Left-handed people reveal what truly doesn’t work properly for them and it's more common than you'd think
Things that right-handed people take for granted in their daily lives, might pose a big hassle for left-handed people. This problem usually occurs because most of the tools, devices, and systems are designed with right-handed people in mind. To many left-handed individuals such challenges might feel like a personal problem before they discover the real reason behind their struggles. Their struggles also highlight how there is a need to customize products and services that can cater to left-handed people and make life a little bit easier for them. A person, u/father-fluffybottom, asked people on Reddit, "Left-handed people - what in the world just doesn't work properly for you?" and got some interesting answers.
From pens that leave smudges and tools that are designed for right-handed people to hold and use, making it difficult for lefties to use their dominant hand to dinner table seats shared with right-handed people making it harder for both people to eat, left-handed people shared the difficulties they experience on a regular basis. Some people also highlighted unexpected things like tutorials for crocheting that are designed for right-handed people and take the extra effort of mirroring everything if lefties want to follow along. Here are 15 things that left-handed people find difficult to do in their lives.
1. Cameras with buttons on the right side
I know nobody uses them anymore but I used to dream about owning a camera that let me click the shutter with my left hand, so I could hold this really expensive object steady with my dominant hand. -u/Hunter-310
2. Emergency stops on industrial equipment
Emergency stops on large industrial equipment. Most of these are placed so that if there is an accident and you are being pulled into a machine, the e-stop is located wherever a right handed person would instinctively reach as they were trying not to die. As a left handed person, this means they are never located where I need them to be. -u/LostDogBoulderUtah
3. Phone app designs
Most app and phone layouts designed for single right handed use while I always have to use two hands. -u/Several_Translator59
4. Power tool grips and angles
Power tools. All of the grips, angles, and exhaust are designed for right hand operation. -u/MileHighGilly
5. Firearms
A lot of weapons are made assuming lefties don't exist. When I was in the army every time we went to the range either I or my uniform would get burnt by hot casings ejecting from my rifle into my right arm. -u/DarthFlaw
6. Ballpoint pens designed to pull across the paper
Ball point pens. They are designed for the ball to be pulled across the paper. When you're a lefty you push it across the paper and alot of them do not write correctly because of it. -u/bk775
7. Tutorials!
Haven’t seen anyone say this yet but tutorials, especially for things like crocheting. i have to mirror everything in my head. -u/eveofmilady
8. Mug patterns
Mugs always have the pattern printed on the wrong side! -u/plaititudes
9. Chairs with writing pads
Chairs for students (when there are individual chairs) have writing pad on the right hand side. That sucks. -u/Pen_Pine_Apple
10. Ice cream scoopers
It's ice cream scoopers with a thumb trigger for me. -u/abbyscuitowannabe
11. Brooms with screw-on sticks
I didn't see anyone mention this one yet, brooms, where the stick screws into the brush part. The way I naturally grip a broom and sweep causes it to gradually unscrew itself until the brush part falls off. -u/revjor
12. Eating at a table with a right-handed person
Eating at a table next to somebody right-handed. As a lefty, you get used to keeping your elbow tucked in and down to prevent hitting the person sitting to the left. Right-handed eaters (not all) just let that chicken wing flap. -u/Superb_Measurement64
13. A computer mouse
Computer mice if you are like me and only want to use one left handed (thank God for left handed gaming mice). -u/Object-Ecstatic
14. Credit card readers
Credit card readers are always angled for right handers. -u/ZenithPathfinder_
15. Surgical Equipment
Surgical equipment - surgical scissors, laparoscopic tools - it’s the scissor problem but x10. -u/Puzzlepiece92