Seen in a thrift store today. Some engineer, somewhere, on some machine, designed a bolt so inaccessible that it requires this abomination, a two-foot long 19mm socket with a hex drive.

#BadEngineering #tools #BadDesign #HowDidThisHappen #thrifting #why

Toilet lock in a train
- mixes different functions (lock and emergency release) on the same interface (twister)
- despite primary function (lock) being ancient (I.e. extant #affordance), the mix of functions means signage required
- instead of labels at twister positions, a diagram of the lock/release is recreated directly above it
- the diagram lacks visual symbols and Braille

Why is this still happening? How do we make it stop? How do I get less annoyed about jt?

#design #baddesign #db