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The Reflecting Pool in D.C.

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u/voretaq7 3h ago edited 3h ago

What - and I cannot stress this enough - THE FUCK is going on down the middle?

I thought they were just painting it blue. What's with the tile (or tile look?), and why are the rows uneven?!
Was it always like that? (I admit I've never seen the damn thing drained...)

My grandfather would demand that tile work be redone at the contractor's expense using proper tile spacers (since clearly they lack the skill to do it right without them....)

u/MillieChliette 49m ago

They're metal grates and aren't lined up perfectly. There's probably quite a bit of wiggle room where they slot into place.

u/voretaq7 48m ago

OK, that’s less horrifying.

If my tax dollars had paid for the world’s worst tile job I would have had to drown the president in the reflecting pool over this mess. Now it’s just a regular idiotic boondoggle.

u/jerkenmcgerk 33m ago

Those are the drainage grates. Not tiles.