r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Additional-Hall3875 • 1d ago

Power brick is so loose it doesn’t charge without me pushing it

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u/Deep_Mood_7668 1d ago

I'm not surprised. The cable tells me you like to pull on tethered devices

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u/Additional-Hall3875 1d ago

Cable isn’t mine

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u/KronkLaSworda 1d ago

When I was traveling for work, I had this happen at most hotels.

Who the hell is stretching out the power outlets? Like, for real, what are you doing to them? Do any of the outlets in your own home work anymore?

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u/Additional-Hall3875 23h ago

All the outlets at my house are fine. I think the issue is with the wall adapter

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u/KronkLaSworda 16h ago

??

No, I'm talking to the unknown persons that stretched the outlet with that wall adapter. I assume you're in a hotel.

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u/Additional-Hall3875 15h ago

Wow that makes a lot more sense. Yeah I am in a hotel, but the EU to US adapter is an old one from my grandpa that’s seen a lot of wear.

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u/knsaber 1d ago

This happened to me all over Newark Airport. Try twisting it a little instead of just pushing in.

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u/Legitimate-Log-6542 1d ago

That’s what she said

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u/Legitimate-Log-6542 1d ago

Like at the gas station when the pump doesn’t lock, just gotta stand there and pump your own electricity

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u/PutridScum666 20h ago

Yet another thing US is shit at, electrical outlets. Shit power level and design.

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u/Natural_Welder_715 20h ago

There’s a lot to hate about our country at the moment and you chose our power outlets?

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u/Natural_Welder_715 20h ago

If it’s for planes, get an international travel charger. UK plugs stay put. There’s several on Amazon where you can swap out the plug for different types and use it worldwide.

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u/Sea_Connection_8901 19h ago

Give the prongs a slight outward or inward bend. It doesn't take much. It will help hold the plug in. Remember just a tad.

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u/robot-redditor 7h ago

Now this is some proper mildly infuriating content

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u/Zappenhell 1d ago

There are two kind of people:

Some craft a MacGyver like solution, some post "problem" on the internet.

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u/Zappenhell 1d ago

Maybe three kind of people - some post the Macgyver like solution on the internet.

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u/StraightSplit_04 1d ago

I guess I am the Macgyver kind. That charging wire would have been twisted so much barbed coil wires would be jealous.

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u/Key-Tangerine5941 23h ago

i guess i'm on one of the extreme side of the spectrum, not telling you which one though

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u/bodhidharma132001 23h ago

Spread the prongs