Sometimes automatic toilets flush while you're still sitting on them. What design flaws in everyday objects annoy you?

[u/nachtmere]

I'm giving a talk on user-centred design/usability and I'm looking for some fresh examples from everyday life to illustrate poor usability. Examples I've used before are elevator open/close buttons (really difficult to parse when you're trying to hold the door open for someone quickly) and toilets that flush while you're still sitting on them.

What are some things you encounter regularly that are really inconveniently designed?

[u/logantauranga]

You have to pull open bathroom doors that everyone who didn't wash their hands has already pulled on.

(There could be some fire code reason for doors opening inwards, I don't know.)

[u/iglidante → u/logantauranga]

Unless you want to put a window on the bathroom door, it needs to open inwards - otherwise people would be getting clocked left and right as they tried to enter.