It would be worse if its the right direction but still the wrong orientation, seeing as the line is not centered.
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We need to edit the CSS of reality
I say we go flex this time
Is no one else going to talk about how weird it is to see a square manhole cover? Now there’s a risk of dropping the cover down the hole due to the shape.
Knowing that I never saw a manhole cover with a stripe facing the right direction, I’m pretty sure, they do it intentionally.
They don’t make enough and they want to spread pain
I choose to believe this one was done specifically to fuck with OP and ruin their day.
My expectation is maintenance workers, who have to get in there for some reason, do it to mark the ones they have already done.
If you look at the top one, the hook to remove it is oriented the same way.
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Don’t be lazy.
Get a cable tie or some tongs, pull it out, rotate it, done.
Less effort than it took to take this picture and post it on here.
There’s a risk that if you try to turn the square cover that the cover will fall into the hole. It’s really strange that it’s square and not round.
It’s really strange that it’s square and not round.
It’s not even slightly strange. These are incredibly common all across Europe and the world.
It’s a small cover, almost certainly to service the nearby drainpipe or perhaps for the water or gas connection to a house.
The chance of it falling in the hole is zero unless you’re trying to do it on purpose. Lift and slide, done.
And even if it does fall in, you can simply reach in and pull it out.
I’m pretty sure the reason is that the hole isn’t deep enough for it to matter. That’s nowhere near big enough to be a manhole.
That’s not how geometry works
Yes it is. In any rectangle, by definition the diagonal cross section will always be longer than the longest side. Therefore given that this is a relatively 2d shape in 3 dimensional space, it will be able to pass through the hole.
Depends. The cover is resting on the inside lip which prevents moisture getting in. Ie. this cover is actually significantly bigger than the hole it’s covering.
Eg. if this cover is 25x25, but it’s covering a hole which is less than 18x18 (c=25.5), it’ll be quite hard to drop the cover in.
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The problem is the hole is smaller than the cover. If they were the same size it would fall though
I think you’re misunderstanding. Yes, it cannot fit in when it’s angled properly to fit into the hole. However, if you angle the plate 45 degrees and lift one end of the plate, it will fall into the diagonally. That’s why manholes are round shaped. There is no angle for a round cover to fall into the hole itself.
You are right, never mind. I was thinking Pythagorean theorem
Yes it is
Or do it to post a picture
They probably did it on purpose - i would have lol
Came here to say something but everyone already said it.
You do in fact exist in the world, you aren’t a bystander, you can actually do things like turning the manhole cover.
They did. Then they took a picture and posted it here to outage everyone.
Square holes are asinine, so easy for them to get dropped in.
Is it now…? Then go ahead and fix it if it is really “more than mildly infuriating”.
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Someone deffo turned it after it was already put down to get this
The line looks like it’d fit if the square was rotated, so that means someone picked up the cover and either intentionally or unintentionally put it back down with the line going in the other directions instead of back in line with how it was painted
Common sense is way too much for people. I too think it’s likely for someone to have placed it incorrectly so that a glance they would know if they had already accessed what was inside.
I am genuinely confused if people are down voting because they want to believe it was painted wrong or if they think what I said was so obvious that it’s stupid to write it out
Just want to be mad at something I guess.
