People tend to push remote control buttons harder when the batteries are going dead. Why?

People are stupid.People tend to push remote control buttons harder when the batteries are going dead. Why?
maybe because they're trying to force it to work? i don't know if it has anything to do with the batteries but sometimes my remote doesn't work and pushing the buttons harder helps.People tend to push remote control buttons harder when the batteries are going dead. Why?
They feel that they are forcing the thing to work, by applying more force on the buttons. And sometimes that works!!