When the batteries in a remote control are going flat, why do we push the buttons harder?

Answer 1

Because we don't want to admit that the batteries are going flat when we know that we haven't got any new ones in the house, It's a defensive mechanism against having to get up off the couch and make an effort.....

Answer 2

Because most people these days cant work their electronics without a remote, even though you can, so cant deal with the thought of being without. I have seen someone hunt for 25 minutes for new batteries for a remote, miss half the program they wanted to watch, all rather than push the little button on the TV by hand.

Answer 3

We push the buttons harder because we instinctively think the buttons are stiff.

Although thats not the worst thing, when the batteries are going flat on my mums remote, she bangs the remote of the table, floor or her hand, and in fairness it always works.

Answer 4

because by holding the button down the small charge in the battery will eventually build up in the remote control and then the signal will be sent,
the reason for rubbing batteries between your hands is that it creates heat which causes any left over charge to build up
this will work for a while the batteries will be even flatter

Answer 5

i think it's cause you somehow believe that if you push the button harder you get a better contact with the circuit underneath and so get more of whats left of the power in the battery. Kind of the same theory that some people have about needing to shout to get people to hear them when using the phone :)

Answer 6

We are lazy. We have a remote controll for the TV when the batteries go flat we're too lazy to change them. Therefore I propose my new invention; I will create a remote control battery replacer that doesn't need batteries itself. Solar powered. Patent pending. ;)

Answer 7

Sometimes extra pressure will help make a better contact. Taking the cover off the batteries and turning them round by rolling them with your finger will improve the contact, as will taking the batteries out and rubbing the ends on cloth and replacing them.

Answer 8

The same reason we clout the tv set when it goes on the blink or kick the car when it breaks down... inside our minds we like to personify things; those inanimate objects we interact with on a daily basis take on a little personality to us, so we end up swearing at them and bashing them about in the vain hope it'll force them to function when they go on the blink. We're trying to goad them into working again as we might another living creature.

One of these days my computer is going to swear back at me, though, and that really will show we've taken this technology lark too far...

Answer 9

Because its human nature to push, hit, squash, slap, thump, pull, kick and scratch when things don't work.

We're so busy with life that we expect so much from materialistic things that we have forgotten the simple stuff like changing the batteries, the nappy or switching of the gas, closing the window, locking the car yada yada yada .. . and when simplicity prevails you feel like a right lemon . . .

Answer 10

Because we are hoping that its not the batteries and its just the remote ... i mean who really wants to go hunting for batteries in the middle of your favorite programme or footie match?!...