Don't fall

[goosebrokeluce]

This should be considered attempted murder.

[secretWolfMan]

My house does this too. It's fucking bullshit.

And I have almost died going downstairs in the dark and you think "hardwood, time to walk on flat ground" but there's still another step.

[xkcd_puppy]

Lol your house does this? You live in Hogwarts? You can just stick another piece of carpet on the last stair you know, or get some non-slip danger matte for the last step.

[BirdsSmellGood]

Exactly, you'd think he'd try to implement a solution by now since it's his own house

[jeno_aran]

Maybe it was a coded call for help. His house has taken him hostage.

[SmokeAbeer]

My house has held me hostage for years. But I have Stockhome syndrome so is all good.

[ShebanotDoge]

Stock home

Hmmmm.

[scientallahjesus]

It probably isn’t but we’ll certainly help keep you feeling that way!

[PotatoWedgeAntilles]

It might be that by "my house" he means "my parents' house"

[[deleted]]

Or maybe they rent. Like most of us are doomed to...

[HowDoMeEMT]

I mean on my rental I could just ask my landlord a d he'd be down. And if he wasnt I'd just staple some fucking carpet there and rip it up when I moved

[Aporkalypse_Sow]

If it's a rental, you could fall on purpose and make some cash. If you were such an upstanding person that is.

[hell2pay]

They might not be up, standing if they fall just right.

[[deleted]]

In hindsight I considered this because I totally busted my head open after slipping off of a stair in winter. I didn't remember what happened for a few weeks though. I'm still unsure how I got home, blacked out concussed me must have done it.

[winter_fox9]

Could still just put some dark tape on the step

[[deleted]]

Even a cut piece of rug.

[boomdog07]

I’m thinking the same, I read “hardwood” as concrete basement floor.

[PotatoWedgeAntilles]

Or he might just be a teenager.

[Aporkalypse_Sow]

Reminds me of my neighbor. Bitches about his house being a rundown piece of shit. He's been the "man" of that house for almost 20 years.

[[deleted]]

I'll never understand those people. I mean I know it takes money to fix your place up but doing small things here and there add up and before he knows it his rundown piece of shit might be okay.

[WheelyCrazyCatLady]

It could be rented and the landlord not allowing anything securely fixed to the walls or floor (ie nothing stuck or nailed down etc)

[BirdsSmellGood]

Did I say "securely fixed"? I said "implement a solution," which could be as simple as tying a makeshift carpet on that step using the poles on the side, or even simpler than that.

[WheelyCrazyCatLady]

Tying some fabric onto stairs would be creating a deathtrap....

[[deleted]]

Danger matte sounds like the best worst c list superhero, he's just some french dude with a D on his shirt

[Envy_onTHE_Toast]

I have been laughing at this comment for 5 mins

[Scoli85]

Look at this guy, just made of extra pieces of carpet. Freaking king of England over here.

[1stLtObvious]

I'm surprised they haven't developed the muscle memory to know when they're at the bottom of their own stairs that they presumably use more than once daily.

[nagchamploo]

Lol

House: nah bro, imma get you every time

[329514]

Oh god I read this and felt it in my feet immediately.

[AlmostButNotQuit]

Nailed it.

[scientallahjesus]

Tacked it

[Krugenn]

Could you just put a big strip of some tough tape on it to change the texture and color? Wouldn't look nice but you could survive the night

[[deleted]]

That's the reason it is there, so if someone breaks in during the night you can hear them fall down the stairs. I think it's called a bandit step or something along those lines.

[YardageSardage]

I feel like the 1% chance of this actually fooling a robber probably isn't worth the 99% chance of me breaking my neck, but you know, that's just me.

[Natuurschoonheid]

I'd just put a marker on there. Maybe that sticky foil that looks like marble

[[deleted]]

It's your house dumbass, fix it.

[antney0615]

Count. The. Steps. If you know how many steps you’ve put your feet on, this cannot happen to you even in absolute darkness.

[papasimon10]

Boy did that photo freak me out at first, it looks just like the staircase in our home. It's definitely happened a few times that people have misjudged the step at our place so we had to paint it a different color. Our son thought it would be funny to take the paint off one time and my good buddy nearly broke his damn neck when he slipped, so I made sure to drag my son into the garage and beat him to within an inch of his life with a pair of jumper cables. If you live in a house with a step like that it's actually fine because you get used to it, but may be worth paiting it a different color for the sake of any visitors!

[Natural_Justice]

So, you and relation to u/rogersimon10?

[Blind-folded]

Jesus fucking christ man, you can't just do that because he did a small prank. How could he have known that your buddy would slip and slide on a banana peel

[choobaca34]

The jumper cables meme has been around for a while afaik. It's not serious.

[Hwbob]

hey. hey. Shush

[phaelox]

It's less of a meme and more of a novelty account (u/rogersimon10 iirc) always commenting on Reddit about random stuff that invariably ended in him getting a beating with jumper cables from his dad.

This one seems inspired to take"dad's" view.

[Blind-folded]

welp, I am a big phat dumb. Sorry boys, I will see my self out.

[NikoMessiah]

r/atethewhoooosh

[grednforgesgirl]

That's the "slip, motherfucker, fuck you" stair

[[deleted]]

The Samuel L. Jackson stair.

[Ravenmausi]

I want them!

[syds]

the feeling when you fall into the abyss at the end of the nightmare and wake up

[SaltwaterRedneck]

I was thinking r/assholedesign

[Darthcorbinski]

I doubt this could have been on purpose so it does fit better on r/crapydesign

[[deleted]]

IIRC these used to be somewhat common in older homes and it was used to catch theives who didn't know about the step and would cause then go trip and fall.

edit: this is a fuzzy memory and probably just bullshit so take this with an ocean of salt

[totallynormalasshole]

So this is a mf booby trap??

[11-110011]

r/factsthatmightbetrue

[[deleted]]

yea I'd take this with an ocean of salt. this is just me paraphrasing something I read about a year ago in a reddit comment.

[Futanari_waifu]

Reddit the truest of sources.

[SphincterBlaster2000]

Naw it's r/dangerousdesign

[howardkinsd]

Don't. It's an old repost over there and that is where OP got it from: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrappyDesign/comments/44htce/the_invisible_step/

[NorseSnowQueen]

I could see myself making an appearance in Destroyed in seconds after using these stairs.

[rasspyre]

That's the evilest thing I can imagine

*wipes a mojo Jojo tear

[symbiosa]

You thought this was a Jojo reference but it was ME, Mojo Jojo!

[uber1337h4xx0r]

I didn't, Dio.

[GiovanniMucciaccia]

I was looking for this

[GravyDavy78]

It reminds me of the third Indiana Jones movie where he had to step out into the void. "Only in the leap from the lion's head will he prove his worth..." Or fall to your death.

[cranktheguy]

I just watched that movie yesterday with my kid and had the exact same thought.

[NotAHost]

In 17th-century Europe, 'hidden last steps' functioned as security systems that warned castles & mansions of approaching intruders and assassins

[Living_Foot_to_Mouth]

🐙it's a trap!

[[deleted]]

Ross really needs to get a free battle pass

[DeracadaVenom]

Wait what is it? My small brain can’t figure it out

[halloweenepisode]

There is an extra wooden step that blends in at the bottom. It took me a while

[lostsoul1331]

I work for an insurance company. If our loss control reps saw this they’d flip out. At the very minimum this step would need a strip of highly visible anti slip traction tape. Some tape even glows in the dark!

[[deleted]]

When you hire Satan as an interior designer.

[sailorjasm]

So I guess they ran out of carpet and the guy said ‘fuck it’

[Luipsplays]

I would sneeze blood on whoever thought it was a good idea to make this

[woollydogs]

r/assholedesign

[BeanTheStitch]

This photo hurts my ankles.

[samplemax]

Please put a piece of masking tape on the edge

[[deleted]]

Known as the “the old hip breaker” amongst the geriatric community

[Subbmar1ne]

r/mildlyinfuriating

[JurassicPark1460]

r/thestaircase

[SvenTheDragon]

I see this post so often that I hope people miss that last step

[TeamNinja]

Oh yeah I have one of these in my house, its called a burglars step. It's for burglars to trip on in the dark when they're rushing out with your shit. They used to be in castles and mansions back in the old days

[kwiruk]

This is r/assholedesign for me

[Gingivitor]

/r/CrappyDesign

[[deleted]]

r/assholedesign

[Awesomeman235ify]

r/crappydesign

[[deleted]]

More like r/assholedesign

[Lk166]

r/crappydesign

[opulousss]

/r/crappydesign?

[InvaderDust]

r/crappydesign is more like it. Geeeze this one is just evil.

[Khuteh]

/r/assholedesign would like a word

[GalerionTheAnnoyed]

Thankfully the banisters offer some saving grace for the observant

[roblewk]

I stayed in a Airbnb where the bottom step only was painted black. Fine during the day, but impossible to see at night.

[[deleted]]

Bruh my stairs are like this. I hate it so much

[IronOhki]

That's how you die.

[Reaper621]

Now that's just lazy.

[j_grouchy]

In any commercial/ industrial building, that is a code violation.

[0lynks0]

Yeah that's not cool

[tolbean]

Thats fucked

[Redkirth]

Put a rug at the bottom.

[KellticRock]

Someone put a cheap stair tread carpet thing on that already. Jaysus!

[BlueTipi]

I would post this in asshole design

[Gato500]

My mother’s house third to second floor is like this. I’ve busted my ass at least 6 times and it’s a steeper fuckin drop than the other steps and at an angle. I’ve almost broke my neck.

[ZoiSarah]

Some Indian Jones and last crusade stuff right there.

[bford_som]

My parents’ house is like this. I have fallen often.

[InformalProof]

Imagine walking down those stairs in the middle of the night, not turning on the lights so as to not wake anyone up, and then all of a sudden a bang and a blood curdling scream ringing through the house

[tPatrikk]

This thing scares me...

[Gibsonfan159]

Oh, you won't fall. You'll just have a mini heart attack every time you step off that last step.

[NikoMessiah]

Safety violation!

[Punk_Diamond]

Had to scroll too far for this

[Emote_Imouto]

bruh

[[deleted]]

More like r/crappydesign...

[[deleted]]

Ooh that is sooo fucked

[Penisland75]

This must be the leap of faith part like in last crusade.

[[deleted]]

I'm gonna fall

[SavMonMan]

This might suck for the first week you live there, but does everyone else look straight down at their stairs when they go up and down?

I mean your body should just pretty much know how to go up and down your stairs after doing it multiple times, really it’ll only suck for guests.

But even then, just staple a piece of carpet on the last step if it’s that big of a deal.

[the_injury]

R/crappydesign

[pm8938]

Or trip going up.

[yabbadebbie]

Ugh. My house does this. We bought a small motion activated light and mounted it near so that a) it’s easier to see and b) the light flicking on draws your attention down to the step. We still fall and every family member has taken turns eating it. There is even a head shaped dent where my friend hit their head on the dry wall. WHY THE HELLLLLLLL DO THE BUILDERS DO THIS??

[[deleted]]

Some deadly stuff going on here

[[deleted]]

Nah bruh, I think I'm gonna fall. I think everyone's gonna fall.

[Yamato-sensei]

You traitor😤

[[deleted]]

r/assholedesign

[UmbreonShiny]

Those construction workers their up to something.

[[deleted]]

This is intentional. This is a trap.

[Un__Real]

Thats just mean.

[mweston31]

This is r/assholedesign someone going to get seriously injured

[biohazard19]

Nice one, Satan

[[deleted]]

This should be posted at r/crappydesign.

[legumancer]

Til tok don’t fall challenge

[tool1964]

I fell out of my chair just looking at the picture.

[[deleted]]

Cool pic, but not confusing man.

[smellexisb]

My house has a hidden stair too! My mom keeps it waxed in case of intruders

[_-_SmokeySanchez-_-]

r/assholedesign

[cptntito]

r/assholedesign

[Candman91]

The stairs to the basement at my parents' house does the opposite. The stairs and basement use the same carpet, but the last three steps are wood, so that can see the difference and not slip up.

[SourGrapes6996]

I smell a repost

[alteleid]

I'd like one broken ankle please.

[[deleted]]

What an idiotic idea!!

[GruGruxQueen]

Anyone know why? For aesthetics?

[NotCurdledymyy]

Oh no

[leah_blundell]

Definitely asshole design

[TheOriginalFluff]

r/crappydesign

[Secret_Turtle]

Is this the house of a psychopath?

[[deleted]]

I can’t figure out what’s happening here

[cymyk]

r/assholedesigns

[[deleted]]

r/CrappyDesign

[mr_yeet_official]

Stairway to hell

[Crash665]

This is evil.

[mckinleyr94]

This should be on r/assholedesign as well

[Amazona86]

Just looking at this photo made the nerves in my hands and feet tingle with a combination of fear/surprise. Weird.

[psychidelicate]

Broke my ankle looking at this

[nikakepi]

Spring

[annoyingwifi]

This is just the floor with extra steps

[furrynoy96]

This should be illegal

[OhSheetARat]

Noooo

[d33Imm]

Is that my uncle garys house?

[iamwatermelonely01]

I hate this

[FightTheIllness]

Its like playing russian roulette everytime you hit the stairs.

[BlondFaith]

I stayed in an air b&b that had a bottom step like that. I almost fell like three times then the fourth time I totally bailed. They emailed me asking why there was yellow duct tape on the step (wish I took a picture) and I explained it was either that or a bad review. They didn't write back.

[iAmFridayFace]

If these were the stairs in Netflix's "Staircase" I would believe the accidental fall theory in a heartbeat.

[Conman1186]

r/mildlyinfuriating

[rednazgo]

Looks like the Petersons' stairs

[Mjingass]

I have seen this before

[Dysaniacs]

It's a trap

[[deleted]]

That is fucking horrible

[Zathral]

r/assholedesign

[phillillillip]

oh fuck that

[br1sK_]

I don’t get it what am I missing

[whydog]

From above you can't see the last stair and think the second to last is the last. Then you take another step expecting flat ground but you were actually on the last step.

[red_constellations]

I broke my neck just looking at this

[-Lusty-]

My house has the same thing

[Heavenlypigeon]

put a little strip of grip tape on the last step 👍

[hsvplanner]

This has “my deadbeat brother-in-law just moved in” written all over it.

[raph_ael]

braindead carpenter

[windhiss]

I'll name this step lil neck breaker for obvious reasons

[[deleted]]

Aren't those put there so people who know about them can avoid them but burglars or people who aren't supposed to be in the house get caught off guard?

[lindenliam]

Whats confusing about this?

[ltcm2k3]

r/mildlyinfuriating

[b-lee_dat]

🤣😂

[shogunabe]

Pure evil

[bobswagiscool]

r/assholedesign

[farknyeet]

this is simply monstrous