You have to admit, there is something uniquely chucklesome about a complicated task going wrong . But there’s something even funnier about a task that should have been impossible to mess up still getting fumbled .

It could be a typo on a freeway billboard, a product assembled backward, or someone doing exactly what they were supposed to do, just in the most unexpected way imaginable. These are the folks who are likely to be featured on the One Job subreddit .

As the page profile states, it is the official depository for the classic “You had ONE job !” posts. Scrolling through it may bring a laugh or two, as you will see in the posts below.

Multitasking could be one of the many reasons to fail at a straightforward job. Even thinking about the next task while doing the current one can throw you off. 

While the rare 2.5% of people can juggle multiple tasks, most studies show that switching between jobs can make brain function less efficient.

According to neuropsychologist Dr. Cynthia Kubu , the main problem here is losing the ability to focus enough to take in information. 

“If we’re constantly attempting to multitask, we don’t practice tuning out the rest of the world to engage in deeper processing and learning,” she said in an interview with the Cleveland Clinic .

Cognitive biases may also play a role in these crucial, avoidable mistakes. As psychiatrist Neel Burton explains, these mental shortcuts often lead to bad decisions, which ultimately result in these botched jobs.