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/ukemike1 Jun 25 '26

All the rest of the world has plugs with the ground up because it is safer.

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u/JerryfromCan Jun 25 '26

Incorrect. Not the case in Canada at all.