As a nurse, and I guess a germaphobe at times, and just generally weird.....I have picked up on a few of my own rediculous behaviors that I guess I have managed to obtain through the years.
1. If drinking from a large open glass on the nurses unit. I cover the glass with a paper towel, put a straw through the top, and bend the straw not up, but down towards the ground..................why..........well, everybody knows germs fall from the sky and into things...like straws.... :chuckle
2. When opening a new can of pop, I wash it under the sink of running water, and then take a paper towel, all smushed up to a point, and go around the rim of the top of the can to get the dirt off, then open it and drink it.
3. I don't let food touch each other on my plate, and I only eat one thing at a time on my plate. I always finish one thing, and then move onto the next.
Anybody else share in this weirdness????????????????? :rotfl:
I actually saw her comming before she arrived at my door and she passed other houses never stopping. Must have had a homing device that detected TP storage.
Actually she had a pretty good homing device. She was sent on a specific mission to test your generosity. A bunch of angels got together one day and took bets on folks' behavior all over the world. She knew you would respond with TP because she knew how important it was to you. The others learned a valuable lesson. that day. Some people will walk a mile for a charmin.
1. I too wash the top of my pop can & dry it around the edges good to get anything the water missed!
2. My kitchen cabinets are much neater than the grocery. All like food items together & turned w/labels out & must NOT be upside down! Before I open any can of food it gets washed 1st.
3.My clothes are put in my closet by color (light to dark) and short sleeves together ect. all hangers turned the same way. If they can match the item that's hanging on it then that is even better.
4.Laundry is sorted by color & texture....and I always add a little more detergent than called for....I want them clean!
5. I iron everything....can't take wrinkles & I like creases.
6. Alcohol & bleach are my best friends.I clean the doorknobs in my home quite often.
7. I am still a student so when I study everything must be organized, I can't study till it is....my house needs to be clean too.
I could go on & on......Maybe I am weird:rotfl: but it makes me happy!
Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health.
What you all are describing is obsessive compulsive personality disorder versus obsessive compulsive disorder which are different according to the DSM. People with OCD are miserable, people with OCPD are happy and don't think there's anything wrong with the way they are.
Way to go :wink2: ....I was wondering when someone was going to bring that up. :kiss
* When I'm in the shower, I make sure all the bottles of shampoo & conditioner are facing forward (it drives me crazy if they're all over the place!)
* As soon as I finish cooking something, I wash all the dishes BEFORE I start eating. My husband thinks I'm nutty! I feel like I can't relax until everything is clean.
* As soon as I get in the car to drive home after my shift is done, I pull out my anti-bacterial hand lotion & use it!
* As soon as I come home from work I immediately start straightening out the apt & cleaning up what needs to be cleaned, even if I'm tired
I have gone to public restrooms before where women have "hovered"
They left the toilet seet totally covered in urine droplets. So now I really don't want to clean it down before I use it...very unsanitary ! So what has happened is that the person before me was paranoid to sit on the seat, but she left me with a mess.....Just what she was trying to avoid...Go Figure that!j Ladies, please don't hover !!:imbar
I have gone to public restrooms before where women have "hovered"
They left the toilet seet totally covered in urine droplets. So now I really don't want to clean it down before I use it...very unsanitary ! So what has happened is that the person before me was paranoid to sit on the seat, but she left me with a mess.....Just what she was trying to avoid...Go Figure that!j Ladies, please don't hover !!:imbar
I totally had this happen today and I thought of this thread. (and someone beat me to airing it)
If you hover and you sprinkle the seat PLEASE clean it off. That's so gross. I don't want to wipe it before I sit and no cleaning person should have to eigther.
Then I thought of a question for all you paranoid types- What about your hands after wiping and then you have to touch your pants, purse, coat whatever? Is it OK 'cause it's your cooties? What about others who have touched the TP? Just thought I'd throw that out there.
Specializes in Critical Care, Pediatrics, Geriatrics.
OMG, I saw something that made my skin CRAWL today in the public restroom...blood smear across the side of the toilet paper roll!
l was the only person in the restroom and it was the only roll available...needless to say after sitting there twenty minutes waiting for help I decided I would just drip dry!
I HAVE to flush with my foot, never use my hands.
Shower curtain must be closed after use, just as another poster mentioned...huge pet peeve of mine b/c mold will grow!!!
I showered in flip flops for the first two months after we moved into our apartment even though I had bleached the entire bathroom about a hundred times...in fact it was the FIRST thing I tackled the day we moved in.
Won't drink out of the side of a glass in resturaunts, I have to have a straw...this one doesn't seem logical even to me, but I do it anyway.
But then sometimes I do things that just don't make any sense at all...like let my dog kiss me all over my face, chew on ink pens (even if they were loaned to me), and I sit on the toilet seat (done it since I was a child and still can't seem to balance long enough to hover & pee....but I LOVE the seat covers and avoid public toilets like the plague!!!)
.........I don't have any weird bathroom habits like a lot of women do. I open the door with my hand, sit down on the bare seat, flush with my hand, give my hands a quick wash and open the door. If there are visible stains on the seat, forget it, but otherwise no. I am not bothered by hotels, will sleep anywhere on any pillow or blanket give to me that looks visibly clean. Even pee I'll just wipe off the toilet seat. I don't eat with my butt, so who cares? No hovering over the seat to pee, or kicking the door open with my foot, or opening doors with paper towels. That's just weird. Again, I am rarely sick. I don't use that alcohol gel sanitizer EVER, it dries out my hands.
This is funny. I used to clean a local rest area, and I had a "Miss Helicopter Hiney" that used to hover back too far and deposit poop on the back of the toilet that I had to scrape up. That really irritated me. I wanted to strap a bomb sight to her backside so that she could aim better.:trout:
1. food cannot touch (i had no idea there were so many of us)
2. i am completely disturbed by hair not attached to a body, i have to use a lint roller after i hold on of my guinea pigs, and i hide my pillow and linens at my dad's b/c my sister has a dog. i almost have a nervous breakdown everytime my boyfriend shaves.
3. have to flush public toilets w/ my shoe
4. one towel for body, one for hair
5. floor must be swept and vacuumed - i like to walk barefoot in my apartment
6. underneath my nails must be clean at all times
7. coffee to be creamed and sugared just so - my boyfriend panics when he gets my coffee for me
8. lip gloss and chapstick must be within reach at all times (i have some in every room of my apartment, in my car, and in my purse).
9. when i eat a sandwich i eat all the crust or edge first
When I wash my hands in a public restroom/restaurant or whatever people look at me like I'm crazy because I will let the water run until I have dried my hands then use a paper towel to shut the faucet off. I also never understand restaurant restroom doors that have handles that you have to pull on the way out, but can push on the way in.
Just yesterday another woman was watching me as I let the faucet run, tutted to herself and turned off the faucet for me.
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Actually she had a pretty good homing device. She was sent on a specific mission to test your generosity. A bunch of angels got together one day and took bets on folks' behavior all over the world. She knew you would respond with TP because she knew how important it was to you. The others learned a valuable lesson. that day. Some people will walk a mile for a charmin.
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