Last Updated on September 12, 2025 by Matt Staff
When plans hit pavement, construction sites sometimes build the punchline first. Cones, caution signs, and big ideas can still yield doors to nowhere, stairs that fear geometry, and handrails with commitment issues.
This roundup salutes the unintentional comedian of the job site that proves that even fresh concrete can set with a smile.
1. Shall we just chop the post and cut the power?
2. You’re sure that will hold?
3. Did you at least put a mattress under?
4. The other left, pedestrians!
5. “Almost done, buddy”
6. This is top-notch security
7. Please, slow down!
8. All the clangs in this predicament
9. Wonder what’s taking them so long to finish…
10. A little patience wouldn’t hurt
11. “Hard hate area”
12. Them trying to be funny is the funny part
13. Meet Dean, the mean elevator operator
14. Patients or patience?
15. Well, that’s just mean
16. Are you a delay expert?
17. They needed a left arrow and improvised
18. Because 147 years of delay weren’t enough
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