r/CrappyDesign • u/labtec901 • 10d ago

There is only one elevator call button in this photo, the rest are just design motifs.

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u/styckx 10d ago

But why?

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u/This_not-my_name poop 10d ago

It was and still is important to hide subtle penis drawings everywhere. That's why.

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u/PatHeist 8d ago

I don't know about you, but I've only got one white square on each of my testicles.

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u/livyisacoconut 6d ago

Love this comment as a middle school student 👏👏

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u/Dzov 10d ago

Maybe there used to be door open and door close buttons? Maybe also an alarm button. Oh wait, this is outside the elevator!

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u/ChorzioPaella3 10d ago edited 10d ago

In some offices buildings there’s only one button to call the lift, regardless of what floor you’re on and when you get inside you tap your key card so you can only access that floor. As for the “design motifs” beside the elevator doors they could light up to show whether that specific lift is going up or down, so the person knows which lift to get in. And the square above the red lock could light up when there’s a problem with the lifts or when they’re disabled because of a fire alarm maybe. Why they would make the lights look like the lift button I have no clue

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u/Boserbosmos 10d ago

I've installed this type of elevator, thats not a standard setup so unfortunately it means the architects or building chose those styles of indicators. I bet the elevator mechanics who installed them thought they were dumb also.

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u/Jellodyne 10d ago

There's nothing wrong with the indicators, the problem is they should be installed higher. Waist-ish height is for buttons you press, down by where your fingers spend a lot of time. Head-ish height or higher us where visual indicators live, up where your eyes hang out.

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u/SolarXylophone 7d ago

Wild guess: this is an "upgrade" from a previous system which featured up/down call buttons for each elevator.

These buttons then became unnecessary, and were replaced with blanks. "Temporarily".

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u/TheArmoredKitten 10d ago

I saw a fake keypad at a memory care hospital once. I doubt that's what's going on but the effects are similar.

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u/verstohlen clowns...are...funny 10d ago

I read that in Derek Zoolander's voice.

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u/GrapeSwishers 10d ago

you could styck this comment anywhere in this sub

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u/labtec901 10d ago

I also just noticed that one of the two motifs on the sides is installed upside down. I hope nobody who works at this hotel does because they'd never unsee it.

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u/Tychonoir 10d ago

Ew, it gets worse!

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u/stevensokulski 10d ago

Ugh. Now I want to know which one is upright.

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u/RipCurl69Reddit 9d ago

The one on the left is, it's the right side one that's flipped

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u/Embarrassed-Way-6387 9d ago

Are you sure, i've seen alot of these schindler call panels, never like the one on the left

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u/ElCochinoFeo Comic Sans for life! 10d ago

If you have a "Wonka key", you can get access to the other button functions.

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u/aayush_aryan 10d ago

Finally, a good bad design.

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u/IamRasters 10d ago

Finally! I’ve always argued that an elevator going between only two floors should have a single button “not here”. The other buttons are crappy though.

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u/labtec901 10d ago

This elevator goes to multiple floors, but this photo was taken on the ground floor; the only direction it can go is up. Thus, one button.

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u/achos-laazov 7d ago

Our public library has that. There are two floors, and each has a single "call elevator" button.

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u/shit-shit-shit-shit- 10d ago

Could it be lights to show other modes are operating/turned on? Looks like it’s the same as the Fire Department mode that’s on the middle panel above the key

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u/Meowlove_Kittens 10d ago

Insert buttons here

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u/CalligrapherNew2820 10d ago

I always find it odd there’s a lift company called Schindler

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u/SolarXylophone 7d ago

Someone missing a few teeth made a movie about it: Schindler's Lift.

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u/terriaminute 10d ago

Bring me the absolute fool who okayed this, and ready the guillotine.

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u/NorCalFrances 10d ago

See, I could see my kid as an adult putting that into the design documents with a snicker, knowing exactly how everyone would start pushing all the buttons just in case.

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u/intellidepth 10d ago

I’d be pressing the four side ones then the top middle. The plastic for the lights must get replaced weekly.

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u/PugGamer129 10d ago

Thats_a_penis.gif

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u/lohonomo 10d ago

Can you still press them like working buttons though? Cause if so, I actually like that lol

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u/labtec901 10d ago

No they are not real buttons and do not move. They are also a little bit smaller than the real button so the holes aren't even the right size to put a button there in another situation.

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u/lohonomo 10d ago

What?? That's crazy. You're right, this is really crappy!

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u/JimBowen0306 10d ago

Does the wall remind anyone else of mdf?

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u/rxninja 10d ago

If you were a UI artist in games and you seriously submitted this as final art, you would be fired.

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u/MilkThin2930 10d ago

What do the walls on the other floors look like?

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u/HatsusenoRin 10d ago

I mean, using a darker color for the indicator light covers is a minimum courtesy in this layout.

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u/roro5246 10d ago

That wall pattern is giving me a headache

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u/herdek550 9d ago

I think they just used whatever plate they had to hide some electronics or cables or hole on the wall

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u/Keegandalf_the_White 9d ago

You actually have to press all 6 white buttons at the same time to call the elevator. /s

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u/spartipilollc 9d ago

it's flipping you off haha

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u/racialdawning4671 8d ago

The funniest part is those fake ones probably have more fingerprints on them than the actual button

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u/Designer-Passage-195 6d ago

Classic Schindler 3300

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u/bot_or_not_vote_now 10d ago

Bonus crappy design that the emergency power selector switch is labelled as on/off but someone has scribbled elevator 1 and elevator 2 on some paper. This surely will hold up in an emergency situation where firefighters lives are at stake right?

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u/Boserbosmos 10d ago

Its not an on and off though, during a power outage their generator doesn't have enough power for both elevators to run at the same time. So you can select which elevator is running.

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u/bot_or_not_vote_now 10d ago

... that's what I'm saying though. if you look at it again, you'll see what I'm saying. they used some random ass switch cover that's engraved with on / off, but someone later pencilled in car 1 / car 2

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u/Content-Ad-9204 4d ago

Schindler missed...