Woman gets mercilessly trolled after claiming TV remote is 'left handed'

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A woman who claimed her TV remote control is designed for left-handed people became the target for trolls after she revealed the device only works in her right hand. Jess Addams, 25, said she was left baffled when she tried to change channel using her right hand on the controller for her Celcus 32inch flatscreen TV and it wouldn't work. She took to social media to prove that she had uncovered the bizarre feature on the remote only to become the subject of ridicule, with numerous posts telling her it was a new function. Support worker Jess, from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, bought the TV from Sainsbury’s in November and was attempting to flick between channels using her right hand since her other held her phone and was left baffled to find it didn’t work. Immediately texting boyfriend Scott to tell him how frustrated she was that she had a ‘left-handed remote’ – leaving him perplexed. When she then asked Scott if she needed to request an ‘ambidextrous remote’ Scott told her to inform Sainsbury’s that it was faulty. She replied that it wasn’t faulty and that ‘it’s just made for left-handed people. Sainsbury’s didn’t tell me the remote was special’. In the mean-time, Jess took to social media to alert Sainsbury’s of the issue and ask if she had been sold a left-handed remote. To prove her case, Jess has even videoed herself attempting to use the remote in both hands and it only working when in her left. However, numerous social media users decided to wind Jess up by telling her it was a new child-proof function or that is was programmed for left-handed people and needed resetting. One even asked her to try doing it backwards. Jess said: “I had never noticed that there was an issue with my remote as I’d always used my left but the other day I was being lazy as I had my phone in my hand so I used my right. “It simply wouldn’t work, no matter what angle I pointed it or how hard I pressed it. Not a single button works when I press it with my right hand but it still works fine with my left. “I got really frustrated so started texting my boyfriend to tell him I had been sold a left-handed control by mistake but he told me they didn’t exist. “I complained to Sainsbury’s anyway as I was pretty sure something was going wrong with it. But once my friends saw that I had complained about it they all started laughing at me. “They are convinced there is no such thing as a left-handed remote but I don’t see what is so silly about the idea. My video proves that it isn’t working so the proof is in the pudding really. “But now so many people have said they don’t exist, I suppose I might be wrong. I do feel a bit stupid to be honest. People I don’t even know are laughing at it and asking me if I am blonde.” Scott has since been round to Jess’ house and found that the remote refuses to work in his right hand too. Despite testing the theory himself, Scott remains unconvinced that there are remotes designed for different hands. Jess said: “He was really shocked when it didn’t work in his right hand either – he thought it was just me being ditzy. He knows how I am. “I felt like I had been proved right when it wouldn’t work for him either but he says it is just faulty since I have had it a while. He says it could be the sensor that is faulty or maybe the buttons from the angle the right hand presses them. “He is basically finding any excuse possible to explain it other than saying it could be a left-handed remote.” Since sharing her battle with the remote with her friends, Jess has also been offered a left-handed door key and tartan paint. Jess says it is not the first time she has been left embarrassed by some of the things she says and does. Jess said: “Once during a blackout we needed to get some candles while the electricity was out. I asked someone to turn the lights so I could see where they were stored. A lot of people laughed at me for that. “But if there are no such things as left-handed remotes then this could be the most embarrassing one so far.” Sainsbury’s encouraged Jess to get in touch with their Customer Careline if she feels the remote is faulty. A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said: “We haven’t the remotest idea why Jessica can’t change channels with her right hand.”