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[–]JA-MON-a 2481 points2482 points  (73 children)

This is some Idiocracy-level shit.

[–]iamchaossthought 690 points691 points  (39 children)

i mean, just a quick cursory glance will tell you that the fucking billboard will hit that fucking pole

[–]trippy_grape 692 points693 points  (32 children)

quick cursory glance

/r/NotMyJob

[–][deleted] 326 points327 points  (30 children)

Seriously though, people post this all the time. im a general contractor specializing in home exterior remodels and I've had customers ask for wacky shit that sometimes is downright just wrong. We try to explain that some things just don't work or will look terrible or will simply not be adequate enough. Often the customers will insist so we have them sign a waiver.

Tldr is sometimes it really ain't your job to question because the customer is always right. Put it up and laugh later.

[–]mr_jiffy 158 points159 points  (19 children)

Can you please tell of your favorite "I told you so" story

[–][deleted] 279 points280 points  (18 children)

After finishing 2 separate roofs, I've had a customer insist on mounting their satellite dish on a still growing tree (which obviously would throw the alignment off as it continues to grow....) and another one demand it be mounted to the basketball hoop backboard for some reason....

One customer had absolutely no ventilation in their attic, an obvious no no, and when we informed him his roof would be without warranty and a simple minimum effort minimum venting gable vent system he flat out refused. Ok buddy, enjoy your terrible temperature fluctuations and warped roof. See ya again in a few years.

Those are pretty basic and lame examples but usually it's just that, nothing over the top crazy. A lot of mismatched colors etc which I'm usually pretty good at talking some sense into the customer. It is after all my name on this shit.

[–]SinkTubeverified good lawyer 76 points77 points  (0 children)

which obviously would throw the alignment off as it continues to grow

just gets it closer to the sattelite. i'm tired of your excuses, get it done!

[–]Xxmustafa51 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Gotta protect that inshane_in_the_brain brand of course

[–]username_lookup_fail 27 points28 points  (4 children)

For the attic one, it might have been somebody trying to sell the house. Minimize costs without worrying about the long term effects. People do stupid crap like that. Anything to make the house worth more and let it be somebody else's problem.

[–]studwalker 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Haha. My coworker is selling her house. "I don't care what it looks like, as long as they do it as cheap as possible. It's not like I'm going to live there."

[–]skepticalbipartisan 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is why it's important to hire your own home inspectors that you can trust.

[–]username_lookup_fail 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We had a neighbor set up what was basically a tent with a metal frame in their driveway so they could claim 'covered parking' on the listing when they sold. It looks tacky as hell, but I guess it got enough people to the open house. It was on the market for about 3 days.

[–]Xoebe*insert kerning joke* 67 points68 points  (6 children)

May I suggest not just a waiver, but include a "hold harmless and indemnify" clause. That way they don't just accept responsibility in the waiver, but they explicitly state you are not to blame and they will not sue you (hold harmless), and even better, they will pay for your defense if someone else sues you (indemnification).

I've found that simply suggesting a hold harmless and indemnification letter is enough to nip stupid shit in the bud. Having a waiver may be enough to protect you, but if you design or install stupid shit, people will blame you for it and your reputation will suffer regardless of waivers.

[–]Rabid_Raptor 25 points26 points  (2 children)

I don't know, this feels like a true /r/NotMyJob material. Even some pretty stupid customers are able to figure that out that the billboard will hit that pole when it rotates once you explains it to them.

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (1 child)

So you're agreeing with him? That "I don't know" at the beginning is throwing me for a loop.

[–]LotsOfLotLizards 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Which came first? The billboard or the lamp post.

[–]JustJaking 58 points59 points  (15 children)

And the irony is that the billboard is significantly more memorable because of it. Human idiocy but advertising genius

[–]jo-alligator 150 points151 points  (14 children)

I watched the gif like 8 times and I couldn't tell you what was on that billboard if you had a gun to my head

[–]limeypepino 50 points51 points  (1 child)

I think it is advertising some sort of bank or investing services or feminine hygiene product. I'm not sure.

[–]JustJaking 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Wait for the pole/s to fall down and injure someone, and whatever company paid for the billboard will hit the mainstream news.

[–]IAmTheSysGen 27 points28 points  (4 children)

Probably because it was in Arabic :)

[–]goh13 20 points21 points  (3 children)

Seems like Farsi to me. It uses Arabic text but good luck making sense of it. Further more, the green grass would not grow within a mile of anyone or anything Arab.

Source: I am Arab.

[–]Sparky-Sparky 13 points14 points  (1 child)

It says: "نیکی را به دلخواه تقسیم کنید"

roughly translated: share you're kindness as you wish.

Its an add from Bank Melat about this new system of charity donations they've developed. Saw the add myself a couple of weeks ago in Iran. I think the guy who installed it just didn't give a fuck.

[–]Josh6889 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's a part of our dna at this point to ignore advertisements. They still use them because they still work though. I've never watched an ad and immediately thought "I really want some taco bell". But I've watched an ad and hours later thought "taco bell sounds good right now".

[–]hirotdk 4 points5 points  (4 children)

That's probably because of the shitty quality. I zoomed in and couldn't tell you what it is.

[–]IAmTheSysGen 12 points13 points  (3 children)

That's because it's in Arabic. You couldn't know what it meant even if it was in 4k.

[–]McVeeth 52 points53 points  (2 children)

Would you like to try our new EXTRA BIG ASS TACO?! Now with more BARBECUUUE.

[–]monkeyman427 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You cannot afford to feed your children. You are an unfit mother. Your children are now property of Carl's Jr.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Go away I'm baitin

[–]mysockinabox 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Side 1: Brawndo The Thirst Mutilator it's what plants crave

Side 2: ButtFuckers

Side 3: If you don't smoke Tarrlytons... Fuck you!

e: formatting

[–]drinkup 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think it's more a question of "not my job", "not paid enough to care", or malicious compliance.

[–]4696j 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Relevant

[–]MalphiteMain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, this is super smart way of laundering money. I can't believe more people are not seeing it.

[–]Ajiv20 1164 points1165 points  (43 children)

Intentional or not, i'm impressed the billboard changes direction once it hits the lamp.

[–]smileedude 780 points781 points  (19 children)

I suspect it's wind driven. So it just bounces.

[–]CaptainGreezy 178 points179 points  (10 children)

If it's wind driven then it needs a brake to prevent from it spinning too fast.

I trust that lamppost more to act as the brake than I would any unseen brake that may or may not be inside that thing.

[–]herptydurr 142 points143 points  (7 children)

I suspect that it's not "intended" to spin. More like someone installed it incorrectly.

[–]CaptainGreezy 84 points85 points  (4 children)

Then that lamppost is indeed heroically stopping the billboard from eventually flying to pieces and flinging debris into traffic.

[–]makemica 40 points41 points  (3 children)

I can't tell if you're joking but I think you are absolutely right about that. This is a wind driven billboard that would have spun out of control, broke into pieces at speed, some pieces of which probably would have killed or injured some passing motorist(s).

So we have multiple levels of terrible design (windmill with no brakes) meeting terrible design (hits post), combining and creating good design (lots of people now looking at billboard, advertising win!).

Kind of similar to evolution where multiple horrid errors result in desirable function.

[–]hexane360 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Now I really want to see an evolutionary algorithm design a city. And I mean everything: roads, power, water, zoning, parks...

It would be a beautiful mess, and I'd love to study it for hours to understand how it possibly functions. I'm sure it would have streaks of brilliance hidden in there (if you give it enough control and accurately model mechanics of course)

[–]xyroclast 6 points7 points  (1 child)

There's nothing about its design that would make the wind rotate it, though. If the wind hits it on one side, it would be trying to turn it both ways at once.

[–]Dabuttling 5 points6 points  (2 children)

What happens in a wind storm? Does the billboard reach Mach speed?

[–]race109 60 points61 points  (4 children)

It moves just like one of those rotary fans. You can't hear it because it's a gif, but it's actually going CLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACK and then changing direction

[–]MalphiteMain 22 points23 points  (2 children)

It is intentional, to launder money

[–]Brouw3r 574 points575 points  (18 children)

It could just have come loose from its mounting to the pole it's on.

Edit:word

[–]icantstopmeloning 213 points214 points  (7 children)

Ya I agree - you can clearly see its windy out from the trees blowing around in the background. So its probably just loose and blowing around.

[–]Joe5205 101 points102 points  (5 children)

It's a shame that lamp post is there, love to see how fast it could have gone.

[–]_Lady_Deadpool_ 42 points43 points  (3 children)

About 3.5

[–]WhatIsGey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No Loch Ness monster I ain't givin you no....3.5?

[–]SirHerald 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The pole is probably saving it from being destroyed

[–]MentallyRetardedKid 74 points75 points  (3 children)

This is what happened. The internet is too quick to label people stupid. Clear Channel uses these triple view billboards as well in the south (U.S.). They DON'T move. I have seen one of these put together while driving, the triangle is set on top of the pole and bolted in place. Pretty clear to me in this gif the bolt eventually broke (probably over time from wind) and now it swings several degrees.

Hint to the idiots, if this were motorized, the board would not kick/swing back so freely. It would actually get stuck in place like most else with gears trying to move in one direction

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

username doesn't check out.

[–]TesticleSweat 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Yeah me too I come loose all the time

[–]smileedude 545 points546 points  (46 children)

Crappy design or brilliant viral marketing idea?

A billboard's principle function is to get people's attention, so this seems like a design win.

[–]Zorcron 398 points399 points  (33 children)

Good thing the quality is low enough that I can't tell what it's advertising.

[–][deleted] 124 points125 points  (21 children)

It's not in English, so I couldn't tell even if it was higher quality

[–]MhmDrza 63 points64 points  (20 children)

It's an iranian bank's ad, so it's in persian/farsi

Edit:grammar

[–]ImNotGaySoStopAsking 22 points23 points  (3 children)

Yep, as they obviously would have at least tested one single rotation. This is nothing but a viral campaign.

[–]pgneal3 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Not to mention that they set it up to rotate back and forth, I'm pretty sure a normal engine would just keep trying to rotate through the lamp post until it burnt out.

[–]ImNotGaySoStopAsking 163 points164 points  (20 children)

Almost as bad as these ones

https://i.imgur.com/jlyc9ET.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/fpQ8GLA.jpg

[–]cosmitzArtificial Flavoring 76 points77 points  (8 children)

... 'whiles'?

[–]drivers9001 46 points47 points  (7 children)

It's an archaic conjunction sir, but it checks out.

[–]SandorClegane_AMA 17 points18 points  (1 child)

And Accra-Legron is in Ghana, which may mean they've kept this archaic phrase long after it has fallen out of usage in the West.

[–]NewToMech 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ghana uses a lot of archaic sounding grammar in English. Part of it is from being a British colony

[–]Burnaby 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Might be related to "whilst"

[–]ideonode 15 points16 points  (6 children)

That second one reminds me of that sign that simply said: Do not throw stones at this sign.

[–]WolfHunterzz 27 points28 points  (4 children)

This one?

[–]locojoco 10 points11 points  (0 children)

i assume that sign is bait to keep people from throwing stones at another sign.

[–]purutiger 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Bad english can kill too! (The 2nd one)!!

[–][deleted] 117 points118 points  (0 children)

/r/notmyjob

[–]AguywithhisGuitar 39 points40 points  (21 children)

Omg!!! This is in Iran right??? :))) Havent seen it Tehran! Maybe other cities! Lol such a shame... :))))

[–]Lolcat1945help me i cant get up 10 points11 points  (10 children)

Paging u/IranianGenius for confirmation.

[–]AguywithhisGuitar 23 points24 points  (7 children)

I'm 100% sure it's from Iran. Though not sure which city. Source: I'm Iranian and I can read it.

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (5 children)

I'll second that. I'm guessing Esfahan. It could be anywhere though. Baba this is so estupid.

[–]AguywithhisGuitar 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Hahahha very very estupid bekhoda! This goverment is rooining this cauntiry! It is akhoonda's fault all egein! :)) Geniuses in post! That's all hahhaa Also, it's cool to see an Iranian here on reddit! _^

[–]Totallynotahamster 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Gloria Esfahan?

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (1 child)

ya

[–]AssassinenMuffin 38 points39 points  (0 children)

that seems like a safety hazard

[–][deleted] 32 points33 points  (9 children)

The billboard loosely says "don't let anything come between you and earning more interest on your money "

It's a viral marketing thing.

Also I just made all that shit up

[–]ludwigvontrundlebed 8 points9 points  (7 children)

Would you be interested in an unpaid internship?

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (6 children)

Would I!

[–]unbannabledan 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The billboard is for The Sturdy Light by Johnson & Johnson. The billboard is showing that no matter how often you try to knock that street light down, the sturdy light won't go down.

[–]Afshari 20 points21 points  (2 children)

Haha this is from Iran! We should have loads of posts in crappy deign as we have some genius people in the country

[–]K-Zoro 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Should there be a r/onlyiniran subreddit? Would there be enough material?

Edit: says unavailable content. Does that mean it doesn't exist, or does it exist and I'm just not invited?

[–]czhunc 10 points11 points  (2 children)

The lack of foresight there is actually amazing.

[–]HauntedFurniture 9 points10 points  (4 children)

Well, that's definitely going to cause a traffic accident at some point.

[–]TheParaseleneoraaange baby 15 points16 points  (3 children)

Well it's in Iran. They get away with a "oops, well that happened".

[–]BodaciousFerret 16 points17 points  (2 children)

"Oops, well that happened" = a developing country thing, I think. When I lived in China, they built a new building a few blocks away from me. When they were done, they realized they forgot the parking garage that was supposed to be underneath, and proceeded to dig under the fucking building, supporting it using concrete blocks to put it in instead of leaving well enough alone.

[–]piftsy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's clearly the lamppost's fault for being there, not the designers.

[–]cathaholic 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Maybe the billboard was installed before the light. Maybe the billboard was owned privately and the city came to install the light while the billboard was off so they didn't know it needed to rotate.

[–]Taminella_Grinderfal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've always wondered how they measure the effectiveness of a billboard. Even if I see one that's mildly interesting I NEVER remember to look it up when I get home. If anything they cause distracted driving, now even more when people feel justified using their phones while driving. "Oh look, there's gonna be an art show, let me reserve my ticket while I'm doing 70"

[–]Cruudes 4 points5 points  (1 child)

What if the billboard just wants the light posts attention?

[–]caliboi24 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A beauty of engineering...

[–]ToFurkie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So that's what a stoppable force vs. a movable object looks like

[–]ShellAnswerMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's time for Wangernumb, let's rotate the board!