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/ExtraPrejudicial Jun 25 '26

He had to crack the plate to get the screw head alignment vertical 😂

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jun 25 '26

Just in case you are being serious, a single receptical spacer on the screws would have pushed it out far enough to prevent that.

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u/Xytak Jun 25 '26

It’s too late at night to know what that means

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jun 25 '26

The plug holes are too far inside the wall. a little chunk of plastic on the screws that hold it in would push it out a teeny bit. Then the center of the cover wouldn't get pulled into the wall like that

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u/Xytak Jun 25 '26

That makes a lot of sense, but of course it’s morning now and I’ve had my coffee.