great central Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Having just had to change the ball valves in both toilets, I would nominate the idiot person who designed the bottom entry toilet cistern. The upstairs one was easy enough, side entry, most difficult thing was turning the stop valve! Only took about 10 minutes. But the downstairs one, bottom entry in what is already a restricted space, quite a different story. There you are, bending over/around the toilet pan, trying to undo and do up nuts you can't even see! I don't think even a contortionist could get into the space required. Just the kind of stupid thing designed by somebody who's never going to be affected by it, just so it looks nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Radford Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Whoever decided when they invented electronic ignition they would put they distributor on top of the engine whilst when you had to replace the points and get in there with feeler gauges and tools they were tucked away in the most inaccessible place under the bonnet!! Although now it is impossible to do any work on a car without "specialist" tools - thank heavens I just drive the wife's car and Ford take care of the servicing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted July 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2014 No names no pack drill, but my old maths teacher is a likely contender! Used to call me a mental Pygmy! Thing was , away from his class I was actually quite good at maths. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2014 Having just had to change the ball valves in both toilets, I would nominate the idiot person who designed the bottom entry toilet cistern. The upstairs one was easy enough, side entry, most difficult thing was turning the stop valve! Only took about 10 minutes. But the downstairs one, bottom entry in what is already a restricted space, quite a different story. There you are, bending over/around the toilet pan, trying to undo and do up nuts you can't even see! I don't think even a contortionist could get into the space required. Just the kind of stupid thing designed by somebody who's never going to be affected by it, just so it looks nice. Mine is also a bottom entry toilet cistern but I had the plumber fit an isolator valve, which I have had fitted to all my taps. I no longer have to use the stop valve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 You were lucky, on some toilets you have to remove the cistern from the pan to gain access to the float valve. In extreme cases, (ie flush sided pans) you have to remove the whole w/c assembly to do that! Normally this is on imported (mainly Italian) sanitary ware. I'm always wary of designer stuff, as normally, this means they are more interested in how their red braces look rather than whether or not the thing can be assembled/worked on by normal people! Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm81 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Justin Beiber. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 James Dyson - inventor of the cyclonic vac - especially, and superbly, designed to catch on the corner of every skirting-board in the house as you drag the ruddy thing around behind you - A lady I worked with had one tooand had the same problem - she said that she'd NEVER buy another, and I have to agree with her - ours has nearly departed on several occasions - I sometimes think that he should have been made to do the household cleaning for a year before putting it on the market, like my suggestion for car designers - who should be made to spend 6 months with the average motorists toolkit, and use it to do normal maintanace tasks on their designs every day - and then write the "how-to" manual - oh, boy! - car body shapes and design would change VERY rapidly! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 James Dyson - inventor of the cyclonic vac - If he's responsible for the idea of the bagless vacuum cleaner.........................................don't get me started! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 The evil b*stard that invented "autotune" for crimes against music. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the penguin of doom Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Jeremy Kyle.....? That is all...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted July 13, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2014 Andy Y. He's wasted soooooo much of my time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2014 Whoever that designs light fittings with the terminal box so small that you can't actually connect the incoming mains supply.... Town planners - particularly those that designed c*cked-up Blackburn's one-way system. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
station cat Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Whoever designed the printer at work - especially whoever designed the software. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Samuel Beckett - for singlehandedly ruining "A"-level English Literature for me. After almost 25 years, his work is still unfathomable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Boco_D1 Posted July 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2014 Whoever that designs light fittings with the terminal box so small that you can't actually connect the incoming mains supply.... Town planners - particularly those that designed c*cked-up Blackburn's one-way system. Cheers, Mick With you on the town planners, in particular those geniuses who plan road works, closing the A420 for seven weeks, working on the roundabout to the A420/ Swindon/ A419 for six weeks and working on the lights on the roundabout outside Highworth all at the same time, so doesn't matter what way I go to work this summer I'm gonna get the delights of diversions and traffic jams not to mention what i'm gonna have to deal with if my wife goes into labour! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Vistisen Posted July 13, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2014 The evil b*stard that invented "autotune" for crimes against music. I quite agree, I loathe the sound of auto tuned singers, It gets all horribly nasal. It makes my skin crawl. Listen to singers like Anne Lenox and you'll discover real artist use slightly false notes to create music. I remember reading a quote "Autotune can save a performance but not create one" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted July 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2014 I'm surprised that no one has said this one,........ Politicians. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted July 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2014 I hate the person who designed my bog so that it is a nightmare to get at the nuts securing the seat to the pan! The designers of cars which requires half the front to be dismantled in order to replace the effing headlight bulb, all need to be removed from the gene pool! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2014 The designer at Volvo who put so much stuff inside the bonnet behind the headlights you have to take the front bumper off to change a headlight bulb or spend an hour fiddling with it. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted July 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2014 I'm surprised that no one has said this one,........ Politicians. Most of them from parish councillors upwards....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 James Dyson - inventor of the cyclonic vac - especially, and superbly, designed to catch on the corner of every skirting-board in the house as you drag the ruddy thing around behind you - A lady I worked with had one tooand had the same problem - she said that she'd NEVER buy another, and I have to agree with her - ours has nearly departed on several occasions - I sometimes think that he should have been made to do the household cleaning for a year before putting it on the market, like my suggestion for car designers - who should be made to spend 6 months with the average motorists toolkit, and use it to do normal maintanace tasks on their designs every day - and then write the "how-to" manual - oh, boy! - car body shapes and design would change VERY rapidly! I always thought you pushed the vacuum-cleaner... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 David Beckham for getting involved in every blxxdy thing on tv. He may have been able to pass a 120 yard ball accurately but hey! Branson, he may have sold the best album, Tubular Smells, but his tv ads really hack me off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Not Captain Kernow Posted July 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2014 The person at Ford who decided that the nut for removing the spare wheel on a Transit should be located in a long, dark, hole, with a unique fitting that only locates one way, but you cannot see to do this because as soon as you insert the tool you cannot see what you are aiming at! (Having had to do this at least three times at the side of a motorway following a flat) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefrk Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 All the modern female singers who sound like they've put bog roll up their noses.... And, they get paid by how many notes they can fit in a bar... Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Anyone in marketing and sales who wears those stupid long toed shoes. Anyone who uses corporate bullsh*t terms such as "keep me in the loop, we'll touch base later" or 'pre-owned/pre-loved' etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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