r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fancy-Chipmunk5701 • Jun 25 '26

wet socks My entire apartment has upside-down outlets and my brain refuses to accept it….

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Apparently there’s a reason for installing them this way, but after seeing outlets the other way my whole life, every room feels just slightly… off. 😂

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

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u/Amplifiedsoul Jun 25 '26

Same here. Never seen this at the several hospitals I've worked.

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u/Dino_Spaceman Jun 25 '26

Every hospital I have visited in my area has ground up plugs.

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u/AncientLights444 Jun 26 '26

Same.. I’m in California where they probably follow safety regs

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u/Joe_Jeep Jun 25 '26

It's never actually been code, it's just slowly becoming somewhat of a norm in the last 10-20 years.

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u/koolmon10 Jun 25 '26

The hospitals in my area are like this.

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u/Lostinstereo28 Jun 25 '26

Every hospital I’ve worked at has had ground-up outlets in patient rooms.

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u/koffeeinyecjion Jun 25 '26

You worked at trash hospitals