let’s put aside the fact that this is just gross and likely unsanitary. How can anyone stand to look at that and not clean it right away?

63. Actually

This is should distress me, but it really doesn’t. Maybe because it’s so obviously deliberate, and I like the uniqueness of it. It’s a bit in your face.

64. This one goes to far

I’ve been giving a bit a leeway to some of these, especially the round ones. Because I think some of those you need to drop and then turn to lock in place. There is no dropping and turning here. This is just laziness or someone trying to make other people crazy.

65. A little frightening

These lights remind me of a runway. And I don’t know about you, but I don’t want the lights that guide a pilot to a safe landing to be randomly out of place.

66. Come on

Is someone really that stupid? I think I would need to find a new container to put that in. I couldn’t continue to look at that.

67. Aargh!

I’m sure that’s be design, but it’s cruel. Is it supposed to look wavy or something? It just looks nauseating to me. I could not live or work across from that window. I’d never be able to look out my window.

68. Stocking the shelves 101

Clearly, someone doesn’t care about the aesthetics of the display. But you don’t want your customers to run screaming from something. They’re not buying it if that’s happening!

69. Nope!

They all must be curled snuggly around each other. I even keep them uniform when cooking them. This is just wrong.

70. This is a nightmare

There is an uneven amount in the package, with only one package of dark cookies. Which for some reason is upside down. I would so have to rearrange this package into some kind of sensible order.

71. Why?

Why do people do things like this? Do they think it’s an interesting talking point when the pattern is screwed up? Don’t the realize this is really stressful for some people. And apparently, this is on a wall across from a toilet, so you’re a bit captive for a while.

72. Ewww!

Okay, the fries and peas combo is enough to make me shudder, but things get worse. There is ketchup beside those peas and it’s somehow melting into a pool around that plate of horror.

73. Hahaha

It’s bad enough to see all those people who randomly pop out their pills. This package also has them randomly inserted!

74. To be fair

If the people at the front of the line started in the wrong direction, you pretty much need to follow. But for some it would be pretty hard to do.

75. What happened here?

Was someone off their meds when they laid this tile? It looks like a bad case of measles or something in the middle. Weird.