A TILE blunder has gone viral online, leaving people infuriated by a seemingly obvious mistake.
The error was spotted by a woman as she waited to be seen by her dentist – but can you find the problem?
People were left baffled by the glaring mistake in this geometric flooring pattern[/caption]
The baffling error in a geometric floor tile pattern was shared on the Facebook group Upcycleit, Handmade & Crafter’s on the Tedoo App.
This viral photograph shows the flooring of a waiting area in a dentist’s surgery.
The poster found herself staring at it while she waited for her appointment when she noticed a glaring issue.
She challenged her fellow eagle-eyed social media users to find the error.
But have you noticed the issue with the geometric tiling right away or do you need to study the image?
Baffling blunder
At a quick glance, the black and white floor appears to have a linear square pattern with dark swirls which join at each corner.
However, a closer inspection reveals a mismatched pattern in one section.
The post has garnered 100s of comments, with many users claiming to have spotted the blunder in as little as “two seconds”.
So peel your eyes and scan the image to see if you can find the obvious error.
And if you need a hint, we suggest focusing on the lower right side of this image.
Frustrated reactions
Several social media users say they “found it straight away”, while others wrote that it “popped right out to me”.
Some commenters said the “awful” mistake was driving them absolutely “nuts”.
Others joked that the tiler responsible for the error “needs to go straight to jail”.
“I would never not see it when I walked in there,” said one frustrated Facebook user.
Another person wrote that they would “pry off those tiles” in order to correct the layout.
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More people said they seeing the error had sent them “right over the OCD edge of reason”.
So have you spotted the glaring mistake yet? If not, the error is circled below.
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One tile was laid down in the wrong direction, ruining the geometric pattern of the floor[/caption]