The Worst Employees and Biggest Slackers in Pop Culture History

Major Frank Burns

No matter how critically wounded a soldier might be, nobody would willingly be operated upon by M*A*S*H's Frank Burns. Although Burns claimed to be a disciplinarian, his ineffectiveness earned him the nickname "Ferret Face." Frank was once described by Larry Linville, who played the character on television, as a man with "a mind that had stripped its gears."

Ed

Nick Frost makes for the slacker of the decade in Shaun of the Dead. Frost plays Ed, a lazy oaf whose only passion in life is playing video games. Of course, Ed and his roommate Shaun are thrown for quite a loop when the zombie apocalypse takes hold.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.