what does it mean when an outlet goes dead?

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13. I was told....

that had the original owners elected an "upgraded" electrical wiring package, that each of the bathrooms (or any other outlets on a GFCI) would have been individually fitted with a "reset" button. Is that true? I'd probably not have bothered either if there was extra expense involved, but it never occurred to me that a downstairs half-bath would override the main bathroom upstairs.