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17 People Who Were So Smart They Made Me Feel Extra Dumb

Why didn't I think of that?!

h/t r/mildlyinteresting & r/designporn

1. The clever person that designed this store to have different surfaces to "road test" strollers.

A baby store with wood, stone, and brick flooring areas next to strollers

2. The absolute genius who designed this shirt to have a lens cloth sewn in at the bottom.

A small patch of lens cleaning cloth sewn into the inside bottom of a shirt flap

3. This super smart grandpa who sorted his extra sauce packets into a case.

A tackle box filled with extra sauce packets

4. Whoever designed these benches to be reversible so you can choose your view.

A wood bench with a back that flips from one side to the other

5. The person who incorporated kick buttons on these elevators.

Large up and down buttons on the wall down by the floor next to an elevator door

6. The genius that designed this shirt with buttons on the inside as well to help prevent annoying boob-gap.

A button-up shirt with an extra layer of buttons on the inside flap

7. This mom who painted an outlet to blend in with its surroundings.

A wall outlet painted with rock designs that match the pattern on the wall

8. The person who designed this cheeky (but clever) business card.

A divorce lawyer business card that tears into two parts

9. The person who designed this umbrella to only show the logo when it rains.

A wet umbrella with a pattern forming where raindrops are

10. The mastermind who created this pan with a thermochromic indicator to show if it is hot.

A frying pan with a circle that changes color after it is heated

11. The person who designed this jacket label to have spots for multiple hand-me-down names.

A jacket tag that has three lines for a name to be written on it

12. The person who had the idea to sort this furniture hardware by step rather than type.

Furniture hardware separated by steps in different blister packs

13. The clever designer who added tread depth measuring into the rubber.

A rubber tire with number levels marked to match the wear of the tire over time

14. The person who decided to incorporate a window on this toaster.

A toaster with a clear side so you can watch your bread slices toast

15. The person that came up with the idea to have two different shopping baskets at this store to signal if you want help or not.

Pink shopping baskets that say I need assistance and black baskets that say I can shop myself

16. The smartie who designed this spatula with a little stand.

A spatula with a little metal kickstand

17. And finally, the canny person at this library who created "binge boxes" to loan out.

Plastic boxes holding several movies of the same genre