If you thought the last handicapped amenity was bad, check this puppy out! While there would likely be some brave souls who would see this “ramp” as a whole lot of fun, we don’t like their chances of making it down in one piece. Although, they have thoughtfully placed that giant plant at the bottom, presumably to help with the impossible task of stopping once you’ve busted your way down.
We heard some people took advantage of this and brought their kids over during the summer holidays. With or without water going down, this turned into a great slide and kept the kids busy for a whole 10 minutes.
Cruel Design
A handicapped person’s life is tough; that’s why there are dedicated bathrooms designed to make life a little bit easier for them. Unfortunately, when not enough thought is put into these designs, the opposite effect can end up being achieved. This particular example is unbelievable. Have a close look at the bottom of the door.
Surely, given the fact that the handicapped symbol depicts someone in a wheelchair, it would act as a hint that stairs aren’t an appropriate feature. We’re sure this restaurant has received its fair share of complaints about this construction failure.
That’s One Way to Solve a Problem
What to do when you have a fire hydrant installed where you need your stair rail to go? Definitely not this! Sure, the curved railings fit perfectly around the hydrant. Can’t fault them there. But we’re dying to know what their plan of action is if they ever need to actually use the hydrant.
Here’s hoping that the building has an eternally fire-free future, and we are also hoping to find out what came first, as we have a feeling the obvious may not be the right assumption. You would have thought that the rails were installed after the fire hydrant, but what would you say if we told you it was the other way around? People are more useless than you can ever imagine.
McDonald’s: Failing to Support Logic
This load-bearing column at a McDonald’s store is doing a great job of taking up a lot of room without bearing any load. Whose idea was it to install a giant, dysfunctional object that causes hassle and obstruction without actually serving a purpose?
Unless McDonald’s is so ahead of its time, it’s actually got some magnetic technology going on here; we’d say that, just like the Mackebab, this is a failure of epic proportions. Name one person or even one state where the Mackebab was a success. We don't understand big chains who think that if they are good at one thing, they can be good at everything.
Incomplete Door
To be fair, the door is fine. It’s the wall that has a problem. Or lack of a wall, to be precise. Here’s another pro renovation tip from us to you: if you don’t have walls, maybe don’t worry about splurging on a door. It’s not going to do much for your security. Although, we bet all guests and employees entering this door get a giggle out of it.
And it’s no small gift to decorate someone’s day with a good belly laugh. This is very much like a gate with no walls on the side or a fence, lower than an average person's knees. What is it with designers these days? Do you have to qualify as some clueless dude to graduate?