My brother in law lives in a fairly recently constructed house, and I commented that one of his receptacles was "upside down". He explained that the electricia

My brother in law lives in a fairly recently constructed house, and I commented that one of his receptacles was "upside down". He explained that the electrician did that for the switched outlets so you can tell by looking at them. He then asked if there was anything wrong with it? "Nope, it's actually code in most hospitals to do that, but residential doesn't. Just wondered." It's an interesting way of indicating switched.