“I Swear Nobody Tested That Product”: 30 Products That Were Made By Someone Who Never Uses Them

Developer here. Trust me, we dont want to make c**p. We are forced to make c**p by managers who make schedules without even asking us how long things take.

I spent decades designing software and completely fail to understand just how poorly thought-out some user interfaces/menus can be. It's like they've not even had a single real person try them out before releasing the product.

YUP. I design websites and this is my number one concern - make it easy for everyone to use.

It’s called being user friendly and intuitive. Don’t f*****g HIDE or BURY it if it’s something you use often, ffs. Also, could we please have easy to find instruction manuals that are written in plain language not computerese, please? With easy to follow instructions and maybe some pictures so we know we’re looking at the correct screen? Would that be so f*****g difficult?

There are many groups you have to take in account: Older people, people are low on the literacy scale, people who are colour blind, people who are blind, people who are deaf, people with limited vision (=different to being blind) But you also have to make the design so that the customer (the owner of the company, not the end consumer)wants to buy it. At my company we do take all these groups into account, but that is because we do not need to make a profit and provide software for a public service.

when you complement a women on her dress and it has pockets its the best thing lol "hey sis i love that dress!" "thanks it has pockets!" *girlie pop panic* ... "where... where did you get it"

Also need shoe options that are much wider without being longer or hideous or unaffordable

I've not gotten along with womens clothing sizes for years, lack of pockets is also an issue. Most of my jeans are "mens"

Even when we go by measurements - it still does not flippin work. I recently bought clothes ( stores have closed all fitting rooms) I went by measurements ( as I had to return everything when I went by size) - Same issue - they are not actual - waist measurement was not even close - I can not keep driving an hr just to keep exchanging the few clothes i am trying to purchase. As much as i hate amazon, at least I am able to return for free ( for now) although they have taken away my closer return location.

Enough or big enough pockets

Many companies have these assessments as part of their application process that filter out whether anyone ever actually sees yours, full of questions that are subjective and situational but they still expect you to answer honestly. But if you answer too many questions with the honest answer, they can get flagged as false positives and you don't "pass" and a human never sees your application anyway. I absolutely detest trying to apply for jobs these days. I'd rather it just be a paper application where a person will look at it and see if they want to interview you.

Job fairs could be on here. Stand in a line for 20 minutes or so thinking they're hiring only to be handed a card saying go to their website to apply.

And we're going to ask a load of questions that require you to lie out of your a**e that you would put your entire life on hold to help a customer/client even when you're not working, otherwise you won't make it through the algorithm

Exactly. It's ridiculous

They do this to discourage people applying to every single job opening no matter how unqualified they are. If an applicant could just send a standardized file, you'd have tens of thousands of applicants per opening, who didn't even bother to read the job description.

"Sir, me and Alfred have designed a shampoo bottle that can never fall over" - "ohh heavens no, bottle must be extremely top heavy and cap must shatter when falling to the floor" - "see, Alfred, i told you this man is a genius. He knows exactly what people want"

And usually it's the more expensive designer product that somehow is the least practical to use

I love how my preferred brand does it: the shampoo label has a colored background with white highlights, and the conditioner label has a white background with (matching) colored highlights. Makes it easy to tell them apart.

As a hairstylist I recommend the Swedish brand Maria Nila. Not only does it smell amazing and work well, the shampoo bottle and conditioner bottle are two different shades of the same color, so you know which is which

I put pumps in mine, you don't have to pick the bottle up

How about designing bra straps that don't slide down your arms? And maybe make more that open in the front. You could pull a muscle trying to hook it up in the back!

What is this sudden thing that nearly all bras for sale have padding?? Why?? Our breasts don't suddenly need protection from regular impact. I hate it. Nowadays trying to buy a bra that is a) not padded b) not underwired and c) the same colour as my skin has become extremely trying.

I promise this not meant in some incle/preteen boy kind of way, but I truly hate women have to wear bras. I understand large-breasted women it is probably out of necessity. But those that don't "have to", but are still required to, due to societal norms, it seems ridiculous. I promise if men had to wear them, the standards, the designs, the prices, etc would all be significantly different! I truly feel for you ladies! (absolutely no pun intended!)

You’re not going to mention the fastening hooks in the back ?

Chicken fillets!