Recently, we started renting a house in Costa Rica, as we expect to be spending a lot of time in Costa Rica as we start up our operations there. The day we moved into our house, I was deeply concerned to discover the hot water did not seem to work in the shower. I looked around for the fuse box and the water tank and determined that there was no issue there. So what could be the problem? A few hours later, I turned on the cold water to brush my teeth and discovered that steaming hot water was coming out. Eureka... the taps are reversed. After I recovered from my embarrassment for not figuring this out sooner, I concluded that things were "backwards" here... As far as I know, the standard is always Hot on the Left, Cold on the Right.
Last weekend, I was ranting about this to a Costa Rican and they reminded me that in Spanish, Hot is "Caliente" and Cold is "Helado"... hmm... H = Cold and C = Hot. All of the sudden it began to make sense. The person who installed the taps put the H in the right spot, but put the "Helado" water into that tap.
The moral of the story is that when you are doing something that you assume is completely obvious, always take a step back and think about the un-obvious as well.
Last weekend, I was ranting about this to a Costa Rican and they reminded me that in Spanish, Hot is "Caliente" and Cold is "Helado"... hmm... H = Cold and C = Hot. All of the sudden it began to make sense. The person who installed the taps put the H in the right spot, but put the "Helado" water into that tap.
The moral of the story is that when you are doing something that you assume is completely obvious, always take a step back and think about the un-obvious as well.
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