There are few things worse than watching paint dry.

But watching freshly bought tins of paint spill across the road while picking yourself up off the floor might just top it.

In video footage filmed by Mark Ellis, posted to YouTube, a hapless shopper can be seen striding down Wellesley Road, perhaps on his way home to give the windowsills a fresh lick of paint.

If only he had watched where he was going...Watch the video below.