December 14, 2009
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Nagging question...
When I picked up my dry cleaning today, I was once again annoyed at the fact that the hangers were backwards. I've always learned to hang my clothes from the hanger with the hook opening to the left, so that when hung from the rod the from will face to the left. However, when I complained to the lady, she simply said that I was wrong. My mom even told me that I was wrong. Apparently they both think that the hook opening goes to the right.
I never really noticed how my mom used to hang my clothes when I was younger. It wasn't until after the Army that I began hanging my clothes the way I do. Even the dry cleaners I used would hang the clothes in the fashion that I do. Now, I have to ask. What is the right way to hang clothes from a hanger? There doesn't seem to be an answer online. So is the entire US Army and my drill instructor wrong? Or, is my mom and my current dry cleaners wrong?
Tell me, how do you like your clothes hung from a hanger, with the hook open to the left so that the front faces to the left, or with the hook open to the right so that the front faces the right?
Comments (7)
The game-theoretic answer is to flip a coin so as not to be exploitable.
It depends on which side of the closet you have.
I interchange often but my default is opening facing left.
I face left too. It definitely makes more sense if the locker/closet opens out from a left sided latch. Why do they make u face it left in the army?
@slamjoe - It doesn't matter what side of the closet; everything is to the left.
@DaMoon - It's not for me ask why, but to do or die.
Hm... makes sense
hmm, mine open to the left.. how funny, I never thought about this before. I'm not sure why I do it that way, even...
At work, we have all the hangers facing to the left... the opening. It's not said why but it's usually because the mass majority of the public is right-handed and people usually browse with their dominant hand.
It's not a case of who is right or wrong.. but what is your preference. I am right-handed myself and prefer if everything is hung for me to right with my right hand holding an article of clothing up.
= )
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