Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

[Markyd]

Upside down would have been better?

Maybe he was stupid then....

 

[westward10]

Aside from this cable being just a tad undersized, on a 63A device the connections are somewhat incorrect.

 

[Pete999]

don't be silly pete. then the leccy would leak out... from L to E pins due to newton's law of gravy..

Yeah forgot about gravity Tel

 

[SparkyChick]

Got called out to this on Friday

 

[Rpa07]

Ttttcch! always the neutral - well sometimes!
The cause of that is the paper left over the pins - a fail with PA testing! It’s the PA testing equivalent of a C1 - serious stuff!

Got called out to this on Friday

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[ElectricSeamus]

Sometimes the classics are the best.

 

[SparkySy]

Some bathroom issues by a diy hero I came across!

 

[static zap]

Why are all the sockets and switches mounted sideways?

So rain can drip down cables and run into plug..
(unless the cables are too long and form drip loops)

 

[MG201]

Got called out to this on Friday

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What device was on the end of that plug flex? Mind if I use that ??

 

[SparkyChick]

What device was on the end of that plug flex? Mind if I use that ??

Ultimately, a tumble drier... but that isn't what the plug was from.

As for your second question... Yes, I would mind, so can you use it? No. The primary reason is I would have no way of controlling how it is used and what kind of spin would be put on it in the context of your intended purpose. There are a multitude of reasons it could have happened and many of them do not implicate the electrician responsible for the work, there were other things going on that did suggest a spark who was a few neurons short of self-awareness had done some work on the install but whether that contributed to the outcome we'll never know.