Bad Design that you are Forced to Have

I saw one this weekend, and was reminded of another at the same time…

First one has to do with the I/O nomenclature and the fact that people can’t remember what is what. This is a boiler for a house and it was so confusing that my friend wrote notes on it to remind himself.

As he put it, “I don’t change it often and every time I have to test the setting to remember which is on and off… it’s an expensive mistake if head out of town and you turn the heater ON when you meant to turn it OFF”

The second is the low water use toilets that are common in some areas… you know the ones with the tiny bit of water the bottom, not a lagoon, within a try funnel of ceramic. So if it takes several flushes and a swish with a brush to leave it in a decent state, is it really saving water?