23 DESIGN FAILS THAT PROVE NOBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION

23 DESIGN FAILS THAT PROVE NOBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION

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Sometimes you look at a finished product and wonder how many people had to say yes before it went out into the world. From confusing bathroom layouts to products that completely missed the mark, human error is always waiting to surprise us.

We rounded up a collection of hilarious design fails that will make you look twice. Grab a seat and get ready to question the problem solving skills of whoever approved these absolute disasters.

1.

Two open toilets are positioned side by side with no privacy divider, separated only by a dining chair holding a roll of paper towels.

A dining chair with paper towels really ties this twin toilet setup together.

2.

A green stovetop kettle has its handle mounted perpendicular to the spout, making pouring awkward or impossible.

Pouring boiling water from this green kettle is a risk you must take.

3.

Two tennis players hold their trophies on the court, with the runner-up holding a comically miniature version of the winner's award.

The runner up trophy is hilariously small compared to the giant winner award.

4.

A set of floating cantilevered glass steps installed along a wall without any handrails or safety barriers.

These floating glass steps without a handrail are an absolute safety nightmare.

5.

Metal window security bars are shaped and gathered like tied-back curtains, leaving a large open gap in the middle.

Security bars shaped like tied back curtains completely defeat their own purpose.

6.

A carpet cleaning advertisement features a woman with an unnaturally stretched, elongated arm reaching down to hold the machine handle.

This carpet cleaning advertisement gave the woman a terrifyingly stretched and elongated arm.

7.

A four-panel image documents the assembly of an Iron Man building block set that ends up looking hilariously flat and nothing like the advertised picture.

This flat Iron Man block set looks absolutely nothing like the advertised picture.

8.

A black baseball cap manufactured with the back strap and opening sewn directly above the brim.

Wearing this black baseball cap with a front strap would be very confusing.

9.

A massive, chaotic tangle of black cables and wires hangs heavily between a utility pole and a building facade over a city sidewalk.

That massive tangle of black cables over the sidewalk is incredibly chaotic.

10.

A Tweety Bird ice cream bar next to its packaging, showing a hilariously deformed and creepy result compared to the cartoon wrapper.

The creepy deformed ice cream bar is a terrifying departure from the wrapper.

11.

A meme highlighting a photoshoot pose where a man looks through a camera's central viewfinder, paired with a funny edit of his face with wide-set eyes to match the required anatomy.

Looking through a central viewfinder requires a face with comically wide set eyes.

12.

A supermarket display bin places potatoes in the section wrapped with onion graphics and onions in the section wrapped with potato graphics.

Putting potatoes in the onion bin and vice versa is a baffling choice.

13.

A zoomed-in screenshot from WandaVision reveals Paul Bettany's unpainted Caucasian skin visible through a gap in Vision's sleeve.

Paul Bettany having unpainted skin showing through his Vision sleeve is pretty funny.

14.

A flat-pack assembly tool manufactured with the screwdriver tip placed on the handle loop instead of the intended extended tip.

Placing the screwdriver tip on the handle loop makes this flat pack tool useless.

15.

A man sits in a stadium seat that is placed directly behind a massive support pillar, completely blocking his view of the field.

Sitting directly behind a massive support pillar is the worst seat in the stadium.

16.

Firefighters placed vehicle hose ramps across active railroad tracks to run a water hose over the rails.

Running vehicle hose ramps across active railroad tracks seems like a terrible idea.

17.

A speaker's decorative top piece is removed to reveal solid wood underneath, exposing that the second tweeter is completely fake.

Removing the decorative top reveals that the second speaker tweeter is completely fake.

18.

A flight of stationary tiled steps is installed inside the frame and glass railings of an escalator.

Installing stationary tiled steps inside an escalator frame is a very strange choice.

19.

A disposable white plastic fork has all of its tines fused together at the tips due to a manufacturing defect.

A manufacturing defect fused the tips of this white plastic fork completely together.

20.

A small studio apartment features a full shower cabin installed directly adjacent to the kitchen counter and sink.

Having a shower cabin right next to the kitchen sink is wonderfully awkward.

21.

A tattoo misspelling

Misspelling angel as angle makes this ninety degree mom tattoo incredibly funny.

22.

A squat toilet is installed directly into the floor right next to kitchen cabinets and a stovetop.

A squat toilet right next to the kitchen stovetop is a bold choice.

23.

A man has a small tattoo on his chest depicting the entire reference drawing of a torso with a snake tattoo, rather than having the snake design applied directly to his body.

He tattooed the entire reference torso instead of just the actual snake design.

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