If you've ever looked around our house carefully before the fire, you may have noticed at the top of the basement stairs there was a switch with duct tape all over it. That was to dissuade you from using it since it turned off the gas. The question we should all be asking is why the original architect of the house thought it would be cool to make a switch to turn off the gas. And place it at the top of the basement stairs, a spot that seems perfectly logical to turn on the lights in the basement.

The problem is with the new set up, the actual switch for the lights is in the exact same location as the previous one for the gas. So whenever I head downstairs, there's always five to ten seconds of flailing as I move my hand to flip it, my instincts kick in telling me you can't touch that switch, and then realizing what the new reality is.