# What's your minor, quirky hangup? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867 "2007-09-12T02:42:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/21 "2007-09-12T13:03:28Z")
[QUOTE=Labelless] Before I read any of my mail I must smell it. [/QUOTE] Um, you win. šŸ™‚ Closet doors and kitchen cabinets that are ajar. My wife has a habit of leaving doors and cabinet doors ajar or wide open and it drives me nuts. Bedroom and bathroom doors can be wide open when the rooms arenā€™t being used and Iā€™m fine with it, but every day Iā€™m closing closet doors and kitchen cabinets (and bathroom medicine cabinets and the dishwasher door) that are open _just a little bit_. Argh. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/22 "2007-09-12T13:08:24Z")
I do not see callers unannounced. If you are going to stop over, call first or I will not answer the doorbell. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/23 "2007-09-12T13:34:01Z")
[QUOTE=AHunter3] When taking eggs from the egg carton, I always start at the far ends, one from this end and then one from that end, working my way in towards the middle. I hate it when a clutch of eggs is all taken from one end, then the carton doesnā€™t balance when you pick it up one-handed, and the unexpected imbalance could cause it to tilt and if the ineffective little latch-lid were to pop open, youā€™d have an icky mess, now wouldnā€™t you? [/QUOTE] Actually a carton with 4 eggs in it will be more stable if they are at the four corners rather than in the center. The increased moment of inertia about the centroid of the carton will be larger, requiring more of an effort to tip over. When mowing my yard, when I come to the end of one neighborā€™s split rail fence I must slap the top of the fence post. I have to put my own return address label on bills I send out, even those with the destination name preprinted in the return address spot. I figure this is an attempt by the company to cheat the post office so that if you forget to stamp it, it gets where itā€™s going anyway. I never ever touch a dead person. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/24 "2007-09-12T13:49:13Z")
Whenever Iā€™m seated in a restaurant, I need to sit facing the room. I canā€™t sit facing a blank wall, or a window. Iā€™m a people watcher and if I canā€™t at least see half of the room, I go crazy. I also do the ā€˜eggs from the endsā€™ thing, but Iā€™ll try leaving the four corner eggs instead in the future, it makes sense that it would be more stable. But itā€™s going to a pretty massive change in my lifestyleā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/25 "2007-09-12T13:50:28Z")
I cannot leave my apartment without my hat. I do not like to be seen without it. It is a part of me, dag nabbit. Itā€™s a Kangol Wool 504, if youā€™re curious. When I erase something after having written it with a pencil, I must scratch the erased part of the paper with my fingernail. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/26 "2007-09-12T14:11:07Z")
I canā€™t stand twisted phone cords. If I see one (even if itā€™s on someone elseā€™s desk) I have to untangle it. Drives me crazy when people have unkempt phone cords. I avoid stepping on cracks since one time in 4th grade I did that little ā€œStep on a crack, break your mamaā€™s backā€ thing, came home and Mom was all stove up with a bad back. Freaked me the hell out. Most of my other hangups arenā€™t ā€œquirkyā€. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/27 "2007-09-12T14:48:07Z")
I will not cut the tags off of pillows, but rather fold them under, and insist that they be banished to the inside side of the pillowcase. For some reason I only do this with pillows, all other tags are immdiately set about with a pair of scissors. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/28 "2007-09-12T14:56:56Z")
I do not let sunlight touch me, even for a second, if I can avoid it. That said, Iā€™m not a total freakā€¦if everyone wants to go to the pool, Iā€™ll put on some sunscreen and deal with it. I donā€™t eat food if I donā€™t like the color. Mostly that means avoiding obvious food coloring, but I also donā€™t eat ketchup because it looks like blood. The sound of childrenā€™s laughter is horribly disturbing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/29 "2007-09-12T15:00:15Z")
I eat food one thing at a time. From the thing I like the least to the thing I like the best. They must not mix. I canā€™t drink milk unless itā€™s ice cold. If itā€™s even slightly warm it goes down the drain. I must have lots of ice in cold drinks - except beer - I canā€™t drink something only like three cubes in it. Fill the damn cup up! ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/30 "2007-09-12T15:03:46Z")
Letā€™s see, where do I start. - I donā€™t step on cracks if I can avoid it. Cracks between tiles and such are ok, but natural cracks in concrete and such are off limits. Have no idea where or when this started. - When I eat candy, I will eat all of one color first, like all the red M&Mā€™s then the yellow ones, and so on, and I eat them in pairs too, if I end up with just one of a color, Iā€™ll either give it to my wife, or throw it away. - I canā€™t go #2 in a bathroom if anyone else is in there. - I canā€™t be the first person to hang up on a phone conversation, the other person MUST hang up first. - When someone is leaving, I will not watch them leave. - When holding hands with my wife, my hand must be oriented in the ā€œrightā€ way. - Iā€™ll only eat one thing on my plate at a time. i.e. all the potatoes, then the veggies, then the meat. Not always in that order, but only one thing at a time, and the food CANNOT touch. Sometimes I will literally get another plate or bowl for runny things like cheesy potatoes or potatoes and gravy. - When going down stairs with several landings, I must start out with the same foot from each landing. - I always have to sleep on the left side of the bed. - No matter what beverage Iā€™m drinking (soda, gatorade, beer) I will always pull the label off after the first sip. No idea why, but I can always tell which one is mine. and FTR, I do this even if Iā€™m alone. - I always have to put one my socks and shoes in the same order, left sock, left shoe, right sock, right shoe. Jeebus, itā€™s a damn wonder I ever found someone to marry me at all. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/31 "2007-09-12T15:07:03Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] - I always have to put one my socks and shoes in the same order, left sock, left shoe, right sock, right shoe. [/QUOTE] Just like Archie Bunker and Mike argued on an All in the Family. But what happens if you find a hole in the right sock? Then you gotta take off the left sock and shoe and find another pair of socks. If you do sock-sock-shoe-shoe, you wonā€™t have that problem. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/32 "2007-09-12T15:08:37Z")
I have to empty my ashtray when it has 3 butts in it. I wear Hawaiian shirts every day of the year. I only use pens with black ink. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/33 "2007-09-12T15:09:53Z")
Exclamation points on a note drive me insane. I do not allow people to yelll at me or anyone else at work. If I do not rewrite the note entirely, I transform the exclamation point into a smiley. It is much more quiet and polite. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/34 "2007-09-12T15:11:15Z")
Yā€™all crazy. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/35 "2007-09-12T15:25:03Z")
I need to delete all the numbers from the caller id immediately after I review them. I think itā€™s ā€œcleanerā€ that way. ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/36 "2007-09-12T15:43:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Origanally posted by **BobLibDem** > > Just like Archie Bunker and Mike argued on an All in the Family. But what happens if you find a hole in the right sock? Then you gotta take off the left sock and shoe and find another pair of socks. If you do sock-sock-shoe-shoe, you wonā€™t have that problem. Yeah, the wife and I had a funny conversation when we saw that episode. Funny thing is, I was born in 78, so I know I didnā€™t get it from there. And the holes donā€™t bother me, Iā€™ll just walk one with one shoe on over to the sock hamper and get another one. All my socks are alike. If they stop carrying my brand, Iā€™ll throw them away and buy all new one if I have to replace some. They must all be the same. God Iā€™m weird. ETA: And Iā€™ll be hopping around on one foot staying dry while your standing there with two wet feet. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Sofaspud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@Sofaspud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofaspud)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/37 "2007-09-12T17:12:48Z")
Huh. I thought I was wierd until I saw this threadā€¦ My only hangups, that I can think of, are: - If the volume control has actual numbers associated with it (instead of being, say, a series of bars or whatever), it must be set to a number that is even, or is a multiple of 5. 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, etc. Anything else is bad. I dunno why; it just bugs me. I would say I have an aversion to odd numbers, except fives are okay. Wierd. - Sunlight is evil, but Iā€™ve been forced to adjust to it. My legs, on the other hand, have not, and Iā€™m certain they will burst into flame and Iā€™ll end up a cripple should they see the light of day. Therefore, I do not wear shorts. The exception to this is the pool, and I stay in the water the whole time, which protects the poor legses. Then I put on sweats as soon as Iā€™m out, to minimize the exposure to the evil orb in the sky. - I have been known to take store managers to task for various signage on their premises that is incorrect. Usually, itā€™s the (mis)use of quotation marks that drives me insane. ā€œWARNING: DOOR IS ā€˜ALARMEDā€™ā€ is the most recent example Iā€™ve seen (replace the single quotes in the above, er, quote, with doubles and youā€™ll have the right idea). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/38 "2007-09-12T18:06:44Z")
Iā€™m totally freaked out by loose teeth. Whenever one of my kids has a loose tooth they come and tease me with it. ā€œLook, Dad ā€¦ I can wiggle my tooth with my finger!ā€ Aaaaaaaaah! The horror! ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/39 "2007-09-12T18:23:14Z")
ā€“I hate odd numbers. The number 3 is particularly off-putting for some reason. ā€“I have a favorite fork that I use for pasta or potatoes. Any other fork is good enough for all other foods. ā€“I hate squished bread. I canā€™t eat it if it was squished in the grocery bag on the way home. ā€“I wonā€™t let anyone talk to me about fingernailsā€“whether bending, losing, or fungus. The mere thought of accidentally bending my own fingernail back gives me the shivers. ā€“I throw away milk at least 2 days before the sell by date, just in case. ā€“I like Pepsi, but not Coke. But I prefer Diet Coke to Diet Pepsi. ā€“I wonā€™t eat out of a container that other people have been sticking their hands into (like chips or peanuts). Why is it that as I typed the list above, I read it in Andy Rooneyā€™s voice in my head? Oh, my husband has a hangup that drives me nuts. The DVR _must_ be less than 30% full at all times. Heā€™s always bugging me to watch the umpteen Bridezilla episodes I have recorded. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867/40 "2007-09-12T18:44:47Z")
When eating a sandwich I make at home, I eat the crust first, then the sandwich. I donā€™t do this when I order a sandwich in a restaurant. Most times I donā€™t even notice Iā€™m eating the crust first. > [@Snipe1978](#): > > - I canā€™t go #2 in a bathroom if anyone else is in there. Me too. I must read before I go to sleep at night. It doesnā€™t matter how exhausted I am, I must read before I turn out the light. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-minor-quirky-hangup/418867.md?page=3)