25 Crappy Designs That Will Make You Question Humanity

Life is hard enough without running into designs so terrible they make you lose faith in humanity. But somehow, against all odds, these disasters exist—whether it’s a staircase that leads to nowhere, a bathroom with zero privacy, or a sign so confusing it might actually send you into another dimension.

Welcome to the world of crappy designs, where logic is optional, functionality is an afterthought, and every decision seems to have been made by someone who just gave up halfway through. In this collection, we’ll dive into some of the most spectacularly awful design choices ever made. Be prepared to laugh, cry, and question why people like this have jobs.

#1. My landlords “carpenter” hooked us up with this beauty today

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#2. Not sure they were paying Attention while decorating 🙂

Source: DoubleTastyMcBacon

#3. These directional markers at my local hospital are Kiwi footprints. Unfortunately bird footprints look like arrows going the wrong way.

Source: otiotori

#4. This bottle cannot stand on its own but will leak if left horizontal

Source: TheBrontosaurus

#5. This type of automatic litter box becomes a death trap if the sensor fails. It needs to be recalled.

Source: dickcheney600

#6. Maybe not best design for end table at hotel where you place items in the dark before bed

Source: Crazy_Love_6265

#12. Toilet door signs in a bar in Girona, Spain. There’s no real way of knowing what gender each rock signifies – I chose wrong

Source: ultimatemomfriend

#13. It’s cook, not cock

Source: Espion_SB

#14. It took me five minutes to figure out how to activate the water (you had to spin the golden tip)

Source: cherrydicked

#15. Needed a minute to figure out what it was trying to tell me

Source: mossi18

#16. Impossible to plug anything into this hotel lamp outlet

Source: cyberchief

#17. This is actually just a plastic toy and not candy.

Source: cylemmulo

#18. New “smoothie cup” has an airtight seal making it impossible to suck liquid up through the provided straw

Source: Beezneez86

#19. Trying to prevent cyclists from using the ramp, by blocking the passage to everyone with wheels (strollers, wheelchairs, etc)

Source: MalloryLovedYouOnce

#20. Box for this TV mount shows a “helpful” ruler that’s wildly inaccurate

Source: brkgnews

#21. Caldwell Police (ID) roll out new autism awareness vehicle

Source: JefferyTheCat

#22. Leg breaking stairs

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#23. These bare metal armrests on my hotel chair. I asked, they said these are by design.

Source: tehflyboy

#24. This hotel said “yeah, I’ll take the someone was murdered here pattern please.”

Source: JBFRESHSKILLS

#25. Something’s wrong with the clock my son got to color in

Source: Aggressive-Boat-5253

If these designs made you facepalm so hard you hurt yourself, congratulations—you’re not alone. The world is full of architectural nightmares, sign failures, and why-did-they-do-this moments.

Have you ever encountered a design so bad it made you rethink reality? Drop it in the comments! Let’s suffer together, because if there’s one thing worse than bad design, it’s experiencing it alone.

25 Crappy Designs That Will Make You Question Humanity

#1. My landlords “carpenter” hooked us up with this beauty today

#2. Not sure they were paying Attention while decorating 🙂

#3. These directional markers at my local hospital are Kiwi footprints. Unfortunately bird footprints look like arrows going the wrong way.

#4. This bottle cannot stand on its own but will leak if left horizontal

#5. This type of automatic litter box becomes a death trap if the sensor fails. It needs to be recalled.

#6. Maybe not best design for end table at hotel where you place items in the dark before bed

#7. Why would you have ANY color of light on when the unit is off?

#8. Which button am I supposed to use …?

#9. This deviled egg dish has an odd number of egg slots

#10. Having the house number in the middle of a number grid

#11. This toilet signage at a large local restaurant