Poor designs
I hate poorly designed things. I really do. This comes up because I was trying to repair the kitchen sink today due to a leak from the sprayer. I figured it would be 5 minutes worth of work to remove the old sprayer and hose and replace them, and it would have been but for the poorly designed faucet.
The faucet is one of the type with a single control for hot and cold which means the inlet lines for the faucet are right next to each other. No big deal, except the line out to the hose for the sprayer is right between those lines, and the inlet lines are copper pipes. In order to remove the old hose I had to remove the entire faucet so I could get it to a position where I could actually remove the outlet line for the sprayer. And to remove the faucet I had to remove the bolt holding the faucet to the sink. This bolt looks like a 3 inch long hexagonal nut and it was positioned between the two copper inlet lines on the front side which made it difficult to remove.
So, after removing the bolt, I could lift the faucet out so I could disconnect the old hose and then disconnect the old sprayer. Once that was done I threaded in the new hose and tried to attach it. Of course it was different design than the old one which made connecting it a little more complicated than it should have been. Then, because of the limited space to work in and the way the hose was designed it took about 10 minutes to get the hose attached. This was because of the way the hose wanted to twist and not thread on the line.
It actually took three different tries of disconnecting and reconnecting everything due to the instructions on the packaging and, I'll admit, my stupidity for thinking that I wouldn't need any Teflon tape. Fortunately, from the last time I did plumbing work, I still had some Teflon tape and didn't have to go out and buy it.
Bottom line, 1 1/2 hours to perform what would have been a 5 minute job had the faucet been designed to allow for repairs. But at least nothing was thrown, broken or otherwise destroyed in the frustration. I really, really hate when things are designed with no regard to the thought of future repairs.
Okay, done now.