Hermits and Lifers change a lightbulb
Youâve just moved in and need a favor from one (or more) of your neighbors to change a certain burn-out lightbulb. The lightbulb is a small, 60-watt incandescent bulb with an E26 base, whereas the socket in question is a ceiling-mounted one 8 feet (2.43 meters) off the floor. There is a small 2 ft (0.61m) step stool available.Â
Who do you pick?
(Ctrl+F to find them)
Bdubs goes into the room. After about a minute, you hear a bit of muttering.
He comes out and heads in the direction of the supply closet, returning with a 6-foot stepladder.Â
Cubfan goes into the room holding a toolbox, but takes a lot longer to do the job than you expected. After about an hour, he emerges.
You find that not only has he changed the assigned lightbulb, heâs changed all eight lightbulbs in the room to high-efficiency LED bulbs and installed a dimmer switch.
Docm walks in, followed by a small rover-like robot holding a telescopic lightbulb changer pole that does the job for him in minutes.
You think about how much time he must have spent on it to not have to do this work.
Etho changes the lightbulb, but not soon after heâs left, it starts to flicker.
Upon closer inspection, you discover that he has replaced the lightbulb with a smart bulb that Etho set to appear to flicker randomly.
False changes the lightbulb for a more energy-efficient 9-watt LED bulb.
Itâs exactly the same size, but noticeably brighter.
You have to admit itâs somehow an aesthetic improvement despite not quite matching the other bulbs in the room.
Gem comes to change the lightbulb. She beckons you into the room with her.
You witness her staring at the lightbulb intently; after a few seconds of suspense, it suddenly flickers back on. Both of you shrug at each other.
Grian says he canât make it, having had to âsort his socks by color.â You leave for a lunch break.
Mysteriously, when you return, there is a trail of slime leading into the room, up the wall, and across the ceiling directly to the light socket. The lightbulb has been changed, although the replacement has a bit of slimy residue.
Hypno goes into the room, closes the door, and emerges not even a minute later.
Impressively, you realize he has somehow changed the lightbulb in that short timeframe and put away the stepstool.
Impulse enters the room, and leaves a while thereafter.
After heâs left, you notice that not only has the lightbulb been changed, but the supply box of assorted lightbulbs has been neatly organized and labeled into different containers that werenât there before.
iJevin changes the lightbulb to a light blue-tinted 9W LED bulb.
You canât explain why, but it seems to tie the room together and decide to do the same to the other seven bulbs.
Joe Hills changes the lightbulb.
After Joe has left, you discover that this particular lightbulb inexplicably now only turns off when the light switch is âonâ and vice versa. The problem persists even after a professional electrician has had a look at it. At a loss for words, you decide to change the testing room.
Keralis changes the lightbulb, replacing it with a high-lumen 35-watt LED bulb.
You have to admit that the room has never been brighter.Â
Mumbo attempts to change the lightbulb. The first one he installs, an LED bulb, just plain doesnât work out of the box. The second one works for a brief moment, and then fizzles out within 30 seconds. The third one, an incandescent bulb, spontaneously explodes on the table while his back is turned. Oh my, this has gone horribly wrong.
He shakes the first lightbulb in abject frustration before screwing it into the socket in desperation.
Miraculously, it works.
Pearl goes into the room with a suspicious bulge under her hoodie. She leaves shortly after, snickering to herself. Curious, you inspect the scene.
Itâs been changed, all right⊠There's a sopping wet pickle stuck into the socket, and an upside-down pickle jar on a nearby table.
You wonder why you even bothered to call her.
Rendog goes in to change the lightbulb.
Unfortunately, he quickly realizes youâve run out of LED and incandescent replacements. No matter, there's a fluorescent bulb that fits.
âIt ainât purty, but it worksâŠâ
Skizz waltzes in. Not long after, you hear a crash.
You open the door to check on him and find him on his butt next to a collapsed stepstool, having tripped on it. Heâs dropped the bulb he was holding, but it thankfully isnât broken.
As he leaves, you realize heâs left his phone on the table (specifically, on a Google search that says âhow to change a lightbulb without injuring yourselfâ) and run after him to return it.
Joel comes in, bragging about how you called the right guy for the job and that ânobodyâs better at changing lightbulbs than me, totally.â
Three minutes later, you hear him mildly cursing out the stepstool, which is refusing to cooperate with him. He eventually gets the bulb changed, though not without some fussing over which replacement bulb to pick and insulting the other options.
When you ask Scar, he says he can't stand to change lightbulbs either, for they're the most annoying things in the world right next to wet socks.
It takes you a moment to catch what he means. You're embarrassed that you asked to begin with.
Tango enters the room, and after a brief look around, leaves for the supply closet.
He returns carrying a ladder and enters the room again.
You hear him making funny noises as his brain processes that there was already both a ladder and a stepstool in the room.
Beef arrives to do the job.
After he leaves, you notice he hasnât changed the assigned lightbulb at all. A perfectly fine lightbulb in a room across the house, though, has been changed.
You wonder why you even bothered to mark the room.
Wels changes the lightbulb and leaves in a bit of a haste.
After his departure, you see that all the containers that Impulse organized are now also labeled and stacked up in an orderly manner. The old lightbulb has been set to the side.
xB arrives to change the lightbulb, leaving shortly thereafter.
You find that he has installed a plug adapter into the light socket, into which is plugged a table lamp that wasnât there before. Said lamp is on a nearby table, the almost-too-short cord dangling loosely in midair.
You wonder how he got the lamp in without you noticing.
Xisuma changes the lightbulb without much tomfoolery.
After he leaves, you find an unopened packet of tea bags on a nearby table - as well as an empty, unused teacup and its saucer and a thank-you note.Â
Cleo comes to change the lightbulb.
You enter the room to inspect their work, and then notice that they have also completed the floral arrangement on the table that you were going to set up.
It has exceptional attention to detail.
Zedaph changes the lightbulb. At first, you think itâs malfunctioning because it keeps turning on and off seemingly randomly without anyone touching the switch.
However, it becomes apparent that the new lightbulb he installed has a motion sensor that turns it on at random intervals upon detecting movement.
You conclude that as amusing as it is, itâs not very practical.
Martyn comes in to change the lightbulb.
As heâs explaining to you what heâs going to do in great detail, including joking about threatening the lightbulb verbally, both of you notice it flickering back to life.
Regardless, he changes the light bulb, as he âwas going to do it anyway.â
Lizzie comes in to change the lightbulb.
She accidentally drops the first replacement on the floor, breaking it.
The second one somehow ends up being lost through an open window when she trips and sends it flying.
The stepstool nearly collapses on the third try, but she gets it done - just in time for Joel to arrive just as sheâs finished to see if she needs help.
BigB doesnât show. Instead, this guy calling himself âTerryâ shows up.
Youâre reluctant to let him in, but Lizzie vouches for him.
After heâs changed the lightbulb and left, you notice a pile of cookie crumbs on the carpet underneath the light.
Jimmy Solidarity comes to change the lightbulb.
Heâs interrupted by Grian, who finally decides to show up only to heckle him at the window.
Frustrated, Jimmy closes the window and draws the blinds - then realizes heâs misplaced the replacement bulb thanks to the distraction. Guess who snatched it?
Scott comes to change the lightbulb. Heâs in the room for a very long time.
At the end of the day, you give the door a knock. âCome in!âÂ
He unpacked all the moving boxes and decorated the entire room of his own accord. Itâs quite cozy, you admit.Â
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