You do know you can reverse the dryer door to open to the left?
The person who has a problem with it knows , but for some reason he hasn’t changed it. I assume there is a reason but I don’t know what it is.
Exactly. Cars and computer keyboards and washers and dryers and can-openers and iphones and, the list just goes on.
How is an iPhone designed for a specific handedness?
As it happens, I just found this mac & cheese recipe that can be done on stove-top
I was looking for things that my kids like, and that I can cook with them, but it avoids the microwave problem… probably not very helpful to the OP but it is an ambidextrous recipe.
Ambidextrous, does it? What if the stove is fitted with right-handed knobs? DOOMED!
Maybe which side of the phone certain buttons are on?
(Not sure why that would matter.)
With only ~10-12% of the population being left-handed, my guess is that there simply isn’t enough of a market for manufacturers to invest in making two versions (right-handed and left-handed) of most products. And most wholesalers and retailers don’t want to take up extra shelf space stocking them, particularly if left-handers will buy the right-handed versions if a left-handed version isn’t available.
Some left-handed products are made and sold of course, but these tend to be products that are small, easy to manufacture and stock, and are geared toward single users (e.g. scissors).
The market for left-handed versions of primarily multi-user products (like microwaves) would be even smaller. If there is, say, only 1 left-hander in a group or family of 3 or more, they will most likely prefer the right-handed version, since 2 (or more) benefit, and only 1 suffers.
Two of the most important buttons on the typing keyboard are “Enter” and “backspace”, which are on the right hand side.
ETA: As are all of the function keys for the calculator.
OP should consider supplying a countertop microwave IMHO if there is room.
A few years ago I was considering a move to an apartment that was labelled handicap-accessible. The microwave oven was above duh regular oven.
True, though I suspect that they are just mimicking the layout of a physical keyboard and calculator, respectively.
Sure, but that just follows on the comment I was responding to:
Another lefty here who has never minded the placement of microwave oven doors. It sounds like the real problem is that it doesn’t open far enough. And it might be a little more accessible if it opened the other way, but basically, if it opened all the way, as it should, it would have been accessible.
Yep, puzzlegal gets it.
And, no, there’s not sufficient counter space to make a countertop model practical.
Is there room for a little table or shelf where you could put a microwave.
Aside: My ex-wife and I referred to leftovers as “lefties”. Every time I see the title of this thread I think “well how else do you heat up leftovers?”
In the kitchen, no. There is a pass-through to the living/dining area over the sink and dishwasher, but that’s really more suitable as a breakfast bar with a couple of stools (which I don’t have yet).
Ironically, that space is currently being occupied by what kaylasmom and I used for thirty-five years as a microwave stand (she’d had a coworker build it for us as a home entertainment center, but it took him so long to finish that we bought one at the Navy Exchange, and plopped the microwave on top and all of our cookbooks in the shelves). It traveled with us from Hawaii, through several cities in Orange County, and is now with me in Portland, awaiting some disposition that will give me room to obtain an actual dining set.
Anyway, if I can avoid it, I don’t want to even think about dropping coin on a kitchen appliance before I’ve got a proper bed.