We all have moments when laziness takes over. Maybe we're known to leave the dishes to soak for one more day or even successfully postpone doing the laundry, too. But some people take laziness to whole new heights, showing that to them, there’s no such thing as a limit.
If you’re wondering what kind of laziness we’re talking about here, take a look at the list below to see for yourself. It showcases some of the worst (best?) cases of people being lazy, from not lifting a finger to clean up after themselves to instances of surprising ingenuity when they follow the ‘work smarter, not harder’ principle, so scroll down to browse the pictures, and use them as a reminder to not let laziness overtake you.
#1 If You’re A Parent And Let Your Kids Make A Mess Like This Then You’re A Piece Of Sh**
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#2 Parents Who Raise Their Kids Saying It's Okay To Leave A Library Like This
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#3 My Mom And I Went To Berlington For Shoes And Found Out That Nobody Cares About Human Decency There
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Being lazy is a feeling no one is immune to. With no rhyme or reason, it can make us suddenly unable to lift out of our chairs to grab the remote and change the channel or fold the laundry that’s been calling our name from the dryer for two days straight.
But laziness, which often seems to strike us completely out of the blue, does not actually overtake us for no rhyme or reason. According to a licensed psychologist specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy, Dr. Daniel Marston, laziness is linked to how "worthwhile" the action—that we might feel we’re too lazy to do—is in our minds.
#4 People Who Leave Perishable Food In Store Shelves
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#5 Kyhmb
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In a piece for Psychology Today, Dr. Martson pointed out that laziness is related to the level of motivation people feel regarding one task or another, and which behaviors they consider to be worth exerting energy for.
“It may very well be that ‘laziness’ is not the result of a specific personality trait but more that the situations itself do not present the person with sufficient motivation for exerting needed energy. These are the situations that do not cause the parts of the brain that start energy exertion to ‘kick in’,” the expert wrote.
(Now you have an excuse for the next time you're too lazy to do something – it’s not your fault; your brain simply didn’t think the task was worth the effort.)
#6 People Who Constantly Block The Isles Of Stores To Stand Around And Chat
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#7 My Parents Are The Reason Why I Hate Smoking
My parents just almost never clean their stuff. Its kinda disgusting ngl. It has been worse before though.
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#8 Landlord Hired A Guy To Power Wash The Stairs
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Dr. Martson continued to point out that sometimes, when people are asked to do something, they might not think that ‘something’ is worthwhile. Consequently, they might be deemed lazy by others, to whom the same task would not be a big deal, hence they wouldn’t be too “lazy” to do it.
“If there is no direct connection between doing something and the importance of doing it, then it becomes less likely that a person will do it,” Martson noted, adding that individuals who do not see any benefit to what they are being told to do are often the ones most likely to be considered “lazy."
#9 I Mean You Did Buy A Ticket But…
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#10 You Shouldn’t Shop If You Can’t Return Your Carts In Designated Areas And Leave It Near Disabled Parking
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#11 My Boyfriend Throws His Empty Water Bottles Behind The Bed
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Bearing in mind that it usually means avoiding things we don’t feel like doing, moments of laziness are often viewed quite positively by many. A survey carried out by the furniture manufacturer La-Z-Boy found that close to nine in ten respondents believed that being lazy is a form of self-care.
In addition to that, nearly every single one of the respondents (98%) agreed that being lazy can have a positive effect on one’s well-being, with reduced stress and improved mental health being the main benefits.
#12 This Might Be The Most Lazy Person I’ve Seen
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#13 This Guy Ignored No Entry Sing And Drove On Wooden Pier, Because He Was Too Lazy To Carry Stuff On His Dolly. Pier Has To Be Closed For Structural Inspection
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#14 Someone In Denver Blocked The Platte River Trail Today With Their Car
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While there are clear benefits to being lazy every once in a while, “everything in moderation” is a known phrase for a reason. The positive effects of being a couch potato sometimes shouldn’t be used as an excuse to stop doing or caring for your tasks. The pictures on this list clearly show that people being lazy can make others’ lives needlessly difficult or cause situations that are simply annoying (and sometimes even unsanitary—ugh).
#15 Courtesy Of Our Scum Neighbors
Management is taking their sweet time doing anything about these guys.
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#16 If You Do This, Screw You. Walk Back To The Cooler
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#17 I'm Going To Open The Store And I Find This. You Have To Be An Idiot
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In addition to being annoying, laziness can be expensive, too. Forbes delved deeper into all the ways that laziness can negatively affect us and our wallets and found that being too lazy to do a quick Google search, for instance, can cost them thousands of dollars. That happens when people don’t put in the effort to look for the best rate for a savings account.
According to banking expert Justin Pritchard, people are creatures of habit. "If their money is somewhere, and they're busy doing other things, they don't necessarily try to do better,” he told Forbes.
#18 I Collect Carts At Walmart. Please Stop Being Lazy And Return Your Cart To Where It Belongs
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#19 If You Leave Your Mess Like This - You’re Trash
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#20 A Customer Tried It On Their Dog And Put It Back On The Shelf
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Another way laziness can be quite costly is the detrimental effect it has on our health, and consequently, our wallets, too. Forbes notes that many people fail to take advantage of corporate wellness incentives, for instance, which could help them save on personal expenses. In addition to that, it emphasizes that oversleeping—a pastime favored by many lazy people out there, including yours truly—can get expensive, too, due to the detrimental effects it can have on one’s health in the long run.
#21 Is It So Hard To Throw It In The Trash?
it's not even lazy anymore
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#22 Why Are Loud Video/Speaker Phone Calls Now A Spectator Sport In Public?
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#23 Lazy Mofos Who Don't Put Weights Back
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If you feel like this list gave you the motivation boost you’ve needed to not be too lazy to do something, go on and do it! Do it now! We believe in you!
If it didn’t, and you want to make yourself feel better about being a little lazy, take a look at this list of people admitting just how lazy they are—or at this one of people taking laziness to another level—both of which might make you feel better.
#24 Eiktfgm
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#25 My Dad Hung Up A Photo
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#26 Lazy Gross Roommate (Slight Rant)
One of my roommates never does anything around here! Leaves a trash bag full of her trash on the floor while it’s leaking everywhere, she said the trash chute doesn’t fit it, so I told her there is a dumpster where the recycling is, which she would know if she ever took out her damn recycling!Leaves leftovers in the microwave for days, doesn’t take out her recycling, just randomly left a giant blob of hand towels soaking in the sink. My other roommate broke down and washed them herself. Her dog peed on my bath mat, I told her. What did she do?! Threw pee pads on it and LEFT.
Got crumbs all over the couch and didn’t even bother wiping them off. Took up all the space in the fridge, but got mad when me and my other roommate put a package of cookie dough in there and she said it was “so unorganized” because we had to set it on top of her food since there was no where else to put it.
Leaves her bedroom door open just to listen to videos on full volume all hours of the day. Her and this guy she’s with play music at like 2am in the kitchen. We tell them to quiet down and they just giggle like idiots. I’ve had some bad roommates, but this one really takes the cake
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#27 Nothing Like A Smashed Toilet In The Middle Of The Sidewalk To Remind Me What A Lovely Neighbourhood I Live In
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#28 57 Boxes Of Cancer Dialysis Solution Wasted
I service a pool in this community and the past 3 weeks more boxes get piled up by the road. Some even got ran over. Tried knocking on the door the shipping label say but nobody is there. I'm 95% sure a pharma rep lives there and not a cancer patient based on the sheer number of boxes, but c'mon people are literally dying to get this stuff. To the ones who will say it's still good, hopefully most are still good. The ants have made the bottom boxes their food.
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#29 Why Do People Do This, Especially In Smaller Stores
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#30 Dear Mailman, Don’t Do Me Like This Again
My package was too big to fit out of the front of the mailbox, but apparently it fit through the back. I had to just open it while it was still in there.
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#31 I Refilled The Soap, Boss
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#32 People Leaving The Theatre And Leaving Their Rubbish When There’s Empty Bins On The Way Out
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#33 Just Discovered This Subreddit; Here's My Former Housemates Mattress From Uni, Yes He Is Lazy Enough Not To Put On A Mattress Protector
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#34 He's Just Lazy
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#35 Someone Tried On All These Shoes And Left Them On The Floor
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#36 Being A School Janitor Sucks
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#37 As A Janitor This Infuriates Me More Than Most Things. ( Trash Overstuffed Cause Employees Are To Lazy To Walk Across The Room To The Empty Trashcan)
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#38 My Partner Thought This Was Acceptable To Put Back In The Fridge
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#39 How My Neighbors “Prune” The City Owned Street Trees Outside Their Houses… How It Should Look vs. How He Did It
First three photos show some of my neighbors handwork. The last picture shows what the trees are supposed to look like. I don’t understand how multiple people on one street can feel compelled to psychotically destroy trees like this. They don’t even own the trees!
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#40 Me When I'm Lazy Doing A Job
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#41 FedEx Ground Driver Was Too Lazy To Get His Dolly Off The Truck. Rolled My New Tool Cart End Over End Up My Driveway, Completely Destroying It. Left It Upside Down In My Porch Exactly Like This
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#42 Sometimes I Question The Intelligence Of People In My Office
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#43 Council Redid The Pavements, Not Bothering To Remove Debris Beforehand
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#44 Found In The Break Room At Work. How Can You Be This Lazy?
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#45 My Boyfriend Made Croissants This Way.. Am I Dating A Serial Killer?
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#46 Bought A $6k Computer And The Vendor Offered To Install The Screen Protector Leaving A Bubble Dead Center
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#47 He Is Not The Only Man Who Does This
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#48 The Way My Roommate Hangs His Laundry
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#49 My Brother Was Too Lazy To Put On A Swimsuit
I'm very uncomfortable
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#50 Too Lazy To Pipe Out Macarons. Baked Them In A Sheet Instead
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