The way people install GFCI outlets in kitchens is driving me crazy

I was at a job last Tuesday in a 1980s house and found three GFCI outlets wired with the load side feeding other outlets downstream. The homeowner said the previous guy did it so he wouldn't have to put in separate AFCI breakers. But that's not code at all around here. The load side is for protecting outlets that might have water exposure, not for daisy chaining across the whole kitchen. Anyone else running into this hack job where guys use GFCIs to bypass panel work?

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faith_perez4mo ago

Question whether your local inspector would even pass that load side daisy chain trick though.

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hunt.jana4mo ago

Man I once wired a GFCI backwards and tripped it every time I toasted a bagel, so your mileage may vary but I feel your pain on lazy hack jobs.

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