Monk-isms

I hate that show, but I have OCD so I have lots of these. It's more like what DON'T I have a quirk about.

Definitely yes on the straightened pictures. And I also have to have all my dishes stacked from largest to smallest .. and if they're different colors, they either have to be all the same color together or alternating colors. Yeah, I know I have a problem ... :ohwell:

I have to have the dishes in the dishwasher arranged just right. Even when some one else does the dishes I have to re-arrange them before they are allowed to start the dishwasher.

I like to put everything away the night before, so when I come in to work in the morning, everything is where it's supposed to be. I always figured it was cuz I was not a morning person & any little thing off, threw me into a tailspin. Now I work afternoons & I still pick everything up, but I have to come in with a shift already in progress. That's been a HUGE adjustment for me. I hate when things are left out when they could easily be put away, esp' things I'm not going to be using. I don't share my space very well, and this is killing me... but I just smile & deal, then put everything away when they leave! lol

Funny, I'm pretty organized at work, but my house is in shambles! LOL

In fast food restaurants I have to straighten the stacks of tray on the garbage cans, can't leave them alone. If I use a public restroom that has a paper towel dispenser I have to pull five paper towels. And, when I am in a car and we go over a cattle gaurd I have to touch the roof of the car. For a more complete list you could contact my wife.

funny i do the same thing with the shaveing cream can. I keep my music collection in a very specific order. Neil Young arrange by chronological recording date (not release date) then all other records are alphabetical by band/artist name unless the artist isa solo that came from the original band (like Ozzy is from Black sabbath). The in the bands section records are again arranged chronologically by release date (not recording date unlike Neil's) I hate whenI open a case and find the wrong album in the case, i have spent many wonderful afternoons organizing and researching to make sure everything is where it should be.

I have never seen the show but I have to have the loo roll with the loose side outwards and I will swap it round in anyones loo...even the gym toilets...lol

I do this too! LOL! Mine has more to do with numbers, like when I'm pumping gas. The numbers that make the dollar amount have to mean something to me. Like if its $45.25, I'll be 45 when my kid is 25. I have to keep pumping gas until I can make them mean something. Its annoying!!

So do you pump gas onto the ground if you can't fit anymore into your tank....or what?

Mine is that all of the programs I use throughout the work day have to be lined up in a certain order on the task bar...if they aren't, it drives me nuts! LOL! :laugh:

Damn. I was reading all these, feeling pretty smug that I'm not afflicted with the terrible urges that these poor people have described... and then I read yours and realised I do this exact thing. If Outlook's not first, I'll have to close other things down and re-open them, even if that means interrupting something urgent. Now I'm wondering if there are any other things I do without thinking, too...

Oh well, as we're all here together, shall we take over the asylum?

I have never seen the show but I have to have the loo roll with the loose side outwards and I will swap it round in anyones loo...even the gym toilets...lol

I do this too! LOL! Mine has more to do with numbers, like when I'm pumping gas. The numbers that make the dollar amount have to mean something to me. Like if its $45.25, I'll be 45 when my kid is 25. I have to keep pumping gas until I can make them mean something. Its annoying!!

So do you pump gas onto the ground if you can't fit anymore into your tank....or what?

Luckily I can find something to equate to around $40 - $50

I would rather have my clothes thrown on the floor than hung the wrong direction in the closet.:noway:

All items must face to the right.

Additionally, I'm a HUGE spelling nerd.:huh: This is an extremely irritating thing in our current day of auto-spell and text-typing, not to mention that so many people spell things wrong here in NYC. (I do have forgiveness for those who come from a background other than English.)

Oh my... I have so many! One is that I fold garbage before I throw it away. This includes paper, napkins, bags... anything that folds basically lol!