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Mike

Mike

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Typically, I'm not obsessive about cleanliness, but I have a few things that are pretty quirky. I think they stem from watching too many documentaries that touch on these areas for my own good.

It really chaps me when public restrooms have you push the door in, and then pull it to get out. They should have you push the door open on the way out, so you aren't forced to grab the handle to open it. I REFUSE to touch the handle on the door to pull it open on the way out. I have to have a paper towel to grab the handle. If they only have air hand driers, I'll grab a bunch of toilet paper so I don't have to pull the handle by touching it.

Here's something that definitely comes from too many news stories on hotels. When I stay at a hotel, I bring my own sheets and pillow. The first order of business when I get in my room is to strip all the sheets from the bed and lay down my own. The covers and pillows get kicked to the corner of the room. And I refuse to walk around a hotel room in my bare feet. I always have to wear socks. Have you ever seen a story where they use a black light to see the traces of unknown specimens all over the room? :o

And I was at a very nice hotel once; not a 4 Star one, but one with a good reputation. I was there for an extended stay and got to know the maid. I asked her honestly, between she and me, how often they change the bedding. After promising I wouldn't say anything to the hotel, she confided that if the sheets don't look in bad condition, they often won't even change them when a guest leaves and a new one takes occupancy! AHHHHHHHHH!!! :o :o :o

Any other members with quirky ways about them?
 
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I soak all my underwear in hot water before washing them .. :thumbsup
...... otherwise I won't wear them again .... :nono

And I never leave home without perfume .... and bangles.


:biglol :D
 
I guess by this time most of you probably think I have a screw loose, and I will now take the time to confirm your suspicions. :tongue2 :silly

1. I have serious issues with body fluids. All of them except blood. Don't come ANYWHERE near me if you just went for a jog. Go take a shower first. If you are crying, I'll bring a boxes and boxes of Kleenex. Just don't ask me to wipe your tears. If your baby is teething - Great! - just don't ask me to hold him or even look at him. My brother actually recorded me changing my daughter nappies when she was small, because he thought it was hysterical. Go blow your nose somewhere where I can't hear it. Etc, etc. :verysick

2. Do not, I repeat, do NOT breathe on me. It will be your last breath. :chair

3. I get nauseous if there are too many people around me, therefore I don't attend work functions, birthday parties or weddings. :verysick

There! Your suspitions are now confirmed. :screwloose
 
I don't have too many OCD quirks. About the only one is that I cannot, cannot, CANNOT have anything over my head, like a blanket or a pillow, because I think I'm going to breathe in too much carbon dioxide and die of asphyxiation. I really feel like I'm not getting near enough oxygen if I have to have a blanket or pillow over my head, or even if I feel like I'm breathing in my husband's breath if we're snuggled.

That's about it.


...well, except for the moth thing.
 
1. I wash my hands after doing dishes
2. I wash my hands at the end of my shower
3. I wash my hands after petting my older dog (course i haven't bathed him in a while so maybe i
SHOULD, lol!!)
4. If I have to touch a bathroom door handle and i have no towel, i will only grab the upper most part of
the handle where it curves toward the door.
5. If I do not have a napkin or towel to turn off the fawcet in a public bathroom, I only touch the very
innermost part of the handle where I feel others are not likely to have put their hands.

I know there's more. I'll have to entertain you guys with the rest later. I need sleep, lol!!
 
handy said:
I don't have too many OCD quirks. About the only one is that I cannot, cannot, CANNOT have anything over my head, like a blanket or a pillow, because I think I'm going to breathe in too much carbon dioxide and die of asphyxiation. I really feel like I'm not getting near enough oxygen if I have to have a blanket or pillow over my head, or even if I feel like I'm breathing in my husband's breath if we're snuggled.

That's about it.


...well, except for the moth thing.
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the atmostphere only hase21% O2 and you breathe more nitrogen then anything, and get alot co2 when breathe in after you just exhaled.
 
I'm surprised that no one had even part of the same feeling I have about hotels. This is where you're sleeping! Doesn't it bother anyone that anything could have happened in the room before you took occupancy, and that a thorough cleaning likely hasn't been done. I'm not sure they EVER steam-clean the carpets. There could be years of built up "stuff" with traces remaining. This is huge for me, because I do a fair about of overnight travel for work.

And I wouldn't EVER touch the faucet or the handle with my hand. I prepare paper towels (or toilet paper) next to the faucet first, so if I need to turn off the faucet, I'll use the paper to shut it off. I've seen too many guys exit the restroom without washing, and many guys do the quickie rinse; barely letting water hit their hands and no soap. As far as the ladies room, my first job at 15 was cleaning at a nice department store. I had to clean the mens and womens restrooms. THIS was not even close! I don't know what women do in there, or how things get where they are, but every day, their restrooms were DISGUSTING! Every night, at the end of the day, it looked like vandals broke in and went crazy! So, IMO, they're both germ labs, but the womens is more visibly trashed than the mens.
 
Tina said:
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Mike,

Did you know that your computer keyboard is dirtier than a toilet ?

------> Your Keyboard : Dirtier Than a Toilet


Are you wearing any gloves now ? ...... :biglol
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Mmmm... no worries for me here. What happens in a restroom or a hotel room doesn't apply to my keyboard (which I use antibacterial wipes on now and then). I'm okay with it! :) :type
 
I don't think I have any, or many. Do you count being UNclean as an OCD quirk?

I got a really weird one or two, but that's it. Like I play with my hands a lot and one of my things is that I will scratch my fingers, one finger at a time and I HAVE to make sure every finger got an equal amount of scratching.

And I hate people touching my back, like rubbing it or massaging it or scratching it. Cannot stand it. It is one of the most PAINFUL things. Dunno why, just can't.

Oh, I know a third one also. I cannot stand the word "too" so I always use the word "also". And when someone says "too" I always correct them by saying "You mean 'also'".
 
Tina said:
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Mike,

Did you know that your computer keyboard is dirtier than a toilet ?

------> Your Keyboard : Dirtier Than a Toilet


Are you wearing any gloves now ? ...... :biglol
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That test wasn't really very good, and was probably intended to give that result. Look at what they tested...

A consumer advocacy group commissioned the tests in which British microbiologist James Francis took a swab to 33 keyboards, a toilet seat and a toilet door handle at the publication's
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They teste 33 keyboards (sounds to me like they were looking for a dirty keyboard) and only one toilet seat (which had probably just been cleaned). Out of the 33 keyboards tested, only 5 had a serious germ problem, that's less than one out of 6. I bet if you found out who used those 5 keyboards and checked their homes, you would find a comperable amount of germs on other things they touched, such as door knobs, the telephone or the TV remote. That's because those people probably don't wash their hands very often. You never know who has used a public computer, such as those in a library or computer lab at school, or how clean their hands were, but you can know about your keyboard at home. If you wash your hands when you go to the bathroom or whenever they get dirty, there are probably no more germs on your keyboard than on anything else you touch that isn't regularly cleaned.
 
I wash my hands after going shopping, especially grocery shopping, and after pumping gas (petrol).

Some of you folks have some awkward quirks indeed :lol
 
jasoncran said:
handy said:
I don't have too many OCD quirks. About the only one is that I cannot, cannot, CANNOT have anything over my head, like a blanket or a pillow, because I think I'm going to breathe in too much carbon dioxide and die of asphyxiation. I really feel like I'm not getting near enough oxygen if I have to have a blanket or pillow over my head, or even if I feel like I'm breathing in my husband's breath if we're snuggled.

That's about it.


...well, except for the moth thing.
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the atmostphere only hase21% O2 and you breathe more nitrogen then anything, and get alot co2 when breathe in after you just exhaled.
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Great, now I won't be able to breathe at all....can't breathe...g e t t i n g f a i n t. . .h e l
 
Sorry, Mikey. I don’t travel so I don’t use hotels.

Pard said:
Oh, I know a third one also. I cannot stand the word "too" so I always use the word "also". And when someone says "too" I always correct them by saying "You mean 'also'".
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:biglaugh :biglol :rolling I hate it when people use the word ‘also’. I QA some of the emails my younger colleagues send out to clients and if they use the word ‘also’ I will change it to ‘too’.
 
I have a lot, but I'll only post a few here.

1. I'll crack my knuckles and then my fingers on each hand in order. Then, if I can, I'll try to crack my wrists. It really disturbs my mother. :lol

2. I have an obsession with a few words, it seems. Among them are "quite" and "definitely." And, come to think of it, I tend to use the phrase "it seems" a lot as well.

3. In a shopping cart, I have to have each box, bag, container, etc. fitting together neatly.

4. My dogs must be fed, bathed, walked, played with, and petted in order of their hierarchy.

5. Quotes. If one of my friends misquotes me, or another quote from someone else, this perturbs me and I have to correct them.
 
Well, this has branched off into two different topics (things people say that bother you and obsessive type behavior) but, no matter. They're both personal preferences particular to the person.

Things people say that bother me...

"I could care less." huh?!! That statement contradicts what the person is trying to say! If you "could" care less about something, you're saying you care about the thing you're talking about! :gah

It's "I couldn't care less."!!! Now, you're saying there isn't anything you could possibly care less about than the issue at hand. :yes

Just another hang-up I have. It blows right by some people, but it drives me crazy!
 
I hate things that smell bad so I tend to avoid them.
I also randomly clean trash on the streets :shrug
 
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