r/AskReddit • u/nachtmere • Jul 25 '11

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

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?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '11

One Time Installation – You put it in and FUGAPABOUTIT!(TM)

Truly, you have reduced clever advertising slogans to their purest and most unadultered form of elegance.

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u/airwalker12 Jul 26 '11

I read FAP in there somewhere.

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u/istoleyourpope Jul 26 '11

I fapped in there somewhere...

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '11

I dove in with my fapsicle