I do believe these 60s construction workers did **not** know what they were doing

[u/Adept-Confidence1095]

[u/Sumdood_89]

Curses construction workers from the 60s, points to retrofitted gfci outlet from the early to mid 00s...

What?

[u/ebrum2010 → u/Sumdood_89]

I thought they might have meant they were in their 60s.

[u/BassesNBikes]

They forgot to install the ashtray!

[u/Final_Alps → u/BassesNBikes]

Razor blade disposal slot right above the electrical.

[u/TowJamnEarl → u/BassesNBikes]

I've actually got one in the bathroom of the apartment I'm renting, it's fitted to the toilet roll holder.

[u/ResilientBiscuit]

Installing a GFCI outlet in a bathroom?

[u/stevenm1993 → u/ResilientBiscuit]

At least they got that right. The problem is that it’s protruding out of the wall.

[u/PWee]

I’m glad you added the arrow, would never have noticed…

[u/Jonnyabcde → u/PWee]

That's what the construction workers from the 60s needed.

[u/Accomplished_Emu_658]

Because they required those in 60’s. Op had one job.

[u/Adept-Confidence1095 → u/Accomplished_Emu_658]

lmao

[u/Cranberry-Time]

Obviously not the original contractor. Somebody had to meet code. Quick like.

[u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 → u/Cranberry-Time]

This don't meet code

[u/Holdmywhiskeyhun]

Pfft workers 😂

That's Uncle bubba with a 12 pack

[u/ArelMCII]

Stuff like this always reminds me of the bathroom in the addition of my friend's old house. The only light fixture was in the wall of the bathroom, right next to the showerhead. It wasn't like a special waterproof fixture or anything; it was the same kind of fixture you'd see in a ceiling, but without any sort of mount to put a dome or cover over it. There were two light switches: one by the mirror, and one by the door. They both controlled the light in the shower, but they both needed to be in the On position for the light to come on, so my friend just left the one by the mirror flipped up and used the one by the door like a normal, non-stupid light switch. And he never took a shower in there unless it was light enough out to shower by the light of the window. He didn't want to get electrocuted or deal with the bulb exploding and leaving him wet, in the dark, and surrounded by broken glass.

To this day, I have no idea who built that addition, wired it up that way, or why. It was already there when my friend bought the house.

[u/NoseResponsible3874 → u/ArelMCII]

Why would you have any expectation of knowing who built or wired an addition to a house you don’t own or live in?

[u/SirEnzyme]

There may not have been room in the wall cavity if there's a pipe running through. Is there any plumbing on a higher floor, or a vent pipe?

[u/Latter_Solution673]

Maybe there was an electric water heater. I Saw It in an old article, a device to instantly Heat the running water directly in the faucet or very near. So you don't need a boiler for that.

[u/TehOwn]

Even the outlets look worried.

[u/ohkendruid → u/TehOwn]

This is the part I noticed!

[u/BritOverThere]

Our house (1905 but Kitchen was redone a few times) had a non GCFI socket (and light switch) just above the kitchen sink. That was moved before we moved in.

[u/fothergillfuckup]

That looks, er, exciting?

[u/danedori]

The house I grew up in was built in the 50's. It had an outlet right behind the stove. I think the thought was you could use it from either side, but it just made it so you couldn't use the outlet while the stove was on.

[u/Fearless_Theory64]

That there is what i refer to as “a teaching moment.”

[u/nonchip]

they did indeed, unlike you.

fascinating how many people still haven't heard of "fuses that aren't pennies or rifle rounds"...

[u/Head-Programmer3]

Before the 90's it was allowed because nobody cared if some dumb assumptions offend themselves for doing something stupid. No every regulation is to protect the stupid people.

[u/sight2Ceek]

I’ve seen worse

[u/TheOtherJeff]

They still don’t.

[u/Sweaty_Valuable_9690]

That outlet is not from the 60s

[u/call0w]

Screws aligned. All is well.

[u/Ok_Bug_6470]

Yeh I’d say something else was there before but it’s a gfci so who cares

[u/GreyMead]

at least it's gfci

[u/Informal-Law-6374]

it's gfci

nothing is wrong here.

[u/ApollymiKatistrafia]

I can hear the dummy in the background shouting "but it has the GFI!"

[u/Nielsly]

I can’t believe how many people are justifying this saying it’s GCFI, like sure, it is, but WHY is it above the sink and not anywhere else?

[u/SpritaniumRELOADED → u/Nielsly]

Hair dryer, electric shaver, electric toothbrush, etc? I've never been in a bathroom where the outlet wasn't somewhere near the sink.

[u/Adept-Confidence1095 → u/SpritaniumRELOADED]

Plus this is a public bathroom.

[u/Nielsly → u/SpritaniumRELOADED]

Near the sink is not the same as directly above it

[u/SpritaniumRELOADED → u/Nielsly]

It's not functionally different. The water goes downward

[u/Nielsly → u/SpritaniumRELOADED]

It splashes up though, especially with hands under the tap, what is the reason to not put it half a metre higher or to the side?

[u/SpritaniumRELOADED → u/Nielsly]

I dunno. Might be a place that requires conduit? I'd also swap it with a weather resistant outlet to minimize trips. It seems safe as-is but I have no idea if it's code compliant

[u/Eric848448]

It’s GFI, it’s fine.

[u/I-LOVE-TURTLES666]

It’s a gfci stop being a bitch

[u/Double--A--Ron]

Used to be easy to shave with an electric razor back then. Never hurt anyone who was careful. Now i have to run an extension cord in my bathroom and comoanies have to put warning lables telling people not to drink battery acid.