Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

LOL. I was at a restaurant once and sent my girls into the bathroom (aged 13 & 5). I got the leftover food boxed up and was waiting...and waiting. They took so long I pushed open the door and yelled for them to see what was taking so long.

An older lady popped out of one of the stalls, saw me in the bathroom with FOOD, gave me a horrified look and started lecturing me while scrubbing her hands up to the elbow and applying hand sanitizer. I didn't bother to correct her misassumption as she kicked the door open with her foot and stomped out. It was funny.

I'm always worried people will think I'm gross when I leave a restroom without washing my hands. The truth is, I prefer to touch as few things as possible in most public restrooms and I always use a hand sanitizer once I have left the area. Give me the benefit of a doubt! :)

One thing baffles me, those of you who strip of your scrubs when you get home, arent you bothered by sitting in your cars in the dirty scrubs? Doesnt the hospital offer facilities to change clothes? I'd hate to wear my work clothes outside of the hospital and especially in the car if I thought they were icky.

I refuse to use the mouth breathing technique when something smells funky. I am paranoid that the contaminated odor would enter my mouth and diffuse through my membrane. I would rather get a whiff of it through my nose - that way the dirty air would go through the built-in filter mechanism.

Wow, I'm a freak.

Not a nursing one but my family just does not understand why it drives me CRAZY when they do keep the big plates with the big plates and the little plates with the little plates when they load the dishwasher! They say "what is the big deal?". The big deal is that it drives me insane to open up the dishwasher and have them all scatterd.

You must be related to my husband! :chuckle

I am compulsive about washing my hands before I use the bathroom at work. Weird? Maybe not. I carry alcohol gel in my purse and clean the shopping cart handle when I get to the grocery store or Wally World. I also clean my computer keyboard with it when I get to work and doing charge all day. Also I clean the telephones in the charge area. I think all that is good stuff!

Amen to the animals--I have three dogs myself. And I eat my food the same way: one section at a time, nothing touching each other. I wipe my 'scope down too--it doesn't make any sense to wash our hands, but let the 'scope spread germs everywhere. And I have to have MY pen--if I misplace it, I can't function until I find it.

I like sandwiches. When I make one I get everything I need and put it on the counter. Then I start making the sandwich.

Slice the tomato, put it away.

Peel off some lettuce, put it away.

Pull two slices of bread, put it away.

Spread the mayo, put it away.

Spread the mustard, put it away.

Apply the cheese, put it away.

Apply the main ingredient, put it away.

Slice the sandwich in two, wash the knife, put it away.

Eat the sandwich.

Leave the napkin wherever I used it.

Leave the dirty dish on the counter.

If I have soup I wash and put away the preparation items but leave the anchor dish and used soup bowel on the counter.

I have to have coffee in the morning. That and TP are two things that I never allow to run out at my house.

One time a little girl came knocking on my door asking for a peice of TP. Her sister was stranded on the toilet with no TP and thier parents were gone.

Of course I gave her a fresh roll. I watched as she went around the corner passing several other hourses and on to the next street. I wonder what brought her specifically to my door. 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.

Everything must be in even numbers, if it's not then the odd thing goes in the middle. For example, remote controls, I have three, 2 big ones and a little one, the little one goes inbetween the big ones.

If I'm driving and the light I go through turns yellow, i touch the visor in my car with my right hand, if it turns red then its with my left.

If I eat something like Lucky Charms, I'll save the marshmallows for last and then eat them according to type and size, for example I'll eat the pots of gold, then rainbows... etc.

Shower curtian must always be closed when not in use.

Mail is always divided by family member and placed on the table in respective piles. None of this, digging through endless mail to find mine.

Any and all papers must be in neat piles.

Everything is in either size or alphabetical order, books, cds, pictures...

If I'm doing something and have to turn one direction, I turn the opposite direction to "counterbalance" the first turn.

I have many more I'm sure I just can't remember them all. I'm sure my boyfriend will be able to point them out later. :rotfl:

I'm just glad I'm not the only wierd one around here:icon_hug:

I think OCD needs to get in the way of your life in order for it to be a disorder. ( bothersome to the person and takes more than one hour) I think it is usually triggered by uncontrollable thoughts etc....or purely obsessional.

I think we all have traits to different types of illnesses, but don't have the illness.................. aren't we all a little nuts...........I hate to meet a perfect person.... I think I would have to kill him/her :biggringi

PS that was an interesting article.

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.

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.

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