# Do you turn twist ties clockways or counter clock ways?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 1, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-turn-twist-ties-clockways-or-counter-clock-ways/633318 "2012-09-01T00:24:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Junkman209](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/junkman209/32/5522_2.png) [@Junkman209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junkman209)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-turn-twist-ties-clockways-or-counter-clock-ways/633318/41 "2012-09-04T23:58:45Z")

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I voted Other–I don’t use them.

Usually I throw the damn things away. I twist the bag and tuck it under the produce. Or, I twist the bag and tie it in a slipknot.

If, however, I felt compelled to use a twist tie, I would tie it Clockwise.

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**Author:** ![gunnergoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@gunnergoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gunnergoz)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-turn-twist-ties-clockways-or-counter-clock-ways/633318/42 "2012-09-05T04:36:23Z")

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Drives me nuts when I buy a bagged product and find the twist tie tightened counter-intuitively for me (clockwise to tighten is natural for me). Are there really that many southpaws out there sealing baggies?

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