# What's your quirk? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 18, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466 "2010-01-18T21:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/1 "2010-01-18T21:13:06Z")
I know this has been done, but I hope not too recently. Besides, quirks are fun. Mine is purses (handbags for the UK types) on the table. Can’t stand it. I don’t know why. It isn’t a germ thing, it is just wrong somehow. Two people I know seem to always plop their purses on the table, and I have learned that unless I ask them to move them, it will irk the crap out of me for the whole meal. I know it is irrational, but there you are. That’s what makies it a quirk. So, what’s yours? You know you have one. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/2 "2010-01-18T21:36:02Z")
I only eat one meal a day…supper. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/3 "2010-01-18T21:40:56Z")
[Lego](http://www.flickr.com/photos/28134808@N02/). ---
**Author:** ![breaking-reality](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@breaking-reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breaking-reality)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/4 "2010-01-18T22:21:40Z")
Cupboards being left open drives me nuts. I will subconsciously find myself shutting other peoples cupboards and turning off other people lights (in empty rooms), though I’m pretty sure I only do this with family. Oh, I have mostly gained control over this one, but when going to restaurants I would impulsively organize the sugar packets by color and make sure they were all facing the same way. I don’t do it anymore, but if I’m at an office and there are stacks of paper that are sloppy, I will straighten them. I’m sure there are others, but that’s all I can think of at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/5 "2010-01-18T22:31:48Z")
I must step on every dried leaf I see on the sidewalk in fall. Well, not OCD “must,”, but I really, really enjoy crunching leaves. That’s it - other than that, I’m **completely normal.** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/6 "2010-01-18T22:38:32Z")
I can’t stand people touching me. It’s not germs - I’m probably less concerned about them than I should be. It’s just the concept of people getting close and – **touching** me. AARRGGHH!!! Don’t **do** that! People know this. And they get so …close… just to torture me. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/7 "2010-01-19T00:03:50Z")
I hate shoes and kick them off whenever I can. I like to have something to lean on when I’m sleeping, so I sleep on the couch. ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/8 "2010-01-19T00:18:23Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I hate shoes and kick them off whenever I can. ME TOO! Oh, I just cant stand them. As soon as I sit down at my desk at work my shoes have to come off. I’m a born and raised San Diegan and wear flip flops most of the year… so that probably has something to do with it.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/9 "2010-01-19T00:49:43Z")
Trash. I’ll pick up stuff as I’m walking toward a store. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/10 "2010-01-19T01:27:39Z")
**Brynda** - You know me well enough to know the myriad of OCD quirks, like not letting you eat dinner until your turn your plate the right way. I’m extremely time oriented. I don’t wear a watch, but can usually tell the time within about 10 minutes. Because of the OCD, I know exactly how long it should take for me to get to every landmark (exits, mile markers, etc.) to every place I go regularly. So from my house to Wal-mart where I turn is 11 minutes. To the light at Church Street is 17 minutes. To exit 80 is 20 minutes, etc. StG ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/11 "2010-01-19T02:06:16Z")
I insist on watching the credits at the end of movies. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/12 "2010-01-19T02:08:48Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I insist on watching the credits at the end of movies. My husband does that, too - right to the bitter end. We get the evil eye from the theatre staff sometimes, as they wait to start cleaning. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/13 "2010-01-19T02:13:57Z")
In the last three years I haven’t slept in a bed, but on my couch, after a year of sleeping on my bed in my apartment. Before I moved into my apartment, I slept on my bedroom floor for about 12 years. I have difficulty making plans on a work night. Doesn’t matter if I can get to bed for a good night’s sleep. I put on four pairs of gloves at work, most where one. I’m sure there are many more. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/14 "2010-01-19T02:41:15Z")
I hate wearing gloves, no matter how cold the weather is. I’ll wear them if I’m snowboarding, but that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/15 "2010-01-19T03:17:01Z")
I can’t use the same word (and I’m not talking about little stuff like or, the, and, etc.) twice in one sentence. Honestly, it bothers me if it’s done over within a paragraph. OCD kicks in. I’m also big on opposites. I have a wall of crosses in my house and a similar size can’t be next to one another. By the same token, I wear a lot of cloth bracelets. They must be on different arms if they share a color. And on and on… ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/16 "2010-01-19T03:53:06Z")
Left sock- right sock, left shoe- right shoe. If for whatever reason this order is disrupted my day is ruined. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/17 "2010-01-19T03:57:25Z")
I use the word “gist” as often as I can. “I get the gist.” “That’s the gist of it.” “What’s the gist of doing it that way?” ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/18 "2010-01-19T04:01:47Z")
I have also hardly sleep in my bed. I sleep on the couch and insist on it even when staying at other people’s houses. I have 5 very nice beds and two couches and the couches always get picked. I have one new bed that has been slept in once by a family member. I like to sleep on couches. I have two true almost phobias if not full-blown. One is someone staring at me over my shoulder. That has been a big problem in the training with my new consulting job and I warned my trainer about that but he still does it. I lose my ability to type or write on paper very quickly if that happens. The other is standing in place. I cannot stand in formation with other people or even by myself without having a full-blown panic attack. I avoid awards ceremonies like the plague. I will come close to collapsing in place and it has nearly happened a few times before. I just avoid it at all costs now by not showing up or refusing to participate. I think this one and the one above could be summarized by having a fear of someone or a large group of people staring at me. Me knees give out and my heart and breathing get really rapid. I am not an especially fearful person though. I will jump out of a plane or volunteer to go into combat faster than anyone if you promise that I won’t have to stand in one spot at attention for more than a few seconds. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/19 "2010-01-19T04:34:16Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I insist on watching the credits at the end of movies. I do that too; it’s not a quirk, unless quirk=quality. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466/20 "2010-01-19T04:54:49Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I insist on watching the credits at the end of movies. I used to do that. And then make a big fuss about the key grip and how I loved his work in Titantic (or some such.) I thought I was very clever. (OK, it still makes me grin.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-quirk/525466.md?page=2)