Items that are just shit design

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Lever arch files. I’ve never known one last longer than 3 months before all the prongs misalign and the clip things due.

Why are they so shit and yet keep selling and selling?

Radiator brushes don’t get to the top bits on my radiators. I’ve tried all sorts of bushes and none work there.

Hair dryer on a cold setting, so satisfying and efficient!

Female bits between the legs.

Why do we have the sewage disposal right next to the waterworks and manufacturing area? Why is the exit door for a baby so damn small? And why is childbirth so fucking dangerous?

Oh god yes. You get toast that is brown on the outside but not actually toasted inside at all.

Pump dispenser bottles that stop working once the contents fall below a certain level, and there’s usually still quite a bit left.

I remember once using an old shoebox covered in holographic sticky back plastic for this purpose. (Collection of dinosaur toys for a nephew, about 20 years ago).

Pedestrian crossings have a rotating cone for hearing impaired people. Pop your hand under the push buttons box and you’ll feel it.

Or those bathroom sinks with mixer taps cunningly positioned so that, every time you bend over the sink to rinse your face, you bash your forehead against the tap.

Paper straws. I know they’re better for the environment but should they biodegrade while I’m still using it?!

The tiny ones on kids smoothies that you have to poke through the foil are DHs arch nemesis. They bend, crumple and become immediately useless.

Ah yes - holiday cottages and sharp knives! I can answer that one for you.

I hate blunt knives and I have a holiday cottage. I started out supplying a knife sharpener to avoid the problem. Clever eh?

Until - I tried to use the bread knife at the cottage. No serrations left. Some idiot had used the sharpener on it and destroyed them.

Now they have to take their chances. I sharpen the knives myself when I visit and if they go blunt in the meantime then that's sad.

Skips (not the prawn flavour crisps, no)

There are 3 skips in my road (none of them are mine) but the rubbish seems to be migrating into my garden. I am finding bags , papers, wrappers , none of which are mine .

I am this close >< to bagging it up and lobbing it into one but I don;t know who is the guilty party ,
Hopefully they;ll get lifted soon before I combust

@UltimateIrritant are you sure it’s not limescale rather than rice? I think the probability of a grain of rice getting in there is very very slim! Normally you can I clip the whole arm and soak it in limescale remover. Once I discovered this I was shocked at how much limescale is in there!! It’s v satisfying getting it out 😂😂😂

toast that is brown on the outside but not actually toasted inside at all

That's what toast is.

Pedestrian crossings have a rotating cone for hearing impaired people. Pop your hand under the push buttons box and you’ll feel it.

But I don't see why it has to be either/or. Why can they not add extra aids without taking away the existing ones? And what about deaf-blind people who can't see where the button box is, or those who can see it, but can't get anywhere close if there are lots of people waiting, or those with arthritis and/or neuropathy?

Moving the green and red men to the side is such a terrible idea. Fine if they'd added them as well as keeping the big ones opposite, but it's such an obvious concept that it's much safer for people to be looking ahead, towards the road, as the traffic (hopefully) stops and not off to the side. Again, what if there's a crowd of people blocking it from the sight of children/shorter adults waiting to cross?

I don't see why we can't just think of as many aids to help as many folk with various kinds of needs as possible and then supply them all. To be honest, I'm fortunate not to have sight or hearing difficulties, but even I still find the ones that beep and have a big green/red man opposite make me feel safer when crossing.

This is a massive bug bear in our house. Soap is fine because we sort of collect it so eventually you get a bottle of random flavour soap. However, it's cream in pump bottles which is thicker which gets wasted. And also cream tends to be pricier than soap

Sports bras and swimsuits with the pads that aren't sewn in!

@UltimateIrritant are you sure it’s not limescale rather than rice? I think the probability of a grain of rice getting in there is very very slim! Normally you can I clip the whole arm and soak it in limescale remover. Once I discovered this I was shocked at how much limescale is in there!! It’s v satisfying getting it out 😂😂😂

Mmmmmm - I should perhaps get myself to Specsavers! You may well be right - will give it a go 😁

I was recently told that the sound at a pedestrian crossing can be an issue if there is more than one crossing but the time to cross occurs at different times (as at some junctions). Was told it can be confusing asl may not be clear which crossing the sound relates to.

@AgnestaVipers - my Victorinox peeler is magic!

Voice activated technology for anything when you have a Kiwi accent.

Ah, Roomytrouser - that is a very good point that I hadn't thought of; although a lot of 'double' crossings tend to synchronise, not all do (or ones that are just close by).

Or a plummy one!

I'm deeply sceptical, if it's the fixed blade I just saw when I googled...

Half the free-from aisle. You have things like gluten and dairy free stocks and soups - lovely but half the stock and soups in the 'normal' aisle are gf and df anyway and half the price. It just catches out newly diagnosed people and well meaning friends. On the other hand my local supermarket runs out of gf pasta and oats regularly. Use the space better!

Ditto gluten free bread - it falls apart so can't be used easily unless toasted.

It just catches out newly diagnosed people and well meaning friends.

The same with those with diabetes. Even though HCPs advise against 'diabetic' products, they still obviously sell plenty of them. Some kind friend thinks they're giving you a box of chocolates as a special treat, when they're really just unwittingly giving you a massive serving of unlabelled stomach-churning laxatives!

Agrees in Scottish.