“Things Designed By People Who Don’t Have To Clean Them” is a Facebook group where people share pics of everything that’s hard to clean. We talk about ugly design a lot and this takes the cake for me.
First of all, cleaning isn’t necessarily my favorite chore. The harder something Is to clean, the longer it takes me to actually clean it. My apartment has popcorn ceilings and the way dust collects on them is infuriating. I can’t believe anyone thought that was a good idea. That’s not the worst,m though. Some of the pics shared in this group are mind-boggling.
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1. “This Belongs Here”
2. “This Is My Ceiling Light. It’s New, And I Loved It Til I Joined This Group And Realized I Have No Idea How To Clean It”
3. “I Found A Hair On Your T-Shirt. Who Is She?”
4. “Now Imagine That It Rains”
5. “My Goodness”
6. “This Was A Sink In A Public Bathroom That I Used Yesterday”
“(it does have a drain, it’s just hard to see under the bubbles) it’s flat, there’s ridges in it that go about an inch deep into the sink to resemble rock or something. It’s obviously covered in grime and soap residue. Might have been cool in someone’s house, but not in a public bathroom like this”
7. “This Was Never A Good Idea!”
8. “Just Stay In The 70s. Thanks”
9. “I Present To You My Desk Chair”
“I hate it. It was here when I got here. The bumps are hard plastic and extremely uncomfortable also the back has no give whatsoever. I work in the office part of a warehouse and everything gets super dirty here. Not looking forward to cleaning it which I can imagine will be done with a toothbrush.”
10. “Bride Decided This Was The Best Way To Display Her Dress After The Wedding”
11. This Sink
12. This Chandelier
13. This Entire Room
14. “My Toes And Shins Hurt Just Looking At This. Hope You Like Cobwebs”
15. “Just…. Why?! Even If The Bowl Is Smooth, The Outside Is Just…”
16. So Many Questions
17. This Art Installation
18. “Found In The Wild. My Mom, Who Has No Knowledge Of Facebook Or This Group, Her First Words Were ‘Try Cleaning That.'”
19. “Peak Impracticality”
20. “Indoor Beach. Oof”
21. This Rug
22. “I Want This. But I Don’t Want The Drama Associated With Cleaning It”
23. “20 Stories Of Metal Louvers”
24. “I’d Like To Personally Say F**k You To Whoever Invented This Damn Kitchen Gadget. You Don’t Know How Many Nights It Would Be My Turn To Do The Dishes And This F**ker Always, Always, Ended Up Being Used. I Hate It So Much”
25. “Seletti: Monkey Chandelier By Marcantonio”
“I wish I had it but DAMN.
(also, it cost too much for me.)
(BUT ANYWAY DAMN!!!)”
26. “This Mirror I Saw At A Bar In Charleston”
27. This Wine Glass
28. “I Finally Have A Contribution!! Reminds Me Of The Fuzzy Skeleton Someone Shared The Other Day…maybe This One Could Be Thrown In The Washer?”
29. This Wall
30. “The Pieces That Are Overlapped Would Be A Nuisance To Polish! And As Someone Easily Distracted I Wouldn’t Know What Piece Of Mirror To Look In When Using It But That’s Just Me”
31. “Things Designed By People Who Don’t Have To Clean Them And Bought By The People Who Don’t Care About Cleaning Them”
32. “Giant Corn Stool” – There’s A Joke In There Somewhere
33. “I Found One In The Wild!! About Eight Feet Long, Hanging From A Door Frame. Various Beautiful Sea Shells Tied To A Central Cord. The Angles, Textures, And How Tight They’re Strung Together Would Never Allow A Duster Through Properly. The Central Cord Is Hemp So Can’t Get It Wet! And The Small Crevasses Are Impossible To Reach, Especially In The Spiral And Hollow Shells. Beautiful Idea, But The Dust Magnet This Is Makes Me Want To Burn It With Fire”
34. “Saw In A Buy Sell Group. I’d Power Wash This Chair All The Way To The Dump Lmao”
35. This Coffee Mug
36. “These Ceiling Mics In The Choir Room At My School”
“You can’t reach them without a ladder and I don’t think they have ever been cleaned.
(I’m not good at descriptions but I tried)
Description: A small black ceiling microphone with a large cobweb wrapped around it. 26”
37. The Chair
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39. This Interesting Vase
40. “This Kettle. It Is Without Any Openings Besides The Spout, And Was Found At A Cabin We Were Renting For The Week.”
“How the heck can one throughly clean out the inside?? Maybe if only water was ever used in it it’d be alright, but this is at a rental where previous people put who knows what in there!”
41. These Steering Wheel Covers
42. “Saw This Sink In A Bathroom Showroom And Thought Of You My Friends. It Has Actual Fish In It”
43. This Wine Decanter
44. “Artificial Grass In The Bathroom. I Wonder How Long Before It Ends Up In Yup, That’s A Piss Corner Mushroom”
45. This Bookshelf
46. “Thankfully This Knitted Room Divider Is Already Grey To Hide The Dust It Collects Since The Knitted Parts Can’t Be Removed. I Guess If You Really Liked It You Could Cut Them Off Then Stitch The Knitted Portion Back”
47. “Feast Your Eyes On This Monstrosity”
48. “Saw This At A Hallmark. The Bottom Is Textured And It’s Terrible”
49. “Beautiful, But It Would Look Like Absolute Crap In No Time”
50. This Chocolate Fountain
“From the bottom of the cone (attached to the whisk) there’s actual chocolate coming down this!! Y’all are the first people I thought of when I saw this!
(Lindt Chocolate Factory and Museum in Zürich, Switzerland, we just visited today)”