⚠️ Brushes on escalators aren’t for shining shoes…
As a kid, I always thought the brushes on the sides of escalators were for polishing your shoes. Ok fine, I still thought that as an adult, until I found out these bristles are actually a big safety feature. Turns out one of the biggest reasons for escalator mishaps is that people get their clothes and bags stuck in them when they stand too close to the sides. These nylon bristles make very “nails on chalkboard” sounds and vibrations when they touch people, which alerts them to minding their feet and skirt lines. ⚠️
👚 Why are buttons on women’s shirts on the left?
Button up for this one! (Get it?) Anyway, you may have that on many women’s button-down shirts the buttons are on the left, as opposed to on their male counterparts, where the buttons are on the right. You’d think they’d be the same since most people are right-handed. However, putting the buttons on the left is a tradition that stems from a time when buttons represented your social and financial status. If you owned buttons, you probably were being dressed by a chambermaid, and the buttons on your left were on her right when she was facing you. So yea, it IS easier to do it right-handed, these shirts were just designed for OTHER people to do it for you, right-handed.👚
😑 The “expressionless face” looking plate on staplers…
No, that’s not an emoji, even though it looks like one. You may assume it’s there to act as reinforcement to bend the staples, and that’s partly right. It is. But did you know there’s more to it than that? And that your stapler actually has settings? That plate, known technically as an “anvil,” and if you twist it around 180 degrees, it creates a background plate for making a “temporary staple,” for those times when you may want to hold things together, but want to easily pull out the staple later. 😑