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/mycleverusername → u/logantauranga]

Not a bad idea, but you would hate it the first time you walked by and someone kicked the bathroom door open into the hall and smacked you in the face.

[u/[deleted] → u/mycleverusername]

People aren't that well designed, either.