How not to design a faucet

So, here is a faucet I saw in a coffee shop restroom.

A poorly designed faucet

What would you do to turn it on? Obviously, you’d turn the wheel counterclockwise.

Which would get you nowhere.

You see, the wheel does not turn. Instead, you’re supposed to grab it and tilt it to the left. Like this:

The mechanism is the same as in the photo below, from another location, where it is capped with a handle whose form immediately asserts its function:

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But the mechanism under the misleading wheel handle isn’t even mounted to move vertically, adding insult to injury.

What were they thinking?!??

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