RBM (remove this) wrote:
It's not at all unusual to find it done that way. Many builders do
it, regardless of the cost of the home.
Past tense, it was a cost effective way of meeting the GFCI requirements,
but is no longer applicable as the GFCI requirements have changed




Interesting. What exactly does code now say that prevents one GFCI
from being used to protect both a bathroom and garage outlets?