Scientific or paranormal explanation?

44 Does this happen to you??

Why, oh, WHY do nametags always seem to be flipped wrong-side-out??

I'll position mine the proper way (with name and picture front and center) and by the time I walk from the Pyxis to the bedside, approximately 20 feet, it's flipped back over.

Whenever a patient asks my name I look down and again it's flipped to the back and I have to turn it over.

I have turned it over on the holder thinking it might have a preferred side only to again have it be wrong side out 90% of the time.

I have turned it wrong side out on purpose (to fool it) only to check back later and it's still flipped wrong side out (to fool me).

The nametag is plastic so I don't think there is any kind of personal magnetic field interference.

This has happened to me in two different states so I'm ruling out being in a vortex.

I am now investigating whether I might be a vampire-like being (as I do prefer nights) that cannot have a picture of myself visible to the public.

I will appreciate any and ALL explanations or theories on this mighty strange phenomena. Last edit by Mavrick on May 29
You'd think it should have a 50/50 chance of facing the wrong way, but you're right it does seem like it's backwards closer to 90% of the time. I've always assumed it's voodoo related.

The subject of this thread is not what I was expecting. However, I do agree about the name tags. I have rarely seen it facing the correct way. It feels like within minutes, it's facing the wrong way. Maybe I should put a double sided tape on the backside...

I've never understood why they refuse to make them two-sided, but maybe they know that would cause the nametags to become unstable, spinning wildly potentially causing injury.

Quote from MunoRNI've never understood why they refuse to make them two-sided, but maybe they know that would cause the nametags to become unstable, spinning wildly potentially causing injury.

Oh, Sweet Mysteries of Life!Kind of on the same scale as why do laundry pieces invariably turn themselves inside-out when in the washing machine (and/or the dryer)?!?And to OP - I have another alternative response to your poll. >>>>> Who cares for another ugly picture? (One that looks like a passport photo, a driver's license photo, a photo from the FBI's 10 Most-Wanted, or one of Homeland's Security's Major Terrorists list?? Good question though! I always thought it was the wearer turning it backwards, but now I have to ponder some more. Hope I don't lose too much sleep!

My name tag is always backwards and I have wondered why so many times. Perhaps this deserves some good peer reviewed attention.

Quote from cracklingkrakenThe subject of this thread is not what I was expecting. However, I do agree about the name tags. I have rarely seen it facing the correct way. It feels like within minutes, it's facing the wrong way. Maybe I should put a double sided tape on the backside...

Quote from amoLuciaOh, Sweet Mysteries of Life!Kind of on the same scale as why do laundry pieces invariably turn themselves inside-out when in the washing machine (and/or the dryer)?!?And to OP - I have another alternative response to your poll. >>>>> Who cares for another ugly picture? (One that looks like a passport photo, a driver's license photo, a photo from the FBI's 10 Most-Wanted, or one of Homeland's Security's Major Terrorists list?? Good question though! I always thought it was the wearer turning it backwards, but now I have to ponder some more. Hope I don't lose too much sleep!

LOL! I so didn't expect this! Good one!

Quote from ixchelMy name tag is always backwards and I have wondered why so many times. Perhaps this deserves some good peer reviewed attention.

Quote from OrganizedChaosLOL! I so didn't expect this! Good one!

This common phenomenon has to do with the space-time continuum. You can take my word for it or watch the first episode of Back to the Future, backwards in slow motion to understand. Would two sided badges show the staff member's face on one side and the back of their head on the other?