Archive through October 26, 2002
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Archive through October 26, 2002
Fanny | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 08:02 pm     <falls on floor laughing at moondance> yeah but I was trying to be nice juju why aren't you in chat? |
Rissa | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 08:12 pm     Actually Upgrace those hot air blowers are LESS sanitary because they are blowing recycled air that is heated up so that bacteria thrives. I refuse to use them, for the same reason I won't stick my face in the out-vent of my vacuum cleaner. RFLOL I do the same as Allegria... pull my shirt sleeve down and use it as a glove to open the door. LOL A friend of mine is a nurse and during her University days they took swabs from bathrooms.... the door knobs were actually more germ laden then the inside rim of the toilet!!! Think about that the next time you are touching a public washroom door, would you wipe your hand inside the toilet then head back to your table and resume eating? |
Wargod | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 08:18 pm     When I worked in the senior home we did a handwashing seminar once a year. That was one of the things discussed...turn on the water, get soap, scrub, use paper towels, use your elbow to turn off water, use paper towel to open door, drop paper towel in trash can. LOL. Actually that might be another quirk of mine...when I was very pregnant with my son, and using the bathroom all the time, I saw alot of public bathrooms in restaurants. If they were dirty...we were leaving, right then. I still go to the bathroom first to check and see if its clean at a restaurant before eating. If they can't bother to keep the public bathrooms cleaned, I don't want to eat anything that comes out of their kitchen! |
Fanny | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 08:27 pm     I SO agree with all this handwashing stuff in public bathrooms |
Whit4you | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 08:32 pm     "Find a need and fill it" What they need is doors that open - the way that toilet's flush.. you know with the sensor thing? So you just wave your hand over a sensor and the door opens and closes. This way you don't have to touch the dang door. |
Twinkie | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 09:10 pm     My quirk is that the paper money in my wallet has to all be with the face turned to the front of the wallet and turned right side up and in proper denominations from the highest in front to the ones in the back. Drives me crazy(hubby says that's a short trip) if they aren't that way. |
Urgrace | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 09:25 pm     Yeah Whit! Rissa, that is what I meant. A few days ago a new coworker came straight out of the restroom before the toilet had half completed it's flush. Appalled I wondered how to approach the subject. So I asked her if she 'forgot' to wash her hands and added that we are having an epidemic of whooping cough here and hand washing was crucial to everyone's health. She was miffed but did go back in the room and closed the door. I heard the sink water but couldn't tell if she actually washed. Now I hate working anywhere near her and wonder if I should keep antibacterial wipes handy. |
Whoami | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 10:30 pm     Hand washing.....ick! I worked with a girl who I witnessed several times not washing after using the bathroom. Needless to say, I never went near her contributions at potluck time!! I also never touch those mints in the dish near the cash register (in restraunts). I read a report once where traces of urine was found in the bowl of mints, from patrons who had come out of the restroom (usually found near the register) and not properly washed their hands, then dug their hands down into the mint bowl. That's the same reason I don't take food samples in the grocery store (another report I read). Fanny, my mom is the same way about having an abundant supply of TP. It comes from our ultra poor days, when we often had to use whatever was around. Gag....I remember (as a child) when we would use a tissue for our nose, then save it in a box in the bathroom for later use at the toilet. Yup, we were really that poor at one time. |
Alegria | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 02:39 am     I prefer to let dishes AIR DRY rather than use a dish towel. I NEVER put good dishes in the dishwasher as it will wreck their finish. |
Alegria | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 02:40 am     oh, that change counting technique is really nifty. I hope I have to do some calculating today so I can practice. |
Car54 | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 12:20 pm     Hey Whit. The chain of stores I work for had a huge trunk show event today and I worked a register almost all day. You would be proud of me...I counted back every single time AND I handed the customer their coins, then their bills EVERY single time. I am of the generation who learned the cash register when you had to count back instead of the machine telling you the change, so that is how I always do it! |
Pamy | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 04:42 pm     Twinkie..that is a good quirk, you are respecting your money. Respecting money draws more $$ to you, disrespect repels it. |
Meggieprice | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 06:00 pm     I just spent a good long time reading this whole thread- it took my mind completely off my pain today- lol,lol,lol! First of all, Whit, if you need light bulbs and Car runs out- I'm your source! One symptom of my bad bad marriage of 15 years was stocking up on things constantly...when my sister came to help me clear out the clutter, sage the house, and start anew...well let me say I would never have to buy a light bulb again! And then my new darling husband switched to those new light bulbs just like Car. Can't read here without fessing up, right? " I HATE it when people type "u" for "you" or "r" for "are". That makes me crazy. " All I had to do was cut and paste that one! I rant and rave-out loud- when people do not use their turn signals. Or leave them on forever... I am a loving person but it does not sound like it when I verbalize how I feel. I HAVE to read the paper in a certain order, and I also have to read it every day so when I was laid up built a pile... not unlike the pile of magazines that stack up because I have not read them and feel too guilty to throw out...and won't let myself read a new one no matter how interesting it looks to me, until I read those that came before. Now, I have to ask this...how exactly does butt juice get on the chair if the person is wearing clothes? I have to know....so I can have another quirk. And for all of you who leave your drains close out of fear- well feng shui (sp) tells you to do that to keep the good chi in the room....you can have that for your reason now! And believe me, this was just a tip of the quirk iceberg for me.... for example, Sia, I am the three dot queen!.... Go Giants!!!! |
Whit4you | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 06:20 pm     This thread is hiliarious but I'm not so sure it's a good idea, by the time we are all done we will be basket cases!!!!! Like I never worried to much about putting my utinsels on the table at a resturant IF the table looked clean... but now I am going ot have a hard time eating at a resturant without THINKING OF BUTTJUICE geez... so much for an appitite! It's like tomatoes... I've been eating tomatoes for almost 40 years but now... nope... not anymore... I doubt you want to know why. LOL. By the time this thread is all said and done we will all have 10 times more quirks then we already had because of everyone ELSE's quirks!!!
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Grooch | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 06:32 pm     Whit, I dare to ask.... What is wrong with eating tomatoes? |
Car54 | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 07:16 pm     No Grooch! Please don't ask. I love tomatoes. |
Whit4you | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 07:21 pm     Well Grooch - I guess the kind you buy in the store are ok...I guess. But I'm talking the kind you'd get in a hamburgar or a premade salad. I work at a fast food place (to get exercise) Worked in one for years, years ago and that didn't stop me from eating tomatoes... but this time I'm part of the 'food production' so I have had to prepare boxes of tomatoes. Here's the problem...they don't throw away an entire box of tomatoes because a few of them have mold on them... I am completely and totally repulsed by mold and while I guess if you really really stopped and thought about it mold is probably not nearly as bad as some other things that end up in our system... but.. still I'm completely and totally repulsed by mold and I know that they don't throw away the entire box because a few tomatoes had mold on them.. the tomatoes that were TOUCHING the moldy tomatoes get washed in cold water.. they don't scrub every single tomatoe ok they all end up in a sink where they are rinsed in cold water. I don't think cold water does much to clean somthing specially when I know that some of the tomatoes - perhaps the one that was lying next to the slimy mold may not have even gotten hit by the water if it was in the middle of the pile of tomatoes.... the idea of me biting into a tomato not knowing if it had been lying next to slimy mold... and didn't truely get rinsed would make me lose my appitite... so now and forever it's "No tomatoe" whenever I order. And when I order a prepared salad from now on - I'll only order one without tomatoes. If it's any consolation - I'm highly involved in the 'prep' of the hamburgar end of things and I still eat hamburgars so that's a good sign I was raised on a ranch... so I've been involved in the beef process from beginning to end and still eat beef sooooooooo But tomatoes - nope. I could see myself eating a tomatoe from the STORE (whole) cause I could take it home and wash it very carefully. But I doubt I ever will again now cause frankly just seeing tomatoes makes me lose my appitite now to much o a visual of those rotten tomatoes ya know? |
Car54 | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 07:32 pm     Well that whole thing is pretty much true of ANY food at any restaurant. You can never have any idea how food is handled when you eat prepared foods. When I was little my mom worked as an assistant chef at a "nice" restaurant, and she would never eat out again after what she saw. |
Grooch | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 07:32 pm     Whit, here is my tomato solution. Never feel bad about them again. You feel tomatos are contaminated and dirty. How should you get rid of that feeling? It is the simplest thing in the world! Get a small pot, and put water in it and start boiling the water. Take the tomato and make a small x on the bottom and a big x on the top. Take the slotted spoon and dunk the tomatoe in the boiling water for like 10 seconds. After you pull the tomato from the water, take the knife and pull the skin from the tomatoe. You have now pulled the skin and all germs away from the tomato. I have eaten skinless tomatos for the past 10 years. |
Wranglerguy | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 08:15 pm     New poster here. I just wanted to say that I've really enjoyed reading this thread. I'm sure glad that I'm not the only person who has 'quirks.' |
Bookworm | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 08:27 pm     Welcome to the board Wranglerguy. I also love this thread and when I think of a quirk I will let you know. Nightcrawler could probably think of several. |
Suitsmefine | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 08:43 pm     Welcome, Wrangler,Are you a cowboy or a cowboy wannabe? Sorry, grew up in the 80's when you were one or the other!!!Anyway, we're glad to have you, sit back and hold on tight!!!! |
Webkitty | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 08:59 pm     I always peel the skin off the tomatoes. And I would never eat a cucumber without peeling it first. Actually, I peel everything I don't like brightly colored painted walls as I am prone to migraines, and I use the kind of envelopes that peel and stick, I won't lick one. I also block my drains and today I went to the market and there was a new bagger there. He packed my groceries as if he was reading my mind. I think he might be a lurker here. If you are lurking here Mr. Bagger, thank you, from the bottom of quirky little happy heart. To Juju: I bought one of those pens today and it says: Pilot, P-7000 The Precise Gel Roller * Patented precise needle point * Smear-proof gel ink. Hope this helps Lastly, this talk about butt juice is really grossing me out. Sorry to whoever first brought it up, but I can't imagine that anyone who had such a thing would feel well enough to sit in a restauant and have a meal. Please tell me you were just joking around and you don't actually know anyone who would go to a public place and knowingly leak bodily fluid on the chairs! Take pity on me, this is a QUIRK thread, I may never eat in a restaurant again! |
Goddessatlaw | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 09:05 pm     Oh, gawd, my parents and I went to a restaurant this evening and the waiter squatted by the table ItoldhimtogetupandshowsomerespectLordIcouldn'thelpmyself. Ya'll are giving me quirks I'd never imagined. |
Suitsmefine | Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 09:12 pm     Well, did he getupandkissyoura$$ or what?? |
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