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50 Times People Spotted Stupid Design Decisions In Public Places And Just Had To Share
We often form our opinion of a city by judging the quality of its public spaces. If they give us a hard time, most likely we won't be too psyched about returning to it.
And unfortunately, there are plenty of ways urban planners and interior designers ruin our everyday life and force us into dreadful anxiety-inducing situations.
They make us sit on uncomfortable benches, walk around trippy floors, and go number two in bathroom stalls so revealing, others are able to see our facial expressions.
To show how ridiculous it can get, Bored Panda has put together some of the worst public space "solutions" ever created—we deserve better!
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#1
The Chairs Waiting For You In The Laser Eye Clinic's Reception
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#2
"I'm Sure You're All Wondering Why I've Gathered You Here Today"
#3
No Words Needed Here
#4
As If Public Toilets Didn’t Give Me Enough Anxiety
#5
At First Glance, I Didn’t Recognize This Restaurant Mural As The Sun
#6
This Fountain That Looks Like A Perfect Place To Sit Down
Panna Amelia Niezależna 4 years ago
I wonder how many people realised that when it was to late...
#7
Gas Station In Nebraska. The Station's Color Scheme Was Red. They Tried To Get Artsy
#8
No Broken Legs I Know Of
#9
Flat Carpet In A Hotel In Cologne, Germany Imitating A Curvy Surface
#11
The Design Of My School - This Is The Place Where Every Hallway Intersects
#12
Two Windows Of My Workplace Are Constantly Fighting For The Honor Of Being The One Who Is Going To Be Opened
#13
The Single Worst Clock I Have Ever Seen. I Actually Said Aloud "Whyyy"
#14
They Built This School Like One Month Ago
#15
Ballroom Where Everyone Downstairs Can See Up Your Skirt
#16
This Is Not Rust. “It’s The Design”
#17
I Love Eating At Restaurant Logo Here
#18
This Fancy Staircase Leads Directly Into A Wall
#19
This Chandelier At A Restaurant I Ate At Bothers Me So Much
#20
This Picture In McDonald's Was Hung Sideways
#21
Designed For Dissuading The Homeless. Literally Just Uncomfortable For Everyone Else
#22
This Painting Inside A Local “Fancy” Restaurant
#23
$1 Toothbrushes Locked Behind Glass At Walmart. Walked Around The Store For 15 Minutes Looking For Someone “Qualified” To Unlock The Glass Case
Then had to be escorted to the register with said $1 toothbrush. I could walk out of here with an air fryer easier than a toothbrush
Wang Zhuang 4 years ago
That's really odd. I've never seen regular toothbrushes locked up behind glass. Maybe there are some town hooligans going around stealing toothbrushes...
#24
Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn
#25
This Restaurant In London (Waiters Love It)
#26
Toilet Door With Another Door In It That Won't Stay Closed
#27
My Bed At A Hotel I'm Staying In
Kassiopeia 4 years ago
So, you wake up, bonk your head at this, and then the flower pot falls on you
#28
You Gotta Pay Attention On These Stairs In A Cinema
#29
Public Restrooms With Reflective Surfaces
#30
This Is Russia
#31
This Is The Logo For A "New York Style" Pizza Place In Ponce, Puerto Rico
#32
I Don't Know Why Brown Strings Is A Welcoming Wallpaper To This Toilet Entrance. It Just Feels Gross And Unwelcoming. I Mean, This Is A Public Place
#33
These Restroom Stalls Have Translucent Doors
#34
This New Wall Art In My Office
#35
Upon Walking In This Bathroom At The Supermarket I Was Initially Disgusted At Filth And Lack Of Cleanliness Until A Closer Look Revealed It Was Designed This Way
Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
And it is designed that way so you don't see the filth that is definitely still there.
#36
The Lobby Of This Medical Office Has An Alligator In The Floor
#37
Not Exactly The Color Pattern You Like To See In A Bathroom
Marcellus II 4 years ago
"Not the pattern you want to see in the bathroom"? OK, I'll bite: Where on earth would you want to see this pattern?
#38
Love To Shutterstock See This Kind Of Stuff
Gandalf the Pink 4 years ago (edited)
They didn't just print the stock photo without noticing, someone hand painted this with the stock photo as reference 💀💀💀
#39
The Paint In This Public Restroom
#40
Sometimes People Use The Left Part
#41
The Decorations On This Hotel Restaurant
#42
This Poster In My School Cafeteria Is So Badly Designed They Put Arrows So You Can Read It Correctly
#43
I'm Sure This Mirror Sounded Cool In Theory
#44
Not Sure If This Belongs Here But In My Opinion This Is The Real Problem With America. It's A Toilet Stall If You Were Wondering
#45
New Toilets At Work, Wonderful View On Our Interior Courtyard
#46
These Trash Cans At My School
Jonathan Douglas 4 years ago
Given their outdated school logo, I would say awareness of racism isn't their forté.
#47
A Poster At My Mom's Audiology Office
#48
I Had To Stop While Ordering Food At A Local Restaurant Because I Saw This Poster
Hot-chocolate-under-a-Sequoia. 4 years ago
50me mials lldo ionat ned. Ah yes. Just summoning a demon. Don't mind me.
#49
Went In To A Bathroom In Airport And Was Surprised With This. Almost Turned Towards Exit Before Realization
#50
Dentist Waiting Room
#51
I Can’t Tell If This Is Modern Architecture, Or If The Panera Is About To Cave In On Me
#52
This Is Not A Crime Scene, But A Hospital Hallway
#53
Two Different Restaurants. No Affiliation. Located Just Up Ahead
#54
The Carpet In My Hotel Makes Me Feel Drunk Without Having Even Had A Single Drink
#55
Working Spaces In An Office
Official_Blink 4 years ago
They you what will you? Will say you never made ! Forget and did forget them ! What forget they how feel ? This looks like a special conversation between 2 two year old kiddos playing in the park
#56
I'm Not Sure They Entirely Thought This Through
#57
Hey Dude Where's My Car? I Think It's On Yellow Man. Parking Garage Design At A Local Hospital
#58
All The Privacy You Need
#59
Found In A Newly Renovated Middle School
Scout Finch 4 years ago
They can tell everyone, "This is where we put the kids that misbehave."
#60
Rusted Sink At Restaurant
Candia Lee 4 years ago
"Well, boss, I finally got all the rust out of the bathroom sink." "You did what? That rusty sink cost $$$ - it was a (obscure artist)!."
#61
Escalator/Stairs Combo
#62
Found This Beauty At My Local College
#63
It’s Even Smaller In Person
#64
You've Seen Jorts, But Have You Ever Seen A Jillar
#65
New Staircase At My School
#66
The Way My School Installed The New Projector
#67
The Design On The Floor In The Bathroom At The Restaurant I'm At Right Now
#68
Russian Architecture
#69
This Image In The Restaurant Will Haunt Me Forever
Official_Blink 4 years ago
Amanda Collins was a 9 year old kid . Her parents , Mr and Mrs Collins , decided to take her for a long drive for her birthday and try the amazing Hot dogs of Estrella Galicia. Amanda was a very patient and well mannered child. Her parents wanted their daughter to enjoy the special day. But everything was ruined when a hot dog truck , A Big , Giant hot dog truck crashed into their car. Amanda got hit on her head with a piece of broken glass and fainted. When she woke up , she couldn't remember anything. At that moment , A hand offered her a hot dog. She couldn't see whose hand it was as she still had the piece of glass in her head and couldn't wake up properly. The hand shoved the hot dog in her mouth , forcing her to eat it all. And that moment , she realised. The ketchup in the Hotdog, Wasnt ketchup....
#70
This "Public" Toilet On Gdansk Airport, Parking P6
#71
These Tiles At My School Canteen
Firstname Lastname 4 years ago
The red floor is lava. Only the blue tiles are safe for walking on. This is the crossing point.
#72
This 'Coat Hook' At The Airport Bathroom That Hinges And Drops Everything On The Floor
#73
What’s This Supposed To Say?
#74
This Mirrored Floor In A Public Restroom
This photo doesn’t make it that obvious, but - this was the stall next to me, and I took it while sitting on the adjacent toilet.
#75
This Store Trying To Have Everything 9 Related
#76
This Design At My University, The Classroom Is Inside Of The Bathroom, Nice
#77
This Damned Toiled
#78
This Sign In My Office Causes Me To Have A Small Existential Crisis Every Time I Pass It
#79
Hey High School Bulldog, Meet My High School Wildcat
#80
All Of The Hotel's Hallway Lights Were Like This
#81
People Will Never Learn To Not Put Faces In Corners
#82
My Engineering Classroom
#83
Went To Go To The Bathroom At A Local Restaurant
#84
My School Library
#85
Brand New Apartments And Someone Thought This Was A Good Carpet Design But It Just Looks Like The Floor Is Rotting
#86
This Really "Artsy" Mirror At A Fancy Restaurant
#87
My Hotel Has A Sitting Area With No Possible Way To Access It
#88
This Washinton DC Whole Foods Restroom's "Industrial" Design That Looks Like Someone Smeared Poop Everywhere
#89
The Smallest Handrail You've Ever Seen
#90
I Just Wanted To Use The Restroom
Jacob Heusser 4 years ago (edited)
Took me a minute to realize that this was a single image, not two images spliced together.
#91
This Chunk Of Stairs That Pokes Out Of The Wall At My Work
#92
This Floor At This Store Hurts Your Eyes As You Walk Around
#93
This Public Restroom Has Facing Toilets
#94
Yess, Milk
troufaki13 4 years ago
So, if white cows make white milk, and brown cows make chocolate milk, what kind of cows make orange milk?? 😂😂😂
#95
A Urinal In Germany With A Full Length Mirror For Inspecting Other Dude's Junk
#96
An Ad In My Local Mall
#97
"Aesthetic" Urinal Covers In Public Restroom Must Be Touched With Your Hands In Order To Open
Aahzmandus Pervect 4 years ago
To be fair, you wash your hands after doing your business, right? Right?
#98
It's The Time Most Of The Year Wonderful
Deutschland Mädchen 4 years ago
🎶it's the tiiime most of the year wonderfuuul..... with jingle kids belling telling and everyone be you of cheer gooood🎶
#99
It Was Nice To Be Able To See I Don’t Have Anything On The Bottom Half Of My Shirt
Layne Rodgers 4 years ago
Being 6'3 (190.5 cm) I experience this anytime I go to a restaurant. I just want to know how my hair looks but all I see is my chin.
#100
This Tile In The Bathroom At A Restaurant
Georgia Hebert 4 years ago
Ok, who spilled the paint and said it was art to cover their asses?
#101
This Is What I Have To Look At While Eating At McDonald's
Scout Finch 4 years ago
Mind if I NOSE in on your conversation? Don't mind me, I'm just being NOSY. Who NOSE some good jokes?
#102
Pointless Stairs Found At The National Children’s Hospital
#103
Shark Cage Bathroom
#104
The Stairwell At My School
#105
You've Got A Window Office
#106
Men's Room Door At A Local Hospital. I Had To Turn Sideways To Get In, I Am Not A Large Man
#107
Beautiful "Car Spa Pan" Board At The Italian Restaurant, I've Visited Yesterday
#108
Well, I Think We Can't Escape This Way
IeabellAlakar@aqueenofaplanet 4 years ago
Ugh... I told the Riddler to stop, but did he listen? No.
#109
These Stairs Carpeted With A Pattern That Makes It Hard To See The Edge
#110
My Office Just Redid Their Stairs. The Blue Starts On The Floor In Front Of The Stairs. It Throws Me Off Every Time
#111
Carpet Design At My School That Looks Like Moss
#112
Three-Legged Table That My Boss Found And Put In My Office
#113
This Floor's Tile Design Keeps Me Up At Night
#114
Ate At A Local Restaurant
#115
My School
#116
Local Pizza Place Cut A Hole In The Ceiling For The TV
#117
This Brand New Carpet In One Of My Customer’s Office Buildings That Looks Like It’s Covered In Mud
#118
Hallenge Ruup 4the
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago (edited)
Oh. Where's the C? I know! Around the shark cage powder room.
#119
Guy Is Being Cut In Half By The Design
#120
The Lift In This Building Is On Every Alternate Half-Level From Where The Doors To The Houses Are
#121
This Publicity In The Grocery Store I Work At
#122
This Sign At A Beauty Store
Mimi La Souris 4 years ago
"because your pillow is not the best makeup remover" is personnaly aggressive :D
#123
Perfectly Placed Light At A Hotel
#124
How Am I Supposed To Sit Here
#125
This Door In The New Austin Public Library
#126
Great Place To Sit
#127
This Office Kitchen
#128
Found This Interestingly Placed Emergency Exit
#129
This Tiny Door
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Duncan 4 years ago
How do some things even get finished without someone somewhere saying that it is a bad idea. To all to all those companies with tiles that look like that have poo on them, were you drunk when you designed it and all the way through to conception?
Zanshin 4 years ago
Because someone is getting paid. They don't care that it is screwed up. They just finish the job so they can collect their pay check. They are not going to wait for some on to correct the problem, which could take weeks, months or longer.
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Duncan 4 years ago
How do some things even get finished without someone somewhere saying that it is a bad idea. To all to all those companies with tiles that look like that have poo on them, were you drunk when you designed it and all the way through to conception?
Zanshin 4 years ago
Because someone is getting paid. They don't care that it is screwed up. They just finish the job so they can collect their pay check. They are not going to wait for some on to correct the problem, which could take weeks, months or longer.
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