50 Times People Encountered Such Bad Designs, They Just Had To Share (New Pics)

Dexter's gas station

Inaccessible design is so common and it wouldn't take much thought to change it

Jax wouldn't have even been in my top 10 guesses

That picture is terrifying on all levels.

Jeans by Boeing: We give you the whole pocket but you have to pay extra to unlock it.

I just fell over just looking at it.

Blob fish baby

Just why?

Just like cartoon bunnies

Malfunction in transporter #3

But you can use it to fry eggs and grill some steak. Perfect for a picnic in the park.

AAAH that would drive me CRAZY

"Don't pee against the wind"

Seen this one before. This is the only design the council approved after years of fighting and rejecting many much more sympathetic ideas. It's an episode of George Clarke's Restoration Man

The concept of jigsaw puzzles apparently eluded the designer of this one.

"yes, this is the mail man, I'm dropping all your packages in the gas station good luck"

Did they ran out of street names?

Reminds me of Atlanta. I believe they have 40+ streets with Peachtree in the name.

When you first encounter Arlington, VA, you're like... cool! All the names are in alphabetical order! Then you find out that N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA exists as 13 chunks. FOUR times, it becomes Monroe St. Three times, you have can turn from N Lincoln Street onto N Lincoln Street. This is just within two miles. And don't even get me started about the fact where Southbound Chain Bridge Rd heads roughly northwest and the sign says "Chain Bridge South ->" even though the Chain Bridge is in the opposite direction.

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Cape Coral, Florida is like this, with a kicker: they have these canals everywhere that force the street to dead end at the canal but pick up on the other side as if nothing happened. No bridges. If where you want to go is on the other side, you have to backtrack and go around. Most frustrating thing ever!

After some hours, the ambulance finally arrived. Seriously, why addressing is imPORtant.

Its like someone thought numbers were finite.

But they are all called NE. Like NopE. :p

There is part of NYC where the numbers repeat with St. Rd. Drive. and Ave. for several miles. And much larger and confusing area than this.

They’re missing a “Lane” at the END… 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

I'm trying to figure out how roads that are perpendicular to each other can both be labeled as NE.

There's a town near me with similar but more confusing roads - Avenue Street, Avenue Street Road, Street Lane, Street Road Circle, etc. Add in the various compass points and it's even more confusing. The only way to get around in that town is to learn landmarks. I'd like to know what the planners were on when they decided to name the streets.

" Which 93 Avenue?!"

At least it's consistently "lane, drive, curve, avenue" from top down

Watch me apply for this job and then fail. In case you couldn't guess, I couldn't find my way to the grocery store not even 10 minutes away from my house.

Some relatives of mine live in a subdivision with lots of twisting roads and cul-de-sacs, and almost every "street" there is called some variation of Rocky Ridge. Rocky Ridge mews, rocky ridge lane, rocky ridge close - it's a freaking suburban nightmare.

What do you mean, you can't find my street?

I suspect they ran out of numbers.

I spent too much time looking at this

They must have run out of street names or were very unimaginative.

I guess they ran out of numbers or thought they ended at 99, like the year 2000 pseudo crisis.

When I lived in Queens, NY, was on 30th Rd. near the intersection of 30th Ave, 30th St., and 30th Rd. It was hard to tell people how to find our house.

i'm a fedex driver and this is already getting my nerves

And a recent news report about USPS workers being pay shorted for years.

A friend once encoutered a women in Sheffield, looking lost. She was looking for a road called 'Endcliffe something'. There were a few options: Endcliffe Avenue, Endcliffe Crescent, Endcliff Edge, Endcliff Glen Road, Endcliffe Grove Avenue, Endcliffe Hall Avenue, Endcliffe Rise Road, Endcliffe Terrace Road, Endcliffe Vale Avenue, Endcliffe Vale Road and Endcliffe Way. God only knows if she ever found the place she was looking for.

Lots of these in Seattle! Always allow extra time when driving because you will go to the wrong address.

And they wonder why it takes the police, fire, rescue so long to get there when they call.

It is at least regular so you could quickly learn the pattern. Some of the examples in the comments sound way worse!

OMG what the hell?

You must be in Oregon!

I don't find it difficult to understand, I live in area with street names and I don't like it. Numbers are better

Holy crap. This is a real place in Blaine, MN! And yes, a trailer park.

How to get mail mix up guaranteed

Reminds me of where I live, the street I’m on is not pleural (think something like Rock Dr.), the road next to us is (Rocks Dr.), and about half of the street signs for our road are misspelled (Roc Dr.)

Why not name your streets? Not numbers, just words. Like Berkeley Road.

.Does it start from First Avenue?

is this FL? because it looks like FL. My sister lives in a community like this and their house numbers have 5 digits.