I have no words - Just Why?!?

[Teken]

Sometimes you read something on the Internet and your first gut reaction is this is just trolling.

But, supposedly this is true and did happen . . .

Story: Supervisor asks the new guy if he has ever changed a switch in a home / business.

Green rookie says yes absolutely because another person showed him how.

Supervisor tells him to go swap out a few old switches for new ones in a room and to leave the outlets alone. As he will show him later how to.

Hours later he follows up with the green rookie and finds this?!?

 

[TonyR]

Sometimes you read something on the Internet and your first gut reaction is this is just trolling.

But, supposedly this is true and did happen . . .

Story: Supervisor asks the new guy if he has ever changed a switch in a home / business.

Green rookie says yes absolutely because another person showed him how.

Supervisor tells him to go swap out a few old switches for new ones in a room and to leave the outlets alone. As he will show him later how to.

Hours later he follows up with the green rookie and finds this?!?

Assuming there's a black (hot) and a white (neutral) and a bare or green ground in that box....and the rookie connected the black and white to the switch....I'd like to be around when he flipped that switch to test it!