Bevan

I don’t remember the first motivational poster I had to look at on the job. Needless to say, I’ve been forced to look at a lot of them.

With the exception of “Make it Happen” which always makes me laugh because of the history behind that phrase (more on that later), most “motivational posters” do nothing to motivate. I’d venture to state that in most cases, they probably demotivate — which is probably why the company Despair has been so successful selling their pessimistic posters.

These are probably my top 10 favorite demotivational posters:

Don’t agree? Think you’ve seen something funnier or more clever?