Why do you press harder on a button on the remote control when you know the batteries are dead?

Question: Why do you press harder on a button on the remote control when you know the batteries are dead?
- Keywords:
  button,
  remote control
Asked by Ayrton to Ed, Kerrianne, Nina, Oli, yoyehudi on 7 Nov 2017.
- Nina Jordan answered on 7 Nov 2017:
  
  Ha ha! Frustration is my guess…
- Kerrianne Harrington answered on 7 Nov 2017:
  
  I don’t do this… Blind hope?

Question: Why do you press harder on a button on the remote control when you know the batteries are dead?