No, they drag an extension cord from an adjacent room and plug it in there, peferably into an outlet that isn't GFI protected [Linked Image]
By the way, we never had the version that only offers a single outlet here, only the one with 2 sockets and light bulb. Usually made of porcelaine and widely used for powering electric irons in the 1930ies and well into the 50ies, then those rapidly died out.