Unusable chairs and stairs to nowhere: 20+ Building blunders that boggle the mind

Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor

Aug 11, 2023 5:00 PM EDT

This isn't just a poorly designed house, it's a poorly designed home.

Imagine you buy a plot of land and are planning to build a house on it. You check out the blueprints, and you're no construction expert, so you figure the pros must know what they're doing. But as you can see from the images below, not every architectural project goes as planned!

I'm obsessed with the builders who installed an escalator right into the wall of a building. It's the definition of "that's not my job." They have a singular job, to install an escalator, not to question where walls may be or not be. I'd like to imagine they gently cut off the ends of the device to make it fit right up against the wall, then collected their paychecks and dipped, never to be seen again. It's a case of malicious compliance that brings a tear of joy to your eyes.

Scroll down to check out these bungled buildings. Then, this waiter was flabbergasted by a diner who ordered a plain egg omelette, and was then infuriated to receive exactly that.

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Danger lurks here

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Is there still time to install a slide instead?

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Imagine being the painter assigned to this project and just being so confused the entire time

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Impossible storage

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Shoot your shot, and you better not miss

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When you see it...

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All these stairs to get to... concrete walls?

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When you LOVE steps

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It's times like these you need a good friend to stand in front of the door for you

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A beautiful photo of a terribly placed door

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Inaccessible window

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A window into a locker room

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Oh to be a fly on the wall when all this happened

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This place got creative with their problem solving by just cutting a hole in the glass for this long rod

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OP writes that this immovable AC blocks a window and a drawer

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These windows are quirky and adorable

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It's hard to open either of these doors, because they stick together

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