Poorly designed things that make using them difficult?

[Whatisthisfuckery]

Spice jars, who in hell has designed the dimensions of spice jars? What measurement of spices does one usually find in a recipe? Teaspoons. What can you not quite fit in a spice jar? A fucking teaspoon. Whose bloody bright idea was it to design a jar that makes it hard to dispense the most common measurement of the ingredient contained within?

Ahh, that’s better, I needed that rant.

Go on, rant away. What poorly designed thing makes you angry inside?

@grassisjeweled

Why can't you brown stuff in a slow cooker? Means you use a pan AND the sodding slow cooker

I NEVER brown anything before it goes in the slow cooker. All my meals come out ok 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Cooking instructions on meat.
Have to peel the whole label off then it's inside
I have to hold itup to the light to read it.
Raw meat juice goes everywhere

I use one of these for garlic.

www.amazon.co.uk/ToSSme-Garlic-Crusher-Dishwasher-Stainless/dp/B07QQPJJD2/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=garlic+rocker&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1615394811&sr=8-6

Don't get one that has plastic ends, they break off and then they are sharp and they hurt.

The alternative is this
www.amazon.co.uk/Zhongdawei-Chopper-Kitchen-Rolling-Restaurant/dp/B08TQZCH97/ref=sr_1_126?dchild=1&keywords=garlic+chopper&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1615394949&sr=8-126

which is so absurd that you can't help giggling while you use it.

Dont design them to look like sweets if you don't want children to eat them.
Then you wouldn't need to spend on advertising to make you look caring, saying to 'listen for the click clack'.

And also don't keep out of reach of children by putting them on top of the cupboard, put them in the bloody cupboard so they're out of reach and also out of sight. Being able to see something out of reach is just a challenge to some kids!

My iMac. Looks pretty but horrible to use!!!!

@Oldraver I thought it was only me with the Mitchum stick! It turned ones then not again for the bloody life of me could I get it to twist in any which way. Terrible design & I gave up after trying 3 times! I actually thought the first one was broken but it's just an extremely bad design!

Once* not ones

@Northernsoullover

Childproof washing pods containers. I can't open them. You need 3 hands! One per corner to depress the tab and one for the middle. Now my older teen and I open them together and I decant them. Bloody nightmare design

I can’t do them either....but my 7 year old dd can

@OnlyTheLangoftheTitBerg

Toothbrushes that are packaged in those hard plastic bubble-style packs that literally have no edge or way in to them other than stabbing and slashing at them with a fucking carving knife or similar. I won’t have enough fingers left to hold the toothbrush to my mouth by the time I’ve got into it.

If it hasn't already been mentioned, just twist the package with both hands in opposite directions.

[quote sueelleker]@AlanThe Pig; you can get tablet poppers from Amazon.www.]][/quote]
Oh! Why did I not think of that!
Thank you.

I May be the only one on the thread who occasionally has microwave meals but whenever it says “peel film back and stir” halfway through cooking or “peel film back and serve”. I mean, there is nobody in the world who can actually peel that film back is there? The film is literally NOT peeling anywhere without first being cut with a sodding knife.

The food processor I just took back to the shop. Three big bits, 4254567 other bits, no way to stack them to store them together so I’d have to give up half the kitchen storage space and throw all the sharp stuff loose on a shelf. Have ordered one that stacks in a reasonably designed way instead.

The words Shampoo and Conditioner on bottles needs to be larger print
It's difficult to reach for the right one when the bathroom's steamed up and you have suds in your eyes and both bottles are the same colour and shape. Very badly designed imo
My dd complains about it as well so it can't just be an age thing.
And why are the instructions so small?
I dont want to have to take glasses into the shower.

I’ve got special narrow measuring spoons which fit into spice jars. Think they’re made by Oxo Good Grips.

The word DOG should be in much larger prints on shampoo bottles

@grassisjeweled

Why can't you brown stuff in a slow cooker? Means you use a pan AND the sodding slow cooker

Use a pressure cooker instead. They have a slow cooker function and can sauté first. I think crock pot do a slow cooker with an in built sauté function as well.

@Whatisthisfuckery

Spice jars, who in hell has designed the dimensions of spice jars? What measurement of spices does one usually find in a recipe? Teaspoons. What can you not quite fit in a spice jar? A fucking teaspoon. Whose bloody bright idea was it to design a jar that makes it hard to dispense the most common measurement of the ingredient contained within?

Ahh, that’s better, I needed that rant.

Go on, rant away. What poorly designed thing makes you angry inside?

You need Sainsbury's own brand ones

almost everything, to the extent that when something does actually work and doesn't break I think of it as a personal friend.

Jugs and teapots that don’t pour properly without spilling liquid everywhere.

Water bottles that always leak.

Today I got a load of dog poo bags that had a hole in them along the seam of the bag.

All of the above have one job to do.

I have a slow cooker with a pot you can use on the hob for browning meat, sadly it has no handles, and because it’s so light it moves around if you so much as bring a wooden spoon within a foot of it. I have to hold the pot still by the edge using oven gloves, which on a gas hob is somewhat dicey.

Washing machine filters. Why are they located at the bottom of the machine so you have to get down on the floor and there is no space to put a container underneath to catch any residue water ? And fiddly to put back in I always worry about it leaking.

I bought a new hand mixer and only realised when I tried to use it that the base is rounded so when you take it out of the mixing bowl to add an ingredient, there's no way to put it down that doesn't result in the beaters touching the work surface. I've tried laying it on its back or side, the way it's balanced doesn't allow it. I use a clean plate now and prop it on the beaters, but it's surprisingly annoying and all that's required is a straight base.

@pepeleputois

The word DOG should be in much larger prints on shampoo bottles

My mum has made that mistake too...

The vampire's arsehole comment has really tickled me! bloody garlic crusher bastards.

@Whatisthisfuckery

Yes to the PP who said the stupid cardboard cutting edges on cling film/foil/baking parchment. The Tesco baking parchment box is particularly rubbish, and the parchment itself isn’t grease proof either.

I’m blind so I have a little plastic gadget with pins that you hook over the side of a cup when you’re pouring water, and when the water reaches a certain level it beeps. Brilliant idea, except if you get any water on the main plastic bit it will die and never work again. Whoever was responsible for that amazing bit of design needs a slap quite frankly. I mean the whole thing about being blind is you can’t see where you’re pouring the bastard water, so the odds of water coming into contact with a device used for the dispensing of water is rather high.

This is unbelievably stupid OP! Really feel your pain there.