These Staircases Are The Products Of Major Design Fails
Stairs are supposed to be simple, right? All they need to do is get you from up to down or from down to up. They should be easy to construct.
We're not sure where all of these designers went so wrong...
An Accident Waiting To Happen
![st26 st26](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st26-15943.jpg?width=800&height=1066)
These stairs lead from a garage into a basement.
You just know that somebody carrying a big heavy box downstairs is going to trip over that last wonky step. Do better.
A Stairway To Nowhere
![st27 st27](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st27-40354.jpg?width=800&height=1066)
Why are there two railings on this single staircase? Why does one staircase lead to nowhere?
We have so many questions and so few answers. This just doesn't make any sense.
Carpeted Steps Outside A Shower?
![st25 st25](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st25-74996.jpg?width=800&height=1440)
Who in their right mind would put carpet anywhere near a shower? This is an invitation for mold.
No health inspector or building code would approve of this colossal monstrosity.
Caution: Uneven Surfaces
![st24 st24](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st24-36657.jpg?width=800&height=533)
This staircase is so poorly designed that the manager of this building had to come out and install a caution sign.
That's how many people tripped over that last step.
Saving Space
![st23 st23](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st23-42334.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=156&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
If you live in a tiny house, this space-saving stairs hack might not be such a bad idea.
If you live in a normal-sized house, though, don't risk breaking your neck to have cool-looking stairs.
That Didn't Work
![st22 st22](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st22-24242.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=273&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
This attempt at advertising was not successful.
Maybe you have to look at this from the right angle, but as far as we can tell, no angle can turn this wrong into a right.
These Stairs Are Causing An Anxiety Flare-Up
![st14 st14](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st14-88168.jpg?width=800&height=533)
If you feel dizzy looking at this staircase, you are not alone.
These stairs would make anybody who isn't a mountain goat feel anxious. I think it's time for a remodel.
Steep As Heck
![st21 st21](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st21-13490.jpg?width=800&height=1066)
We're not sure that these very narrow and very steep steps even count as a staircase.
Basically, if you see stairs that look like this, you should not attempt to climb them.
A Real Workout
![st20 st20](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st20-99324.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=0&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
There are only four steps involved in this little staircase, but don't let that fool you. This whole situation is quite misleading.
The lack of railing and the hight of those steps make for a killer combination.
Just Block The Whole Thing, Why Don't You?
![st19 st19](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st19-27381.jpg?width=800&height=533)
This staircase is located in a college building, but whoever designed the staircase obviously did not go to college.
Nobody with a legitimate college degree would design something this stupid.
Who Is This For?
![st18 st18](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st18-69352.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Honestly, what is the purpose of this little staircase and ramp situation? The only thing that comes to mind is that this is a slide for the neighborhood squirrels.
Cats could use it as a slide too, probably.
Watch Your Head
![st17 st17](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st17-17207.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=58&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
This is not an abnormally large man. This man is of average height. It's the stairs that are the problem.
The stairs need to do better. This is an accident waiting to happen.
Nice In Theory...
![st16 st16](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st16-95565.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=163&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
This glowing red staircase situation is a nice idea, in theory. But it's a horrible idea in practice.
Imagine walking down these stairs in the morning when you're still kind of groggy.
Zig Zag On Outta Here
![st15 st15](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st15-98933.jpg?width=800&height=533)
These steps look like some kind of modern art installation. As far as we're concerned, modern art should stay in the art gallery where it belongs.
This doesn't look safe.
This Makes No Sense
![st30 st30](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st30-99222.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=0&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
One staircase leads to a closed fence, one ramp leads to a step, and one staircase leads to a ramp.
If you actually need to use a ramp, there is no accessible path here for you.
No Railing, Lots Of Problems
![st13 st13](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st13-59555.jpg?width=800&height=1246)
These "stairs" (if you can even call them that) look scary enough, but the fact that there's no railing here is really freaking us out.
This is just not okay.
A Concrete Slab
![st229 st229](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st229-14678.jpg?width=800&height=1455)
So we're calling this jagged slab of concrete a staircase now? Something just doesn't seem right about that.
Nobody should ever climb up this thing if they value their own life.
A Hop, Skip, And A Jump
![st12 st12](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st12-76936.jpg?width=800&height=1066)
If you want to get from the bedroom to the hallway or from the hallway to the bedroom, you're going to have to do a hop, skip, and a jump over that staircase.
Hope you're feeling athletic!
That's Not A Staircase
![st11 st11](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st11-26813.jpg?width=800&height=1066)
So even though this looks like a staircase, it's not actually a staircase. It's actually a water fountain. There's water running down those steps.
Many people have mistaken this fountain for steps and slipped and fell right into the water.
The Wrong Carpet
![st10 st10](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st10-59566.jpg?width=800&height=1066)
This is definitely the wrong carpet to use on steps of any kind. Yes, there are actually steps in this photo.
This unfortunate staircase is located inside a movie theater.
Do You Want To Play A Game?
![st9 st9](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st9-91943.jpg?width=800&height=533)
This staircase looks like something out of a horror movie.
Seriously, you're taking a gamble with your life every time you go up or down this thing. It's pretty scary.
Too Confusing
![st8 st8](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st8-62845.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=21&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
That last step is not actually a step. It just looks like a step because of that row of black tiles.
Somebody did this on purpose, right? This has to be a joke...
A Dead End
![st7 st7](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st7-44088.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=452&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
Why is there a staircase in this hotel that leads to a dead end?
Maybe these stairs did lead to something at one point in time, but now they just lead to a blank wall.
How Is This Wheelchair-Friendly?
![st6 st6](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st6-30699.jpg?width=800&height=533)
The yellow lines on the edges of those steps aren't actually helpful. What would be helpful would be if this was an actual ramp instead of a staircase.
How is this wheelchair-accessible?
Fashion Over Function
![st5 st5](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st5-49703.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=101&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
These wooden steps look very nice, but they also look very dangerous. Whoever designed these steps clearly thinks that staircases are just for show.
Who would climb a staircase when you can just look at it?
A Sharp Drop
![st4 st4](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st4-51080.jpg?width=800&height=533)
If you've ever felt like walking out of your second-floor balcony, descending a few steps, and then promptly falling and breaking your leg, we have some good news.
These are the staircases for you.
Who Designed This?
![st3 st3](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st3-17617.jpg?width=800&height=640)
These stairs make literally no sense. There is no way to get from the first flight of stairs to the second flight.
These are stairs for nobody. Go home, stairs, you're drunk.
Another Bad Carpet Situation
![st2 st2](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st2-69079.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Speaking of drunk, imagine trying to walk down these steps after you've had a few beers.
The stairs might be well-constructed, but the awful carpet selection is ruining everything.
Back And Blue
![st1 st1](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st1-52537.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Hey, do these stairs look familiar? They might just be the blue cousins of that red flight of stairs we saw earlier.
The change of color didn't solve the problem.
Careful On The Carpet
![st28 st28](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st28-54185.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Yes, there actually are stairs in this picture. You can't see them because the carpet makes it look like this is a flat floor.
How many people have fallen down these stairs, do you think?
Try Leaving The Movie Theatre On These Steps
![cinema wood stairs wood staris at local cinema](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/3qp65mwuw0k41-92655.jpg?width=800&height=1066)
As if it isn't hard enough already to walk down the stairs at a movie theatre, this cinema went and made them all the same wood tones.
We only have one question: why?
What's So Dangerous About That Side?
![bar blocking stairs hand rail blocking half of the top of stairs](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/e25oi1ur4g041-55383.jpg?width=800&height=1066)
It makes sense to block off access to stairs if they're dangerous, but why bother only doing half?
What makes the right side so much more dangerous than the left?
I Honestly Don't Understand These Stairs
![double stairs stairs split in half with glass divider](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/e8kpalo2lnr01-80902.jpg?width=800&height=1066)
I've been staring (or should I say, "stairing") at these for five minutes and they still don't make sense.
This double staircase is seriously melting our brains. It's like a real optical illusion.
Just Incase You Need Some Height
![stairs to nowhere four steps that lead to platform with no exit](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/soze0281mew11-20487.jpg?width=800&height=1066)
These might be considered stairs to nowhere.
But they're perfect if you're in the middle of an argument and need a few feet of height to seem a bit more intimidating.
Choose Your Path
![stairs in dirt stairs set in dirt hill at side of school](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/9tuni67kcxf21-46734.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=1066&top=36&left=119&zoom=1.7146776406)
The fun part of this would be getting to choose, spur of the moment, whether you climb the stairs up this hill or not.
It makes absolutely no difference but you need to find joy in the small things.
You Must Work For Your Free Ride
![escalator turns to stairs five stairs leading up to escalator](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/uygttp7aavu31-13397.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=1066&top=0&left=120&zoom=1.54320987654)
This is simply a test of your desire to take the escalator.
Only once you give in and walk up the five steps and realized you could have walked all the way upstairs, then do you get your free ride.
What Is Up With These Dumb Movie Theatres?
![cinema stairs middle stairs in movie theatre going right down the middle](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/4OTSPgtSFW9cS_fF20xgp-aed49EtsFEdCOQI9Psp_o-67194.jpg?width=800&height=533)
I'll take the disappearing wood stairs over a set of stairs that go right down the middle of the theatre.
This means you can't get a prime middle seat AND you can't sneak out.
Apparently This Is To Make The Ramp Up To Code
![unnecessary rail staircase blocked by a rail going too far out](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AQWgJ7j-44797.jpg?width=800&height=533)
According to a comment on Reddit, most building codes require handrails to extend to a certain point so this rail is to keep the ramp up to code.
It still looks dumb.
Slip Or Die
![evil rail with spikes staircase railing with spikes](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/msyuwbwleau31-94487.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=140&left=0&zoom=1.25)
Apparently, these little sharp squares are to prevent people from sliding down the rails.
But they seem like more of a hazard than anything else If you trip and try to grab the rail, then you might just stab your hand.
And The Award For Laziest Stair-Maker Goes To...
![stairs to trip you stairs with every cut uneven](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/8k38wz97ctx01-69067.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=1423&top=0&left=0&zoom=1.38937707479)
Every single step is a different size. This is basically asking for an injury.
Whoever carved out these steps must have had a serious grudge. Only the strong can survive these stairs.
Inclined Driveway With Stairs.
![driveway with stairs inclined driveway with stairs](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/driveway-with-stairs-73928.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=74&left=0&zoom=1.25)
It's unclear whether the stairs make the hike up easier or harder.
Rather than simply dragging your feet one after the other, the stairs require you to actually lift your whole leg up to climb them, so I vote no stairs.
Taking The Hairs To The Second Floor
![Hair Staircase staircase made of hair](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Hair-Staircase-42389.jpg?width=800&height=533)
First off, how do you keep these stairs clean? Do you need to shampoo and deep-condition?
Second, wouldn't that make them too slippery to climb up? I have a lot of questions...
Stairs: 1, Human: 0
![Stair Cupboard cupboard can't open against stairs](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Stair-Cupboard-21820.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Ironically, the stairs were built by a human, so this a double-loss on the scoreboard.
One for not being able to open the cupboard against the stairs and one for even having built the cupboard in that spot.
Go Down At Your Own Risk
![lined carpet lined carpet looks like optical illusion](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lined-carpet-43559.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Imagine the poor person who had to line up that carpet so the lines fit exactly underneath each other and the kind of headache they must have gotten from looking at what might as well be an optical illusion for that long.
Rest in peace.
"Camouflage 101"
![Camouflaged Stairs carpet not covering last row of stairs](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Camouflaged-Stairs-10684.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Maybe they ran out of carpeting for just the last step of the stairs, or maybe they forgot about it.
But how many injuries is it going to take from missing that last step before they finally add one more layer of carpet?
"The Stairs To My Hopes And Dreams"
![Staircase to nowhere Staircase to wall and ceiling](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Staircase-to-nowhere-93617.jpg?width=800&height=533)
These stairs lead the way to a place we're all way too familiar with...it goes by the name of "disappointment."
The closer you get to it, the more it feels like life's life closing in on you, just like the ceiling.
Livin' On The Edge
![staircase fenced staircase fenced up in front of home](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/staircase-fenced-86527.jpg?width=800&height=533)
This staircase teaches you that if you want to make your way up, you must earn it.
In this case, you must climb the mini fence, getting poked in all sorts of places along the way just to go up eight simple steps anytime you wish to enter your home.
The Forgotten One
![Stairacse Bricks bared Staircase made of bricks and dented](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Stairacse-Bricks--79298.jpg?width=800&height=1423)
From the way the bricks are dented and discolored, it looks like this staircase has long been forgotten.
Yet it still leads somewhere, so why can't people take it without having to climb around it?
Making Do With What's Available
![short rises short rises completed with bricks](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/short-rises-23186.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Obviously, someone miscalculated. They were a whole five steps short of a full staircase.
They ended up completely changing up the design and maybe just hoping no one would notice. They could have at least painted them to match...
Extra Rails For Decoration
![Extra Pointless Rails Extra Pointless red Rails on right side](https://www.dailyfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Extra-Pointless-Rails-75721.jpg?width=800&height=533)
What is the point of the left side of the stairs? No one knows.
It seems to be more of a stylistic choice or another miscalculation, because realistically, why would anyone bother squeezing themselves through the left side?