hostile design: sink

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• 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.

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  • 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.

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  • MCHEVA4EVA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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    • 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.

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  • Karl@literature.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I love hot water tho

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  • kungen@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wouldn’t it be cheaper for them to put up signs saying the water is non-potable?

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  • 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

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• _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That is some impressive fuckuppery!

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• SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Someone probably removed the flow cartridge since they didn’t like the pressure it had. Now this.

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• tiramichu@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Things that can only happen in commercial buildings, because if it happened in your house you wouldn’t tolerate it.

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  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What? It’s fine, there’s a drain in the floor!

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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’d be surprised what idiots will tolerate…

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• notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just get a different faucet, that sink is criminally small but would be more expensive to replace.

  My theory: Someone purchased the sink and faucet separately likely at a discount, and either ignored the issue or wasn’t informed after install.

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• NarrativeBear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thank goodness that trashcan is there to help catch all that water, and the drain on the floor as a backup, in case anything is missed.

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  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s layers of protection: Brilliant!

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• TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My sink effectively was kind of like this. If you turn the faucet on all the way, which is hard to not do in practice, literally every single time, due to how the drain is oriented, it splashed water out of the sink. I would call that worse than mildly infuriating and it’s way better than this situation. I had to turn the water supply valves way down to prevent it. It’s not ideal but helps a lot.

  I’ll never understand how people lived in this house for 15 years before I did and we’re fine with water splashing out 100 times a day.

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  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yeah actually i wanted to post this to actually_infuriating but for 1. it doesn’t affect me personally and 2. that community has barely any exposure, so i posted it here ;)

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  • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe they turned the supply valve to restrict the flow.

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    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I just said that’s what I did. You think they adjusted to be wide open before they moved out? I’m doubtful

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• JelleWho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Seems to have a valve at the wall, they should turn that down so it doesn’t do this anymore

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Instead of replacing the defective sink, they added a sink to the ground!

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  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    they should think about a career in software development … (/s)

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• Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  yes let’s wet our hands with basin splashback water, smear it all over, splash some back down, and let it culture.

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• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Boy hostile design, though one could be fooled into thinking it, as this is near criminally insane stupid design instead

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• mitkase@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What’s the problem? It’s just an infinity sink.

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• romanticremedy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s a feature, not a bug. It cleans the floor as well as ur hand. Neat! /j

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