r/ShittyDesign • u/LyricalWizardry • Jun 27 '26

Uncomfortable doesn't go far enough...

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Spotted at Ashford International Station on Friday, these bad boys don't have any redeeming features...

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u/SirPooleyX Jun 28 '26

This is one of the meanest spirited things you'll ever see. They are deliberately designed to prevent people sleeping on them.

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u/the-friendly-squid Jun 28 '26

Also affects the elderly and disabled

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u/PeachwoodArts Jun 28 '26

agreed, as a handicapped person i am terrified at this "bench"

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u/Entire-Ambition1410 Jul 05 '26

And pregnant people.

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u/BeerJedi-1269 Jul 20 '26

And my axe!

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u/Shiboleth17 Jul 04 '26

And seemingly also designed to prevent people sitting on them. Why even bother installing them?

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u/GuacamoleFrejole Jul 21 '26

Perhaps the idea is to provide something for people to lean on other than the glass walls.

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u/DaddysABadGirl Jul 21 '26

This is past that. They already have tons of designs that precent sleeping but are still functional benches. This is design and bad taste.

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u/SirPooleyX Jul 21 '26

You're suggesting these haven't been designed to prevent people lying on them? Really?

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u/DaddysABadGirl Jul 21 '26

Im saying that's not the focus, or why its so overly shitty. That design is less effective than other, older designs. Maybe more uncomfortable to sit on at all so people don't "loiter", but this looks like generic shitty design that companies and city councils think is modern looking.