tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post6115022080828547650..comments2024-03-27T20:40:50.047-04:00Comments on Success Along the Weigh: Quirks...let 'em flyAnele @ Success Along the Weighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-35007212296176426362014-05-12T23:20:40.852-04:002014-05-12T23:20:40.852-04:00I am so glad to hear I'm not the only one who ...I am so glad to hear I'm not the only one who organizes the cart corral. It drives me crazy when people don't push their cart all the way in and keep them lined up. I think I inherited it because my mom does the same thing!!!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15623350763996707581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-47203972882835784342014-05-07T10:38:00.875-04:002014-05-07T10:38:00.875-04:00I change the channel when someone on TV is embarra...I change the channel when someone on TV is embarrassing themselves. I feel so bad and can't watch... Or if they get hurt. No "Funniest Home Videos" on TV here! I have to check 3 times to make sure that the front door is locked, flat iron is off, garage door is closed, etc. And I have to tell myself out loud! Even where I work, when I leave if I don't yank on the door and tell myself 3 times that "The door is locked" I might drive back to double check.... I'm just a little OCD ;). The TV volume must be on an even number - other than that "3" thing I don't like odd numbers, haha! ºoºSHºoºhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171078936433270772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-91622580089457058032014-05-05T19:43:34.981-04:002014-05-05T19:43:34.981-04:00I'm with you there on about the cell phone. W...I'm with you there on about the cell phone. While I have one, it's never on and I only recently put voicemail on it and that was only because of back and forth conversations with a doctor. It's a flip phone and up until recently I had the kind that still had an antenna! (Big Brother will never find me!) People make fun of us for still having a landline and I'm quick to remind them of the tornado that ripped through here in 2003 where the cell towers were down for a week and we had no power for 3 days during the 4th of July, but our landline still worked so I could call my mom and let her know we were ok. 'Nuff said.'<br /><br />I'm calling this a quirk while others may view it as OCD, but my word sounds less demented. I have to check the stove knobs before I leave the house. Doesn't matter if the stove hasn't been used in a few days, I still have to go up to the stove and check each and every knob. I think this harkens back to the house fire we had when I was in 6th grade, but again, I'm going with quirk. <br /><br />I have to turn pen caps so the little part that is used for hooking on a shirt, pad of paper, etc, is facing the name of the pen (such as Bic, Papermate). Done it for years.<br /><br />I straighten the shelves at grocery stores. If I see a can is upside down, I'll fix it. Magazines in disarray...I'll fix 'em right up. Ironically, I'm not a terribly neat person and our house is in a constant state of clutter, so it doesn't come from a neat freak mentality...maybe just the freak part.<br /><br />I fix carts at grocery stores and go bananas when I see people put the cart at the end of the rack and don't push it forward into the other carts. I just think it's rude, rude, rude to leave that for the store workers...and yet they'll be mad if a cart goes rolling into their cars. <br /><br />I mute any kissing scene that is on tv. I can't stand to hear that annoying sound that sounds like somebody sucking on a peach. Can't watch it and really can't stand to hear it. dalbador1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09877799102438622117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-30666218483706607232014-05-05T11:10:39.079-04:002014-05-05T11:10:39.079-04:00Holy crap, Ponderosa! I used to work there many, ...Holy crap, Ponderosa! I used to work there many, many moons ago and (I hate to break this to you) the "fresh" food you think you're getting when they first set up the buffet is usually the re-heated leftovers from the night before. Especially if they have BBQ wings. Those are the previous nights wings heated up in the oven and tossed in BBQ. <br /><br />If you want the freshest food you really should go when it's busy. That food gets rolled over fast and as long as a customer isn't actively befouling it (by sneezing on it or eating off the serving spoon--yes, I've seen that happen) you can get the best food.<br /><br />My quirks?<br /><br />I like to know if my foods are even or odd. Small stuff like m&ms or shelled peanuts. I don't really care if it's even or odd (though I like even better) I just like to know. And with shelled peanuts, I like to eat the halves first then the wholes. (it drives me crazy when my hubby just grabs some from me and won't tell me if he took even or odd)<br /><br />I'm militant about the office ice cube trays. I go batty when someone fills empty cells on a tray that is not completely empty. It's so inefficient to have some cells frozen and ready and others freezing. We have three trays so with proper rotation you should never be without ice.<br /><br />I don't like to drive. I will forego events if I have to drive myself to them or go out of my way to figure out how I can avoid driving.JLVerdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02814082484881071454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-9035325084407933542014-05-05T10:24:13.992-04:002014-05-05T10:24:13.992-04:00Hi Anele! I've recently discovered your blog a...Hi Anele! I've recently discovered your blog and have been enjoying reading. <br /><br />I don't know if these are my biggest quirks, but one is that I need to make sure the sheets are tucked in before I go to sleep. I can't stand when the covers don't line up. Another is that I get creeped out really really easily - I even creep myself out accidentally - but I love reading mystery novels. Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12185789031772764633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-1690499877173995702014-05-05T10:18:43.891-04:002014-05-05T10:18:43.891-04:00I don't know if you'd call it a quirk, but...I don't know if you'd call it a quirk, but I don't swim in water I can't see the bottom in. The closest I will get to a big body of water is a swimming pool. No idea why. It just spooks me. I do the 'no breathing when driving over roadkill' thing too. LOL! Oh, and I don't watch reality shows of any kind. They really annoy me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-72452678659419444672014-05-05T10:05:12.896-04:002014-05-05T10:05:12.896-04:00I don't watch Price is Right (or any other gam...I don't watch Price is Right (or any other game show) just for that reason. Those people make my eye twitch, so I don't watch unless I'm somewhere that it's on the tv and I can't avoid it. So I guess that's one quirk - no voluntary game show or talk show watching.<br /><br />I don't like to iron - but I will if I have to. I don't chain myself to the dryer to pull stuff out immediately, and I do iron my work clothes if they're wrinkled, but I try really hard to buy clothes that don't need to be ironed. My college room-mate had her jeans & tee-shirts dry cleaned - so ironing them doesn't seem all that quirky to me.<br /><br />I guess my biggest one is that I don't like my food to touch. I know most people grow out of that, but I never did. They say you should use a smaller plate to make it look fuller, but I hate that because then there's no room to spread out my food. <br /><br />I hae to clear my desk before i leave work. Other teachers leave papers to grade, lesson plans in progress, etc. on their desks for easy access the next day. I have to have the surface totally clear when I leave for the day - even if I'm not done with something it goes into a drawer/file/shelf. It makes me absolutely crazy to know there is anything on the surface of my desk that shouldn't be there.another layerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756727485274694135noreply@blogger.com