If someone pulled a prank on you while you were away for a while, and took your refrigerator door and swapped the hinges and door handle sides, would you even notice?
Would you be confused? Would you be mad? Would you even care?
LOL, I'd never do this, but it seems harmless silly enough...
A lot of fridges are made to go both ways. You have to attach the handle and the hinge when you get it. A lot of fridges will have two plugs on the other side to cover the unused bolt holes
Yes I would notice, yes I would be confused, yes I would be mad. My fridge stands against a wall on one side and would become basically impossible to access.
Yes, I would notice, and yes, I would be really fucking annoyed. I swapped the fridge door to the way it is so that I can turn from my stovetop and open it with my dominant hand. Fittings were worn and I barely made it work without running something, so changing it for the prank and then again to correct it would probably damage it for good.
I'd definitely notice, mine is less than a year old so I still remember thinking about which side I wanted the refrigerator to open towards.
Plus right now it opens facing the rest of the kitchen area/counter and that works for me. If that suddenly got reversed it'd be a noticeable and annoying change.
Mine are side-by-side, as another commenter mentioned, so yeah. That would be really weird.
I would notice if my washer and dryer got their doors reversed. I never considered it before (first time buying new appliances) but you choose the orientation based on where the walls are.
I imagine with a refrigerator, the same is true. Based on the kitchen layout, one orientation would be vastly more convenient than the other.
I'd notice immediately since it would become annoying to use by a lot. I'm unsure if I'd known how to fix easily, or if it required a second able bodied person.
"Hello guy who mows the lawn for us, can you change how the fridge door opens? Someone broke in and changed it. Yes, I'm going to therapy, don't worry, if I'm crazy it'll be okay."
I'd probably be concerned (and annoyed) that some unknown person violated my privacy to break into my home... just to fuck with my fridge???
That being said, if I knew who did it because of a long-standing tradition of mutual harmless pranks, or something, I'd probably be amused. But still a little bit annoyed.
I’d notice the fridge at some point, there is a logic to doors in spaces. A flow to movement. but the cutlery would just mess with me. I’d be constantly doubting thing with Deja vu vibes.
I have a fridge with the big single door and the drawer freezer at the bottom. I can't say for sure which side the handle is on from memory, so maybe that prank would work.
I don't read it that way. Some washing machines and refrigerators are designed to have the hinges swap sides so the door can swing the other way, not put the hinges where the handle is, and the handle where the hinges are...
Yes it is. You change something about a person's environment, and when they ask "did you change that thing?" you deny it. If you never reveal that you actually changed the thing, it's called gaslighting.
It's named after a movie in which one character did this to another character with the intensity of gas lamps on the wall, with the intention of making her doubt her own perceptions.