I would like to punch two men in the face. Although I have no proof, Iβm confident both are TAMU engineers.
First, the guy who designed the Christmas light strings in which a tiny wire is required to contact another tiny wire in an insert to complete a circuit, which is required to make all the lights on the string work. If just one of the lights on the tree gets slightly twisted, or disturbed, or looked at in a cruel manner, the circuit is interrupted and the whole string is dead, until you go light-by-light, pulling the damn things out, figuring out which filament isnβt making contact. I would like to punch that guy in the face.
Iβm no electrical engineer, but it seems to me that it would be incredibly easy to design a string of lights in which the circuit functions regardless of whether any individual light is functional, is seated correctly, or is even present in its seat
Second, the guy who decided to use that design of light strings to tie into pre-lit artificial Christmas trees. Inevitably one or more of the strings on the tree will go bad. Then the user is required to go light-by-light on a light string thatβs tightly wrapped around the branches in a completely random way. Doing so means getting oneβs hands and wrists repeatedly abraded by the artificial branches and needles, and itβs almost impossible to find the offending light because the lights are all tucked in among the branches.
Screw those guys.