devulge your strange obessesion(s)

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/31/2006 08:28:54 AM · #51

LOL! I love this thread. I feel SOOO much better now. I have the hanger obsession, but I won't rearrange things in other peoples closets. I'm not, however, obsessive about grocery shopping - in fact I hate grocery shopping.

Here's an odd one, though - I used to be horribly anal about my checkbook - everything had to balance to the penny and I'd spend hours if necessary to make sure it did. With the advent of online banking, now I just print the statement every month, and make sure everything looks like something I probably did spend money on. I haven't told my mom this yet - I'm afraid she'll have me committed.

Simms

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

10/31/2006 08:28:57 AM · #52

OK, this may only be relevant to other people who work in IT Support, but there is nothing more in the world that bugs me more than asking someone what the problem is and they say "I think its the hard-drive, you know, the box underneath the monitor"...

NO, its called a computer, the hard-drive is inside you fools.

And the second most annoying is when they say,

"WHile you are here, I have a computer at home that is doing (this that or the other), what do you think it could be??"

Thats the same as ringing up a mechanic and saying "My car is making a knocking sound, what do you think it is?".

I have just come to the conclusion of saying its probably their Flux Capacitor that is on the way out and to go for PC world and pick up a replacement. Damn I wish I was there if they actually follow my advice..

Message edited by author 2006-10-31 08:34:13.

Melethia

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/31/2006 08:29:50 AM · #53

Tell them it's probably and IOHS issue.

(Insufficient operator headspace.)

magenmarie

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

10/31/2006 08:29:53 AM · #54

Originally posted by KarenNfld:

I have to have all of my clothes hanging on hanger that face the same way. I have been known to change the hangers in other people's closets so they all face the same way.

ME TOOOOOO!!!! All of the clothes have to be hanging the same way too...the front of the shirt facing to the left. I'm so weird!

Also, when I'm driving, I HAVE to be in the lane that I need to be in to turn. I have this paranoia that if I'm not in the right lane, I'll never be able to merge over to exit, and I'll miss my exit.

If I'm drinking something out of a can, I HAVE to turn the tab a little to the right. Not a lot, just a little bit. I won't drink it if it's not that way.

Whew, I feel like I just went to confession or something! That feels better!

Simms

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

10/31/2006 08:31:36 AM · #55

Originally posted by Melethia:

Tell them it's probably and IOHS issue.

(Insufficient operator headspace.)

I must admit I have gotten away with "there is probably a nut loose on the keyboard" excuse a couple of times :->

Jaded_Housewife

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

10/31/2006 08:39:57 AM · #56

Originally posted by marksimms:

I have just come to the conclusion of saying its probably their Flux Capacitor that is on the way out and to go for PC world and pick up a replacement. Damn I wish I was there if they actually follow my advice..

LoL! yeah but what if they find one?? j/k The time machine they build may make you awfully jealous. :P

fracman

Nikon D50

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

10/31/2006 08:42:10 AM · #57

Originally posted by jaded_youth:

also I cant be late or even on time for that matter. I'm a half hour or more early for everything just to be safe. its harder now with kids and a husband who dont feel that way too but even if we're just a mile away from somehwere and we have ten minutes left till were 'supposed' to be there I will bitch the whole way thinking "we may be close, but we're not there YET. something could happen. then we'll be late and look like inconsiderate idiots who don't know how to read a clock and don't care about holding others up"...What's weirder is I don't think those things when others are late. (unless its more than a half hour and its someone I know is habitually late)

This is a source of continual contention between my wife and myself. I am a FIRM believer that to be on time is to be late, so I target being at least 15 minutes early no matter where I go, even if it is just across town. My wife, on the other hand, believes equally firmly in being fashionably late. She managed to be nearly 2 HOURS late to her own sister's wedding!

I got all sorts of these things, but I'm pretty sure I'm borderline OCD. For example, the emergency release cord on my garage door opener, I have to force myself to not smack it when I walk under it, but when I do hit it, I have to hit it such that the plastic handle spins smoothly around the rope without swinging too much.

My worst one, though, is that I'm an incurable pack-rat. I've got stacks of old computer parts for machines upwards of 15 years old. I have every paper I've written since high school. I keep the little twisties for closing the bags on loaves of bread. Positively insane, I tell you!

Jaded_Housewife

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

10/31/2006 08:42:34 AM · #58

Originally posted by magenmarie:

Also, when I'm driving, I HAVE to be in the lane that I need to be in to turn. I have this paranoia that if I'm not in the right lane, I'll never be able to merge over to exit, and I'll miss my exit.

Me too. When I turn onto a road I have to turn into(when possible) the lane I want to be in at the end. I'm not an aggressive driver. So I know if there isnt a big opening to merge I'll never get to.

cryingdragon

Canon EOS-10D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

10/31/2006 08:42:55 AM · #59

Originally posted by marksimms:

Well, it can always be an ID ten T error or a short between the keyboard and operator.

Simms

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

10/31/2006 08:43:52 AM · #60

Originally posted by jaded_youth:

Originally posted by marksimms:

I have just come to the conclusion of saying its probably their Flux Capacitor that is on the way out and to go for PC world and pick up a replacement. Damn I wish I was there if they actually follow my advice..

LoL! yeah but what if they find one?? j/k The time machine they build may make you awfully jealous. :P

Knowing what PC World charges it would probably be too expensive anyway.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

10/31/2006 08:52:32 AM · #61

I'm addicted to Diet Vanilla Pepsi... perhaps the previous poster can make the switch from the now-defunct Diet Vanilla Coke!

As far as obsessive habits, I can't STAND to have even one piece of spam e-mail in my e-mail program. If one slips through, I IMMEDIATELY delete it, and I make sure to empty my recycle bin, and get it off the server. Then I piss and moan about it for a few minutes.

rox_rox

Canon EOS-20D

10/31/2006 08:59:47 AM · #62

I can't stand loose change laying about. I have to pick it up and put it in the change jar. This came from growing up so poor that a couple of quarters in the washing machine was considered a jackpot.

My husband grew up very wealthy and he and his father still leave mounds of change everywhere they go. It drives me insane!!!!

cryingdragon

Canon EOS-10D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

10/31/2006 08:59:57 AM · #63

Originally posted by alanfreed:

Nope, the only Pepsi product that I will drink is Mt. Dew. If I order coke in a restaurant and they bring pepsi, I throw a fit and make them bring me tea. Yes, I can tell the difference.

meyers

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

10/31/2006 09:02:24 AM · #64

Originally posted by Telehubbie:

When changing toilet paper rolls, I have to put it so that it comes off the front of the roll rather than at the back. Toilet etiquette 101.

That's just common sense. Any other way would be a crime against nature!

hopper

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM

10/31/2006 09:02:56 AM · #65

i'm addicted to diet coke (used to be regular coke, but i was gaining weight rapidly)

i can't stand lotions of any kind and burn in the summer because i refuse to put on sunblock

i don't like kissing lips with lipstick/gloss/chapstick on them - freakin nasty. (this one displeases the wife)

hopper

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM

10/31/2006 09:04:31 AM · #66

Originally posted by cryingdragon:

If I order coke in a restaurant and they bring pepsi, I throw a fit and make them bring me tea. Yes, I can tell the difference.

This reminds me - If someone I'm with complains about anything at a restaurant BEFORE my food is served to me, I won't eat.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

10/31/2006 09:05:46 AM · #67

Originally posted by cryingdragon:

Nope, the only Pepsi product that I will drink is Mt. Dew.

I *used* to be addicted to Mt. Dew. I actually lost 30 pounds by doing little more than switching from Mt. Dew to Diet Vanilla Pepsi.

rox_rox

Canon EOS-20D

10/31/2006 09:07:26 AM · #68

Originally posted by thndrdrag:

Ok heres mine,

If I am getting a fountain soda in say Mcdonalds, and there are 2 fountain heads, my soda must come from the left head. I am a neat phreak, every Monday I come to work and clean and disenfect my cubical before I start working, and at home I can help see a dish from dinner sit more than 5 minutes after dinner any where but the sink. The last one is I must have my stuffed animal when I go to sleep at night. I know that sounds weird but I have tried many times to kick the habit and failed and lost many nights of sleep.

Rich

LOL. I almost hate to do this to you. Next time you get a fountain soda, twist off that plastic head on the dispenser and see what's growing in there. Happy Halloween!

magenmarie

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

10/31/2006 09:07:51 AM · #69

Originally posted by alanfreed:

Originally posted by cryingdragon:
Nope, the only Pepsi product that I will drink is Mt. Dew.

I *used* to be addicted to Mt. Dew. I actually lost 30 pounds by doing little more than switching from Mt. Dew to Diet Vanilla Pepsi.

WOW! That's amazing!

dallasdux

Pentax *ist DL

Tamron AF 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 Aspherical XR IF Super Zoom for Pentax

10/31/2006 09:09:46 AM · #70

I can't stand the squeeks and rattles a car makes from the plastic dashboards, etc (or cd cases bouncing each other as I drive down the road). It's an obsessive thing that I have to find the noise and make it stop. It's like an Edgar Allen Poe thing "nevermore, nevermore" quoth the Raven.

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

10/31/2006 09:09:48 AM · #71

Turns out Mt. Dew just wasn't that good on the wasteline! :)

Originally posted by magenmarie:

Originally posted by alanfreed:

Originally posted by cryingdragon:
Nope, the only Pepsi product that I will drink is Mt. Dew.

I *used* to be addicted to Mt. Dew. I actually lost 30 pounds by doing little more than switching from Mt. Dew to Diet Vanilla Pepsi.

WOW! That's amazing!

idnic

Canon EOS-60D

10/31/2006 09:16:13 AM · #72

I dropped 10 pounds in about 2 weeks when I switched from Mt. Dew code red to Diet Mt. Dew Code Red. Only took a couple of days to get used to the taste, now I don't even notice it tasting different. I can't take too much caffine though, so when I'm not drinking the Mt. Dew - I'm hooked on Crystal Light.

10/31/2006 09:21:58 AM · #73

I called it the "Pee Yourself Thin" diet.

ralph