Bathroom Blues

Can someone please explain to me why in a country that has the UK standard in electrical plugs someone has still opted for installing a completely different power outlet in the bathroom? What is the logic here?


And above all, why is that damn outlet decorated with a picture that shows a chap shaving his beard?
Am I to understand that this electricity outlet is only meant for men? I mean, don't get me wrong, I am the last person you can typify as a feminist but still, it seems to me that women in average spend much more hours in the bathroom. What about blow drying hair, curling it, warming up wax for some strategic trimming, recharging your electric toothbrush and the likes? If you did purchase those items here, the chances are that they have the three pin plug which [even though as a woman you may try] will not fit that hole?

And once we are talking about this, what the f**k is up with all these different "standards"?? Why does every region have to have some slight modification to everything? If it is not the plug then for sure it is the other end ... I am not even going to mention any exact figures here but the amount of different types of chargers I own is just staggering. Honestly, few trips around the world and living in different countries have guaranteed that my household inventory is mainly consisting of different, obsolete cables and plugs. The world economy is making an interesting turnover on items that are completely unnecessary. I mean, can we really not just have one universal charger? Then again, some engineer will probably turn it into something as useless as the universal remote control which you never manage to operate since you do not anymore have [or cannot locate] the 3 kilo weighing manual with 1,230,000 different codes for different brands AND which always seems to be missing the one you are looking for.

Oh how complicated life is ...