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I'm glad you've only ever worked with pleasant landlords who don't have dangerous electrical work in their apartments, but this is not my experience


Plugging a floor lamp into a bathroom electrical socket is going to reduce your danger?


code requires a GFCI socket in a bathroom, which if functioning would be safer than mucking around in an unknown wall receptacle, but YMMV


You're trusting that someone will follow the law about one receptacle, but expecting them to not follow the law about another nearby receptacle?


gfci will do you the courtesy of flipping instead of killing you


Yes, I know what GFCI is and how it works, but what does that have to do with my comment that you replied to?

When house shopping, I have found non-GFCI outlets where code said they should be GFCI. A homeowner got a crappy electrician, and you think all landlords will get the best electricians that follow code?




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