It’s a construction error. That’s a tall mixer for above counter basins lol. Some plumber put this on and went not my job laughed and walked away. As much as architects and designers are useless cunts I doubt this on them.
Comment on hostile design: sink
mech@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
That’s just bad design, not hostile.
Hostile sink design can be found at Frankfurt airport, where only hot water comes out of the tap, to get people to buy water bottles for 5€ if they want to drink it.
MCHEVA4EVA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Most likely the customer or some random person adjusted the valves. A job like this wouldn’t be signed off on, even a bad plumber wouldn’t do this… fucking lol.
Karl@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
I love hot water tho
kungen@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
Wouldn’t it be cheaper for them to put up signs saying the water is non-potable?
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I’d argue it’s trying to keep people from using the restaurant’s water or sth idk
grue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, hostile design (or “hostile architecture,” which is the more searchable term) is like IRL enshittification: it’s not just when it’s bad, it’s when it’s intentionally bad in order to serve some goal other than fulfilling the needs of the user.
The most common example is a bench with an armrest in the middle so that homeless people can’t (easily/comfortably) sleep on it.