How often do you go over to your friends homes for the evening for a drink or whatever, and end up fixing their electronics due to everything is so messed up?

I was over at a friends the other day, when he asked me why the sound was bad...he has some really nice Boston VR series speakers and when I really looked at them. The right channel was completely turned (not faced forward)...what is wrong w/ people

Another situation was I came over for a party and they had a 46" Sony LCD w/ a complete surround system. We were watching analog, and the picture was full (stretch mode), but when it came time for the HD football game only part of the picture was on! I asked them how long they had been watching it like this and they said since new (1 year). They had everything they needed, just were looping the signal through a dvd recorder, so signal was dropping to 480p.

What are the odds of people out there that are not really working their equipment properly?