39 Stock Images Of People Doing Their Jobs As Wrong As Possible

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John Summers • Contributor
Aug 19, 2024 8:00 PM EDT

Sure, anyone can do their job properly, but where's the fun in that? In this hilarious listicle, people from various different professions share some awkward and down-right ridicules stock photos of their jobs. For some reason, it seems like stock photo photographers are obsessed with representing every profession out there as wrongly as possible. Is your subject an environmental scientist? have him sit in the mud in a full hazmat suit next to a house plant. Is je a biologist? Show him injecting a tomato with several syringes filled with a mysterious blue liquid. 

I'm not sayin stock photography is one of the laziest, most non-creative, derivative, soul-sucking jobs on the planet, but I am saying that when AI comes for that specific job (and it already is) maybe we should all collectively look the other way and just let it obliterate that entire profession. Was that too harsh? I feel like that was a bit too harsh. 

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  • 01
    Kate Adamala @KateAdamala Replying to @Nicole_Paulk Freehand pour Very Dangerous Blue Liquid (VDBL) from a beaker into tiny tube in a rack you hold with your other hand. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob Mandatory eye and respiratory protection, because VDBL. 10:03 PM Apr 25, 2018 411 89 people are talking about this
    via @KateAdamala
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    Shutterstock www.shutterstock.com 1009101253 Sabine Stanley @PlanetSabine . Admittedly, I wish being a planetary scientist meant I could move the planets with hand gestures #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 11:40 PM - May 5, 2018 344 72 people are talking about this
    via @PlanetSabine
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    ock Crea Images iStock by Getty Images iSt by Getty iStock by Cloth images iStock by Gettyimages 2,4,6,8,10 1000V Stock 9 by Getty Images iStock by Gelty Images iSt by Getty iStock by Getty Images ock iStock iSt Images by Getty Images™ by Getty Irene López @fluorescent0 Physicists ALWAYS wear lab coats, especially when we forget our clothes back home. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 9:25 AM - May 6, 2018 126 28 people are talking about this
    via @fluorescent0
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    (((Mike Craft))) @craftmike As an MRI tech I always guide my patients into a highly energized state on the astral plane until their glowing skeletons can provide useful positioning landmarks. Then I encourage them to stick their arms out to ensure they won't fit in the bore #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 3:04 PM - May 5, 2018 932 239 people are talking about this
    via @craftmike
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    ock iStock iStock Images by Getty Images™ by Geny Images iStock iStack by Getty Images by Getty Ima iStock by Getty Images™ iSt by Getty ock iStock Stack iSt Images™ by Getty Images by Getty feges by Getty Laura Bretherton @phytoplanktonic Marine biologists never have to pack food supplies when in the field. #Bad StockPhotos OfMyJob 2:24 PM - May 6, 2018 78 See Laura Bretherton's other Tweets
    via @phytoplanktonic
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    Wonder Junkie @JohnnyJones amstime. - Workpiece not clamped: check. No eye-pro: check. - Face squarely in the danger zone: check. Let er' rip! #BadStock Photos OfMyJob #Machinist 6:02 PM - May 5, 2018 21 See Wonder Junkie's other Tweets
    via @JohnnyJones
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    gettyimages Beep Bop @tara818 I often like to express my severity with a black cardigan and severe bun to intimidate the popular girls who bullied me in high school. You're in my yard now, Jessica. A yard of intelligence. Of silence. Of finger pointing. *whispers: my yard* #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob #library 7:59 PM - May 4, 2018 414 66 people are talking about this
    via @tara818
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    3 shutterstoc Simon Redfern @SimOnRedfern #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob I searched for "geologist", honest. 12:42 PM - May 6, 2018 58 See Simon Redfern's other Tweets
    via @SimOnRedfern
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    atamy stock photo www.alamy.com - AYR2EC Ellery Frahm @elleryfrahm When measuring a ceramic sherd, it is hard to beat the precision of a tape measure facing away from you. #BadStock Photos OfMyJob 10:59 PM - May 5, 2018 13 See Ellery Frahm's other Tweets
    via @elleryfrahm
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    Natasha Carlson-P @carlson_natasha I mean I have no idea what this 'environmental scientist' is doing but I can say the defeated posture is correct #Bad Stock PhotosOfMyJob - 12:00 PM May 5, 2018 1,603 312 people are talking about this
    via @carlson_natasha
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    D- N CHA H M E 29] [H+] H=H C. N H oz/amg,mH+ Kat Day @chronicleflask As a chemistry teacher I always have all the different-coloured liquids on my desk, next to the microscope, whilst sporting perfectly-manicured nails. Also something with a hydrogen double bond drawn on the board behind me. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 10:38 PM May 5, 2018 713 224 people are talking about this
    via @chronicleflask
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    123RF Luke T. Harrington @luketharrington #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob This is actually 100% accurate. Every time I write something, my typewriter explodes from the awesomeness. It's getting expensive 10:49 PM May 5, 2018 Wisconsin, USA 64 See Luke T. Harrington's other Tweets 123RF
    via @luketharrington
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    Liz Tunbridge @Liz Tunbridge I spend my days laughing at models of DNA that twist the wrong way #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 2:54 AM - 4 May 2018
    via @Liz Tunbridge
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    Jennifer Gunter @DrJenGunter I always give a thumbs up after a pelvic exam, it's so not creepy at all #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob ock iStock Stock + iStock iStock iStock Ack iStock iStock iS by G 2:27 PM 6 May 2018 -
    via @DrJenGunter
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    Nicole K. Paulk @Nicole_Paulk This stock image of a scientist is PRICELESS. I too often find myself inspecting each nugget of dry ice one by one. Can never be too careful 2:10 PM - 24 Apr 2018 Adobe Stock
    via @Nicole_Paulk
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    Canstock Olga Keogh @olgakeogh This is EXACTLY what architecture is like, well done stock photo guys #BadStock PhotosOfMyJob.@lorcansirr . @DermotBannon .@Maoiliosa Rey 6:28 AM - May 7, 2018 23 See Olga Keogh's other Tweets
    via @olgakeogh
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    (((Sam Crane))) @Samanticka It is true that most lawyers are Slytherins #BadStock PhotosOfMyJob O123RA 6:08 AM 4 May 2018 123RF SUCZIO
    via @Samanticka
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    Alvaro Perez @alperezqui my favorite subgenre of #BadStock PhotosOfMyJob is tomatoes being injected with multiple syringes. 11:12 AM - Apr 26, 2018 343 66 people are talking about this
    via @alperezqui
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    Kekskobold @c00kiekobold It is very important to look seductively shortly before your hair and gloves get caught in the drill and cuttings get stuck in your eyes... #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 3:22 PM May 6, 2018 143 38 people are talking about this
    via @c00kiekobold
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    Leonie Höckbert @leofromtherock Academia is bearded men eagerly pointing at absolutely nothing and being very serious about it. #BadStock Photos OfMyJob All 12:46 AM 5 May 2018 -
    via @leofromtherock
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    Kirsty Elliott @Trouty_Trout As an ecologist, I can confirm that my days consist of much stethoscoping of trees in an unnecessary lab coat. It's the only proper way to detect wildlifes. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob DruanStoely O Can Stock Photo - csp6217760 3:56 AM - 5 May 2018
    via @Trouty_Trout
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    Mike Sidel @MikeSidel I often hit people in the middle of their face with a reflex hammer. #BadStock PhotosOfMyJob 3:10 PM - May 12, 2018 11 See Mike Sidel's other Tweets
    via @MikeSidel
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    amme Veronica Bryant @NoroNerd Ok, ok... But for real y'all... WTF is this one? #badstockphotosofmyjob 9:40 PM - Apr 25, 2018 60 See Veronica Bryant's other Tweets
    via @NoroNerd
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    Tauno Talimaa @tauntz I sit in a dark room and project code straight to my face while solving complicated problems. This helps me to immerse myself in it and "feel" the code. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 7:17 AM - 4 May 2018 player player col square dreamstime. stripi subst
    via @tauntz
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    iStock istock by Getty Images Storages O cock James Wong @Botanygeek As a botanist, I am so petrified of plants I cover my entire body in hazmat safety gear. (Except the parts actually touching them, of course). Sometimes, when I am feeling a bit wild, I bring my microscope to the bedding plant aisle of a garden centres. #BadStock Photos OfMyJob 5:44 PM - May 6, 2018 1,048 194 people are talking about this
    via @Botanygeek
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    James Felton @JimMFelton "Hey space astronomer, where is space?" [Space astronomer puts on his lab coat and adjusts his space safety goggles] "According to my latest science, there is space." shutterstock www.shutterstock.com 293414426 2:30 AM-4 May 2018
    via @JimMFelton
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    ock iStock iStock Images by Getty Images by cely Images iStock iStock by Getty Images by Getty Images iStock by Getty Images" iSto by Getty ock iStock iStock iSto Images by Getty Images" by Getty Images" by Getty Shiloh C. @medievalismish Because when doing research, I always wear my regalia to the library. How else will people know I have a PhD?! #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 12:12 PM - May 4, 2018 1,161 207 people are talking about this
    via @medievalismish
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    [O] CanStock OnStock LOKCanstock Canstock Katie 'better than the W-23' Mummah @nuclearkatie It turns out that nuclear engineering is a lot like being the Scarlet Witch. For every fission that happens, there's a overworked nuclear engineer manipulating the atoms by hand #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 1:25 AM - May 6, 2018
    via @nuclearkatie
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    John Taylor @johnthevet I find listening to the shoulder joint an incredibly important part of any examination. Heart and lungs are for losers #BadStock PhotosOfMyJob 8:31 PM - May 6, 2018 60 See John Taylor's other Tweets
    via @johnthevet
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    Stack iStock Betty inlogi iStock Stock ck iStock ock Stock iStock James William Cooper @james_W_C I often hold my slides and stare moodily at them. You know, instead of looking at them under the microscope that's right in front of me. Sometimes I invite a colleague to join me. ist
    via @james_W_C
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    Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66 As an evolutionary biologist, you have *no idea* how hard it is to find tweasers small enough to grab bits of DNA (which is the main part of our job, obvs) #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 3:42 PM - May 4, 2018 2,744 657 people are talking about this
    via @firefoxx66
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    Clay Jones @skepticpedi A pediatrician, shown here about to test the primitive eye poke reflex, also known as the Three Stooges reflex. If present, the baby will place their hand vertically against the nose while saying nyuk nyuk nyuk. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 3:21 AM - May 7, 2018 422 132 people are talking about this
    via @skepticpedi
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    Julius Goat? @JuliusGoat These #BadStockPhotosOfMyjob grossly misrepresent what my career as an abacus musician on a pirate ship is really like. 9:49 AM - May 7, 2018 251 38 people are talking about this
    via @JuliusGoat
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    ock iStock Stock iStock iSt iStock iStock St Andrew Lane @Andrew_AL98 #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob As a psychiatric nurse I often strap a VR screen on my patients while I talk to their wheelchair. 3:26 PM - May 5, 2018 56 15 people are talking about this
    via @Andrew_AL98
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    ock iStock iStock Tevage by Cally ou iStock iStock Getty ma iStock by Getty Imag iSt by Getty Stock iStock iSt Gepages by Getty Images by Com Anne-Marie Broughton @AnnemariebArt Because as an artist sometimes I like to dab the paint all over my face and dreamily stare into space whilst fondling my favourite paint brushes #BadStockPhotosOfMyjob #toomuchsangria 10:38 AM - May 11, 2018 14 See Anne-Marie Broughton's other Tweets
    via @AnnemariebArt
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    Richard @DrCarnivorous Seposteoto "What can you see?" "Nothing. My glasses have fogged and the #microscope isn't turned on" "Interesting". <scribble> #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob#histology 1:34 PM - May 4, 2018 326 61 people are talking about this
    via @DrCarnivorous
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    MYLOTHA alamy stock photo ANTONYM SYNONYM Anatol Stefanowitsch → @astefanowitsch As a linguist I spend my days categorizing words into synonyms and antonyms using rubber stamps. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 1:05 PM - May 4, 2018 740 122 people are talking about this
    via @astefanowitsch
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    shutterstock.com -463274867 Christa Trexler @Christa Trex Replying to @MaureenBug This is how I do animal research - I just let the mice pick which tubes they like best #BadStock PhotosOfMyJob 7:29 PM - May 4, 2018 102 17 people are talking about this
    via @ChristaTrex
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    tterstocke Shutterstock Shutterstock shutterst shutterstock Creatrix5 @Creatrix5 As a graphic designer, I can't work unless I have coloured pencils awkwardly arrayed around my laptop for inspiration. #BadStockPhotos OfMyjob 10:06 PM - May 13, 2018 See Creatrix5's other Tweets
    via @Creatrix5

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