Which kitchen would you prefer?

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Obviously the second one, if only for the two very convenient hand towels.  Tons of reasons well beyond that.  Look how much time it would take to even prepare one meal/clean the dishes in the fancy one!  One thing left out would defeat the purpose.  I'm sure the dish pile in the sink could become quite high before looking unsightly in the functional one.  In the functional one, the skillet is left permanently on the stove with the olive oil in arm's reach, because why do you really need it anywhere else?  You would have breakfast done in the functional kitchen before you even remembered where the pans are located in the fancy one.  

And I've not even touched on giving a space personality....

EDIT: AND LOOK HOW UNCOMFORTABLE THOSE STOOLS MUST BE!

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Good job! I didn't pick up on your use of parody until your comment about those stools with the thick cushions, as being uncomfortable. I should have realised earlier, in hindsight, describing cramped as "functional" should have been something of a giveaway, especially when the first kitchen has so much prepatory space, and also your reference to a cluttered pile of unwashed dishes in the sink as something desirable, rather than as a hygiene issue.

The microwave in the second picture is also a safety hazard - completely insane to heat, for example, a bowl of soup in the microwave - and then burn your fingers and let go of the bowl... while it is over your head.

As for the skillet and olive oil, as MaxQue said - the olive oil is probably in the cupboard next to the stove, and the skillet is probably in the deep drawer below the stove top. That other kitchen is so cluttered it would be a challenge finding anything. The neat order of the first kitchen is much easier to navigate.

What is it like being awful ?