Unexpected differences

We expected England to be a lot different from home, obviously, but one thing that I'm having trouble getting used to is the outlets. Not that the prongs are different, that I expected. Not that the voltage is different, that I expected as well. The pictures are from our kitchen in our TLF, they have both American and English outlets, both voltages.



At least everywhere on base, we'll see if it's the same off base eventually, every outlet has it's own on/off switch. OK, big deal, right? Well, I've plugged in my laptop only to have it give me the 2 minute battery warning 40 minutes into a session... and I'm thinking, but it's plugged in!! It has taken some getting used to. The power strip my curling iron is plugged into won't seem to turn on ~ it's the outlet switch that's not on.


Oh, and in the picture above, both outlets are off. So what looks like "on" to me as an American, is actually "off". At least I'm figuring it out. :)


Here's another difference:

This happened at the Subway on base ~ Midway through making my sandwich, the maker said "Salad, please?" I'm like, Um, no, I ordered a sandwich, which you're making right now... LOL If I had never been to Subway before I'd have had no idea that this is British for "What vegetables would you like on your sandwich?" Fortunately, I have been to Subway, so when he said "Salad, please?" I replied, "Everything except onions and peppers." Yay, disaster averted. :)