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Problem is when you step on them, it hurts like hell...
by monstermunch 6y ago
Problem is when you step on them, it hurts like hell...
- mattlondon 6y agoI hear this mentioned a lot. I've never trodden on a power plug. How is this even a concern? Do people in America go around treading on cables all the time or something?
- aaronmdjones 6y agoIt's more that because the cable exits the bottom of British plugs and it's bottom-heavy, if you drop a power cable on the floor, it will invariably land pin-side up.
- monstermunch 6y agoI used to live in the UK, and as a messy teenager my room wasn't the neatest...
- sitharus 6y agoUS sockets aren't switched, so the only way to remove power from a device is to unplug it. Most things have power switches but not everything, and some people are very keen on unplugging.
- mattlondon 6y agoAhhhhh that might actually explain a lot - people's behaviour is affected by the design in that they end up unplugging more frequently due to the lack of a switch in the socket, so more cables laying around unplugged, versus the UK where plugs tend to be left in the socket but can be physically disconnected using the switch.
- daniellarusso 6y agoI just cover it in Legos.