Ever looked at something – or someone – and thought “What’s the actual point?” It turns out there are lots of useless things in the world but surely stairs should never make the list.

To prove a point, to no-one but myself, I did a quick Google search. “What’s the point of stairs?” The results yielded no surprises: “The primary purpose of stairs is to provide a simple and easy means of moving between levels.” “Provide access from one floor to another.” “Provide a suitable means of escape in case of fire.” And so on and so forth.

Yet there are stairs aplenty that could have you scratching your head – and possibly even breaking your neck. They are, for lack of a better word, pointless. So my next question for Google had to be “Why do some stairs look like they were designed and built by a blindfolded ostrich with its head in the sand?” Google was confused but did inform me, as a side note, that an ostrich’s brain is smaller than its eyeballs.

Bored Panda has compiled a list of some of the most epic and bizarre stair design fails that might leave you thinking your eyeballs are deceiving you. And in case you ever encounter any of them, we spoke to two experts. One about the hidden purpose of strange stairs and another about how to remain firmly on your feet.

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#1 Good Luck Getting Furniture And Drunk People Up These Things

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#2 I Don’t Think The Owner Of This Hotel Thought This Through

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#3 This Gave Me An Aneurysm

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#4 This Staircase. I’ve Almost Fell Down Several Times, And It’s A Pain To Go Up 

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#5 Can You Guess Where Does The Step Start And End In The Stairway Of My University?

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#6 The Staircase At My Hotel Room Just Drops Off

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#7 Wheelchair Ramps In Pakistan

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#8 A Little Nauseating Looking Down

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#9 This Staircase In My Home. Architects Told My Parents This Was The Best Solution To Fit The Small Space. After 20 Years, I Still Sometimes Save Myself From Falling Down

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#10 These Stairs In An Airbnb That We Are Wiring

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#11 The Stairs Leading To This Bedroom

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#12 Handicapped-Accessible Ramp In Germany

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#13 Stairs In Front Of A Local Beer Stand At A Festival

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#14 Alternating Tread Staircase. I’ve Fallen Down It Before When I Was Going Too Quick And My Life Flashed Before My Eyes, Especially With It Being Easy Enough To Fall Over The Railings

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#15 In Mexico, We Have Handicap Stairs

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#16 This Space-Saving Staircase Has Alternating Half-Steps

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#17 This Restaurant Had Wheelchair-Accessible Washrooms… Down The Stairs

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#18 Me On My Girlfriend’s Stairs

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#19 Please Step On Your Kitchen Counter To Go Up

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#20 This Was A Wheelchair Ramp To A Mall, But When People Started Using It For Shopping Carts The Mall Decided To “Fix” The Issue Like That

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#21 Imagine Being Late To Catch The Train And Realizing Where This Leads Halfway Down

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#22 These Stairs Where You Have To Hug The Wall Or You’ll Sprain Your Ankle

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#23 Left Leg Goes Straight, Right Leg Carries On Down. Plus, It’s On Marble At A Swimming Pool

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#24 What Kind Of Disabled Ramp Is This?

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#25 I Saw This House For Rent. Original Hardwood And Bonus Death Trap Stairwell

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#26 These Weird Stairs I Found On A Hiking Trail

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#27 Useless Access Ramp In A Dubai Shopping Mall

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#28 Brand New Handicapped Ramp At My Local Public Park

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#29 Odd Staircase Design

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#30 This Ridiculous Wrist-Breaker Handrail. This Was A Real Handrail That I Saw At A Real House

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#31 They Don’t Like Visitors I Suppose

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#32 Arbitrary Stairs In The Middle Of A Hallway

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#33 Carpeted Stairs, Except That Last One

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#34 Ramp Followed By Stairs, Outside My Clinic

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#35 This Staircase At My University Has No Perceivable Purpose

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#36 This Double-Spiral Staircase

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#37 My Mate Moved Into A New Apartment And This Is His Staircase

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#38 These Stairs At An Art Museum Are Horrible. I Have Difficulties In Depth Perception Even If My Eyesight Is Perfect And I Had To Keep My Hands On The Ramp At All Time

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#39 Garden Stairs Of Death

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#40 Discovery Park, Seattle. The Top Half Is A Ramp

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#41 This Tiny Stair Handrail

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#42 Stairs That Lead To My Unit. Always Need To Warn People Who Come Over For The First Time

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#43 This Flight Of Stairs Is So Narrow It’s Designed To Be Used Only Left Foot First (Skopje, Macedonia)

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#44 Got The Wheelchair Ramps Installed, Boss

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#45 What’s The Purpose Of These Stairs?

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#46 The Stairs In My Airbnb

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#47 These Wheelchair-Accessible Stairs In Switzerland

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#48 Useless Stairs, Freshly Installed

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#49 Staircase To Nowhere

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