This looks like a movie set for Spike Jonze’s “Being John Malkovich.” Honestly, there could be no other possible, or logical explanation as to why somebody would do this. Unless the building owners were betting to see who had the first accident while using the stairs.
All we can ask ourselves is the following: where do those hidden stairs lead to? Maybe they lead to something terrible and sinister. And that’s why the designers decided to make it so much more difficult to get down there. Sadly, we actually hope that this is the explanation. Otherwise, it’s just the most ridiculous design/construction fail ever made!
Just Cruel
We’ve read somewhere that running up and down a staircase makes for great exercise. It strengthens your leg muscles, trims your waistline, improves your cardiovascular system, and stamina. This is the only thing that comes to mind whenever we look at this picture.
Otherwise, you’d be quite disappointed for putting in the effort to use the stairs only to end up facing a wall. The whole idea is like a puzzle game. We imagine guests have no choice but to go back down and find other ways in the maze to get to their destination.
The Optical Illusion Supermarket
This supermarket looks more like a carnival funhouse than a place to buy groceries. We are all for a modern and groovy design, but this just makes us nauseous. And the supermarket is really not a place where you want to be sick.
That being said, maybe the manager is very OCD, and can only stock aisle 4 when he steps on the brown lines. He's just making his life easier by design. Who wants to feel all dizzy and disorientated while doing their weekly shopping? It's frustrating enough to keep looking down at your shopping list while you're navigating the aisles. This makes everything so much more difficult.
Ouch!
This must be the worst slide design ever. Either the designer hates children, or they misunderstood the point of a slide. There's just no way anyone could slide on this thing comfortably. Was this someone's school project?
Because if we were this person's design teachers, we would have given them an F. Instead, it seems like this person graduated and was given a job, which just wasn't the right decision if you ask us. It's called a "slide." You're supposed to slide down the thing. This guy seems to think it's called a "bumper." Because that's exactly what would happen.
Stating the Obvious
This seems like it should have been pretty straightforward. If for some reason, you have a door that floats above the ground, a flight of three stairs should do the trick. But — and we feel silly for having to say this — you should make sure the flight of stairs you build actually leads to the door and not into the wall...
And then it hit us. Maybe the "door" that we see isn't actually a door at all. Maybe, just maybe, someone painted a door onto the wall and made the actual door look like it was just part of the wall. There you have it, your mind has been officially blown.