Light switches in Poland versus Western Europe

Why do light switches in Poland/Central Europe go the opposite direction to switches in western europe?

Eastern europans can ask the same question:)

No they can't, they were in the uk first as they were invented there.

if you say so.
Wish you good luck with finding the answer

As I have been fitting some this week I can tell you that they are no different. You can install them either way up.

Electric light comes from England, but I have no idea if Swan invented the switch when he invented the bulb.

Because is Europe they do everything backwards to front and that sucks ! And they waste time and love working to much !

which came first... the chicken or the egg??

Well your the teacher, so you tell me. :-)

macumba, don't take it the wrong way, i was joking mate.

Wroclaw, I agree but it seems to be consistently different. I just find it interesting, because there are so many things like this. I often wonder if its a remainder of communisim.
For example, instead of importing taps, a factory would have to be setup to do it the communist way, thereby creating jobs and industries.
For example hot and cold taps are on different sides (in fact Uk&Ireland have a hot and cold tap as opposed to Europe which more sensibly has a single tap [faucet for our american friends])

so was I:)

Why did you send me all those abusive emails then?

I can tell you that some light switches in America work in the opposite direction...I live
in a building where the electrcian was an achoholic/pothead and some of the switches he installed work in this curious way.

ROFL :))

re: western europe

- And what does this expression mean?

Sublime thread ! I needed a good laugh....