after i typed that i was thinking about how to handle this politely - decided to say "excuse me is this your first time shopping in a grocery store?" - and depending on the response i will come back with either a "suggestion" our "example" about keeping the *&^#@* cart out of the aisle as consideration to others.
Quirks, idiosyncrasies, peculiarities
Just discovered this thread. no sense repeating what countrymom said, everything has to be just so when I put stuff away.
Learned that from my mother.
wha, agree with you,but it also bugs me when I see people not putting their cart where they are suppose to go after loading their car, I do it even if it rains.
Now I have to think what else annoys me
Maria
I do turn off unused lights most of the time, except to see my way up the stairs, I think it is less a compulsive habit than a holdover from WW II training about lights showing. You can knock your body on open cupboard doots, but only the lower ones bother me.
The thing that annoys me the most is kids riding in the grocery cart! I can't take my dog into a store but kids with filthy feet and dirty diapers are allowed to ride in the carts where we put our food??? give me a break...
Babies in public pools is absolutely disgusting.
irisMA - I had a cat that was able to open cupboard doors. He used to open the one in the bathroom at night. I can't tell you how many times I slammed into that open door in the dark - ouch !
Back to groceries - another thing that bugs me is children running all over the store. And those extra displays sometimes block the end of the aisle. I've almost decked kids turning the corner.
One time there were two mommies talking, completely oblivious to what their children were doing. One of the little kids literally climbed into the dairy case, standing on all the pudding cups ! Just think -
when they left the store, unknowing customers bought those items.
Again, I say Yuk !
Does everyone start with the same leg or arm when putting on clothes? Many do. I don't.
Not me...whatever limb I can get functioning first is the one I start with...
Well unless you're licking the outside of the pudding cups.
And to really gross you out....You are aware that in those refrigerated warehouses there are rats that are running all over your food containers. Hubby did work in one and they were lovingly referred to as wooly mammoths.
Victor, I'd have to pay more attention while I'm dressing I'm not sure.
I agree big time with the monster kids in the stores. Well actually it is monster parent or who ever is supposed to be in charge of them. Why do these people think that as soon as they enter the store or other public place for that matter, it is now everyone else's responsibility to watch their kids? And what has happened to the death look that mothers used to employ to maintain control?
Usually left leg first--however it is the one I prefer to lead me up steps. Sort of like being left handed I suppose. Just feels more comfortable.
The first think I do when I get a magazine is to go through and tear out every single postcard insert.
Have you ever caught a shopper opening a jar, smell it and put it back? I did, I was a foreign student adviser at Brown, she was one of my students, I asked her do you do this in your country, she said yes, did I ever give her a lecture and continued it in the monthly FS newspaper to all of them not ever to do that.
i run over the kids
I do that fairly early in reading--makes the pages more managable. They go right onto the recycling pile.
LOL AYC I hate those things. They fall out all over the place and make me crazy.
Really bugs me when someone is checking out my order or getting something from the counter for me and they are either talking to another employee or on a cell phone. Hello customer here! You know the one that actually pays your salary!
I used to start on the right side til I hurt my leg--now changing clothes is a major challenge sometimes, though I'm learning little tricks to facilitate the process, and the leg has improved somewhat.
DH refuses to use an ashtray, or he forgets to. Every time he uses my computer he leaves these long grey caterpillars all over the keyboard...drives me insane!! and under every light switch...
i just got dressed after working our and showering - i almost fell on my a-- watching which leg went first - thx victor!
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LOL!!!
LOL! Great visual--thanks!
Ok I need all of you to live with me and get my life in order cuz I don't do any of these things (except wha you cannot run over the seedlings in the grocery store here cuz I think there's a law about that). Oh sigh I am quirkless :(
dnut, I think you are delightfully quirkful!
Tee hee phoebes I just called my DH to ask him if he noticed if I had any quirks. He was choking and gasping so I couldn't understand him but methinks maybe I do ^_^
Bill, that is one funny visual
Dnut, you are the embodiment of quirky. and we LOVE it!!!!
OH OH I thought of one. Clean floors make me anxious in the time of the cold and the dark cuz it shows that I'm not mucking about in my garden in my dahliafeets and tracking things in, so after I wash the kitchen floor I will put a leaf or some grass on it to make it more comfy. Sprinkling a few seeds on it works too!
glad you all liked that i almost fell!!- i was only joking to bust on victor:)
and dnut i do not run them over - i'd like to run some over - i do give them a look that makes them run back to their mommy to get away from that mean guy - just do not like grocery stores when they are busy
wha are you Mr. Wilson?
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!
who is mr. wilson? - i have a mr. watson hosta
I was thinking - another thing I do - My DH works night. He leaves via the garage. I hear the garage door close, but I have to check it anyway. Every time...
Thanks for the rat in the warehouse info. Ick...
Left leg - always left. Same with putting my shoes and socks on. Left foot first going up or down the stairs.
From Wikipedia:
"George Everett Wilson - a retired postal carrier and Dennis' next-door neighbor. Dennis likes Mr. Wilson but he often annoys him as he regularly disrupts Mr. Wilson's attempts at a serene, quiet life. Often, Dennis interrupts Mr. Wilson's hobbies such as gardening, as well as coin and stamp collecting, at times damaging his property. As a result, the gruff old retiree displays a less-than-cordial attitude towards the young boy, though Dennis continues his well-meaning intrusions unabated."
Definitely paper money HAS to have all the heads facing me and not upside down. I was a toll collector for awhile and my drawer was very neat. I straightened all of the bills too and unfolded little folded corners, etc. Even with all of that I think I was the fastest one. I hated to get a handful of change that was sticky. Who knows where it had been. ICKKK!!!!! I'd just put it in the back and put my own change in, then wash it later. Definitely had hand cleaner in the booth. Never got used to wearing gloves while collecting.
i thought that was THE mr. wilson you were referring too:)
no i am good with kids - accept when they run amok in the grocery store and get in my way - also not good with one nephew who was a cute kid and know knows it and shows no respect to adults and is a little wise a-- , his parents just laugh - him i would like to have for a week or two and provide some life lasting discipline
Jan23 - Of course ! I do that too, and I put the bills in ascending order in my waller - ones, fives, tens, etc... I'll bet you do that too.
Yepper!
I sort bills that way, but fold the ones in front so I can get at them. Put them in front of the others, pick up the batch, then peel them off.
Funny about the leg, Bill!
Bill that sounds like me nephew, as soon as he turned 2 I knew he was going to be trouble sure enough now has a record and barely graduated high school, even though he is like a super genius.