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17 People Who Are Just...Trying Their Best

๐ŸŽถ When you try your best, but you don't succeed ๐ŸŽถ

Sometimes, the difference between victory and disaster is a singular moment of critical thinking. A little attention to detail might be the difference between someone looking at you with a twinkle of pride and saying, "Hey, good job!" or awkwardly smiling while throwing you a half-hearted compliment like, "Well...um...you tried!"

Elaine and George from "Seinfeld" in a kitchen, looking confused; Elaine gestures while George holds fingers up

It can't hurt to give something a second look before introducing it to the world for all to judge, right? Right! Here are 17 photos of people who were close โ€” like, SO CLOSE โ€” to success, and yet, so far away:

1. Someone just needs to grab a pen and change that T to a P or I'm calling HR:

Sign next to an elevator reads "PLEASE T' AINT DO NOT TOUCH" with a diagram of evacuation routes above it

2. This person seemed to confuse "in the trash" with "on the trash":

A slice of pizza on top of a public litter bin