What Are Your Quirks?

Sweeti7307

write2nicole:

Sweeti7307:

I cannot stand to hear people eat. It is like nails on the chalkboard to me and I want to punch them. That said, I love hearing DD munch on her food.

Anytime I eat colored candy I save the red ones until last.

I HAVE to sleep with a blanket. Even if it is 90 degrees outside. I will blast my AC just so I can sleep with covers.

My sister is this way, and I've noticed I'm developing this problem. Do you eat dinner with the TV or music on when you're at home?

It doesn't bother me to hear myself eat but others eating kills me. Even poor DH resorts to eating in the other room. Lol. I know its awful. But the weird thing is, if I am eating at the same time as others, it doesn't bother me at all. Guess I am distracted by my own noise.

discobush

cinema_goddess:

LuJackCity:

I can't drink out of glasses. I have one plastic cup and a stainless steel bottle I drink out of. I'm terrified of cutting my mouth of accidentally swallowing glass.

I also have to read while I'm in the bathroom, I have books stashed everywhere and sometimes I resort to shampoo bottles. 

I judge people who don't have reading material in their bathrooms. 

Right now our bathroom contains the latest Kansas City's Most Wanted, an old issue of The Believer that my H picked up at a thrift store, and a Terry Pratchett novel.  All of which I would remove if we had people over because I wouldn't want them to picture me sitting on the pot and reading. 

Kitiara5512

HappyDaze12:

I refuse to eat any food off of the bone. Ugh. It's way too real for me.

I cannot eat yogurt, jello, pudding, cottage cheese, mousse - all texture violations.

Whenever I am feeding DS2, as I bring the spoon to his mouth & he opens it, I also open my mouth. I cannot stop myself.

 

I can eat pear sauce and apple sauce and mashed potatoes, but not oatmeal and other items of that mushed consistency. Its that inbetween not creamy smooth but slightly gritty or lumpy texture that grosses me out.

CherryStarburst

MamaLBF:

I cant eat meats or eggs with out first dipping in applesause. I dont like any kind of soup, salad, sandwhich, sauce, or condiment. Got married at 18. I have a super odd laugh. And I know alot of really random knowledge like the abc's backwards.

Ugh, the applesauce thing makes me want to vomit, sorry. :::shudder:::

detokiet

I don't have reading material in my bathroom. I'm not in there long enough to really read anything, and I find it pointless to read 1 or 2 pages and then put a book down. If I'm going to read a book (and I read all the time), I need to read a whole chapter at once. I hate stopping partway through a chapter.

I only wear socks in bed if I am really, really sick. I hate wearing socks in general, and when I'm sleeping I prefer to be able to feel the sheets with my feet. 

CherryStarburst

jessie395:

CherryStarburst:

I prefer to drink my coffee out of foam cups, I know, awful, but I have to do it.

I also have to smell everything before I can eat it.

My husband and daughter do this too.

Oh really?! It gets a little awkward at family picnics or out to eat. People are all like, wtf is that lady sticking her nose in the bowl of potato salad?!" Haha! Now I'll take a little bit on my plate and sniff it at my table, and then just go back for more if it's good :P

Mama_SAS

MamaLBF:

I cant eat meats or eggs with out first dipping in applesause. I dont like any kind of soup, salad, sandwhich, sauce, or condiment. Got married at 18. I have a super odd laugh. And I know alot of really random knowledge like the abc's backwards.

Me too! But can you sing them to the tune? I can

I have some sensory issues that are 'fun' quirks - 

I can't touch unglazed pottery or hear anything scrape against it. It makes my upper arms and back teeth tingle.

I can't touch mashed potatoes, not even with a spoon. I can't watch someone else spoon them or mash them or scoop them or eat them. It's that specific texture. Baked potatoes are 100% fine. Mashed are literally vomit inducing.

I hate having anything tight on my feet, including blankets. Socks are pure torture. Shoes have to be loose and I really have to convince myself to put them on. I'm the freak you see wearing flip flops in 2 feet of snow. It's not because I'm an idiot; it's because I couldn't put shoes or boots on that morning.

All closet doors must be closed when people are sleeping, especially in the kids' rooms. That is not a sensory issue; that's Stephen King's fault. Well, and my mom's fault for giving me a Stephen King book when I was eleven. 

emilydholmes1

CherryStarburst:

jessie395:

CherryStarburst:

I prefer to drink my coffee out of foam cups, I know, awful, but I have to do it.

I also have to smell everything before I can eat it.

My husband and daughter do this too.

Oh really?! It gets a little awkward at family picnics or out to eat. People are all like, wtf is that lady sticking her nose in the bowl of potato salad?!" Haha! Now I'll take a little bit on my plate and sniff it at my table, and then just go back for more if it's good :P

I don't eat something if it doesn't smell or look good. This is why I eat no fruit except apples and no fish or shrimp.

Kitiara5512

heckysue:

Kitiara0364:

Bad customer service pisses me off. The only time in my life when I didnt work in some form of customer service (retail, call center, training) was when I worked at a daycare or substitute taught. I dont really give a shiit how bad your day is. I dont really care that you dont have reliable transport so couldnt get the store open on time, or that someone is sick, or whatever. I mean, I feel bad for the person, but in the end, its not the customer's problem. If you have stuff going on your personal life that prevents you from faking a smile when talking to a customer, then you probably dont need to come in for the day or you need to be assigned duties for that day that dont require customer interaction. My dog (of 11 years, I still tear up when I talk about her, like now) passed away and I took a couple of days off before coming back to work. Even if I get choked up, I did not then and do not now allow it to interfere with my quality of work or, at that time, the level of service provided. So with that in mind, there is never ever an excuse for a sales person to be standing around bored or chatting on the phone and not waving or saying "I'll be with you in a minute" when  a customer walks into the store. There is no excuse for not saying "I will be happy to help you" or "thank you for coming" when helping a customer. And there is not a single acceptable excuse for telling a customer "well we all want something we cant get" like in those energy commercials.

Okay, rant over. Sorry.

Wow!

I kind of agree with you when the service is indifferent.  Like they're sitting there smacking their bubble gum and just don't give a rat's a$$.

But I've also worked in those types of jobs (and kind of still do...my job isn't technically customer service but being in a bank branch, even though it's not my job, you never know who will walk in the door and it's unprofessional to not smile and make sure they get what they need.

But I've also been that person who was having an absolutely craptastic day and it's really really hard to put on a happy face every minute of every day.

So for me, unless someone is RUDE, I alway just try to think that I never know what's going on in their day that might make it suck a lot more than mine does. 

Not making an excuse for people who just don't care or are rude.  But I'm a big believer in looking for the best in people and I think sometimes we could all do well to realize you never know what's going on in someone's personal life and maybe you just made their day by cutting them a little slack.

As a customer I will make excuses for the people at the place I patronize based on the rest of the visit. But working in customer service, I have heard too many agents say crap like "they dont pay me enough to do that..." or "(dh) and I had a fight and I just dont have time to deal with that customer, so I just told them our policy and I cant do anything about it." I guess I mostly have an issue with rude service, and with people using their bad day as an excuse to not even try. If I get bad service, I dont patronize that place again. If I get absolutely deplorable service, I will either ask for a manager or contact corporate, and that has to be really really horrible cannot-be-forgiven service. If I get really good service (or even decent service if the person has something bad going on in their personal life) then I make it a point to stop and talk to the manager and tell them how good that person was.

Like, we have had major issues in the past with Movie Tavern. Food coming out cold, some people in group not getting their order until well after others, etc. The only time I complained was when DH went to the movies alone and they accidentally put in an order for a pitcher of beer (they are required to have two customers because of the amount and so bring out two glasses everytime) instead of the pint he ordered and forgot to enter in his food order, so he had nothing to dilute that alcohol with either. Now when we get good service there (only twice so far) I make sure I stop off and talk to a manager on the way out.

jessie395

CherryStarburst:

jessie395:

CherryStarburst:

I prefer to drink my coffee out of foam cups, I know, awful, but I have to do it.

I also have to smell everything before I can eat it.

My husband and daughter do this too.

Oh really?! It gets a little awkward at family picnics or out to eat. People are all like, wtf is that lady sticking her nose in the bowl of potato salad?!" Haha! Now I'll take a little bit on my plate and sniff it at my table, and then just go back for more if it's good :P

I thought they were the only ones who did this! But, it's not just food...they smell everything.

nadinethequeen01

I freak out when my feet aren't covered with sheets when I'm sleeping.

I run through the hallway if it's dark behind me as if I'm being chased by a monster and do a hurdle onto my bed so I don't get near the bottom of the bed. Lol I'm a little kid.

faethe

I sleep with the same blanket that I have had since I was a kid. I can sleep without it, I would just rather sleep with it.

I have major public bathroom issues. I used to not be able to use them. Now I can, but I like to use the same stall every time (like at my office) and I have problems going if someone else is in the bathroom.

MamaLBF

MamaSAS nothing I sing is in tune! I have a horrid singing voice.

Dcubed

I eat french fries or chips or anything you would normally eat with the "pincer grip" (pointy and thumb) with my middle finger and thumb.  My co-workers want to order wings all the time just to watch me eat )

I also hate having my feet covered - like they get claustrophobic or something.  Everything will be covered on me while I am sleeping but you will see two feet sticking out the side.

MrsSeli

When I eat coloured candies, I eat them in patterns.  Like yellow, red, yellow.  Or green, blue, red, blue, green.  I like palindromes.  I also prefer that the colours coordinate well.

I also have public bathroom issues.  If I feel like someone's waiting for me (either a friend or someone else waiting their turn), I can't go.  I can't squat.  Not because of muscle strength, it just makes me too tense!  When we were in Europe, I'd pee at the hotel in the morning and then hold it all day until we got back, because the thought of toilets with no toilet seats terrified me.

I have fits of organization.  Normally, I'm a bit messy, but every once in a while I just HAVE to organize things.  And then I'm a super-organizer!  

Oh, and when I bubble-pack medications at work (I'm a pharmacist), it makes me ridiculously happy if the pills coordinate.  I had one lady that had 2 pink tablets, a red capsule and a white tablet with a heart imprinted on it, and it just make me smile every time.  In my head, she was the Valentine's Day bubble pack lady.  My inspiration for Sophie's bedroom's colour scheme was a bubble pack (blue, green and orange). 

Mama_SAS

MamaLBF:

MamaSAS nothing I sing is in tune! I have a horrid singing voice.

LOL Same here actually, but I sing it to what I think is the alphabet tune! That counts for something, right? 

Rach21

I despise even numbers. We had 2 houses we were looking at getting while we were engaged and I was pushing for the house we are currently in because a) it didn't have stairs and b) the house number was odd. The other house was 2624 and it just wouldn't do at all...

ETA to add: I also sleep with a comforter no matter the temp outside, I prefer to read while in the bathroom even if it's just to do #1, and I hate driving next to semis on the highway because I'm afraid they're going to do a sudden lane change and trap me under their trailer like National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.