The Worst Employees and Biggest Slackers in Pop Culture History

Erlich Bachman

This arrogant entrepreneur owns 10% of Pied Piper on Silicon Valley. Although Richard believes that Erlich is important to the business, Erlich is a stoner who no longer codes because he allegedly has severe carpal tunnel syndrome. Whlie Erlich is a charismatic negotiator and public speaker, his continued failures leave him drugged out and stranded in Tibet at the end of the series.

Ed Tom Bell

Ed Tom Bell, the sheriff of Terrell County in No Country for Old Men, can talk all he wants about the people who came before him—but Bell's own policing is nothing short of pathetic. After walking in on a shootout, he scoffs at the suggestion that he reexamine the scene, which is exactly how he reacts whenever someone forces him to do his job.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.