KoolEaze said:

Genesia said:

Okay, wait a minute. This is about utterly dumb stuff, right? I think anyone would have problems with peoples' fingernails being torn off.

Yes, you´re right. I already said that my examples are probably not illogical or dumb enough.

But anyway.......it makes me feel uncomfortable when shoelaces are tied asymmetrically.

I can´t stand it when people blow their nose while I´m eating.

I can´t stand the smell and the taste of coriander/cilantro.

I wash my hands quite often and really avoid touching doorknobs etc. etc. , and sometimes I carry a small bottle with cheap cologne with me to spray on my hands.

I can't either!

If I'm at someone else's house..... I can't finish the last of something.

Like, if I grab a carton of juice from the fridge and there's not much left, I won't drink all of it. I'll leave a little bit at the bottom. Or say I wanted to make a sandwich and there was only 3 pieces of bread - I'd use one slice so that there was still enough for someone else to make a sandwich if they wanted to.

I hate picky eaters. They ruin meals and they are so annoying. I try as best as possible not to socialize with them. Period.

Cannot stand people who lick their fingers during meals and make that popping noise. It makes my skin crawl!

jstarr010 said:

I hate picky eaters. They ruin meals and they are so annoying. I try as best as possible not to socialize with them. Period.

Some of us have allergies and/or dietary issues.

I am one- but I've learned not to complain. I just hope that I'll be socializing with someone who won't choose places I can't eat.

Militant said:

If I'm at someone else's house..... I can't finish the last of something.

Like, if I grab a carton of juice from the fridge and there's not much left, I won't drink all of it. I'll leave a little bit at the bottom. Or say I wanted to make a sandwich and there was only 3 pieces of bread - I'd use one slice so that there was still enough for someone else to make a sandwich if they wanted to.

That's just good manners.

johnart said:

Militant said:

If I'm at someone else's house..... I can't finish the last of something.

Like, if I grab a carton of juice from the fridge and there's not much left, I won't drink all of it. I'll leave a little bit at the bottom. Or say I wanted to make a sandwich and there was only 3 pieces of bread - I'd use one slice so that there was still enough for someone else to make a sandwich if they wanted to.

That's just good manners.

I was complimented on many occasions for my manners and chivalry during my recent trip to Canada

Maybe it's a British thing. LOL

johnart said:

Militant said:

If I'm at someone else's house..... I can't finish the last of something.

Like, if I grab a carton of juice from the fridge and there's not much left, I won't drink all of it. I'll leave a little bit at the bottom. Or say I wanted to make a sandwich and there was only 3 pieces of bread - I'd use one slice so that there was still enough for someone else to make a sandwich if they wanted to.

That's just good manners.

<--- always leaves a little in the vodka bottle

johnart said:

Militant said:

If I'm at someone else's house..... I can't finish the last of something.

Like, if I grab a carton of juice from the fridge and there's not much left, I won't drink all of it. I'll leave a little bit at the bottom. Or say I wanted to make a sandwich and there was only 3 pieces of bread - I'd use one slice so that there was still enough for someone else to make a sandwich if they wanted to.

That's just good manners.

of course leaving a tiny bit left in an orange juice carton is actually not good manners, it's annoying!

Just make sure the amount you're leaving is actually a full serving--like the bread example.

Genesia said:

I always eat blue M&Ms first because I hate blue M&Ms. They never should have been added to the pack. They just look totally wrong.

Oh lawd, I thought I was the only one who ate them according to color.

I eat the orange ones first, then green, brown, red, blue and yellow last 'cause they are my favorite.

Militant said:

If I'm at someone else's house..... I can't finish the last of something.

Like, if I grab a carton of juice from the fridge and there's not much left, I won't drink all of it. I'll leave a little bit at the bottom. Or say I wanted to make a sandwich and there was only 3 pieces of bread - I'd use one slice so that there was still enough for someone else to make a sandwich if they wanted to.

That's not a dumb or illogical issue, it's common courtesy.

PunkMistress said:

Militant said:

If I'm at someone else's house..... I can't finish the last of something.

Like, if I grab a carton of juice from the fridge and there's not much left, I won't drink all of it. I'll leave a little bit at the bottom. Or say I wanted to make a sandwich and there was only 3 pieces of bread - I'd use one slice so that there was still enough for someone else to make a sandwich if they wanted to.

That's not a dumb or illogical issue, it's common courtesy.

I agree...

Except I'd be pretty pissed if you only left a little bit of the juice in the carton. Remember Della Reese in "Harlem Nights"?

chocolate1 said:

PunkMistress said:

That's not a dumb or illogical issue, it's common courtesy.

I agree...

Except I'd be pretty pissed if you only left a little bit of the juice in the carton. Remember Della Reese in "Harlem Nights"?

leaving only a bit in THA CA-TAY-NA!

Genesia said:

johnart said:

That's just good manners.

<--- always leaves a little in the vodka bottle

NDRU said:

johnart said:

That's just good manners.

of course leaving a tiny bit left in an orange juice carton is actually not good manners, it's annoying!

Oh shut up.

KoolEaze said:

Genesia said:

Okay, wait a minute. This is about utterly dumb stuff, right? I think anyone would have problems with peoples' fingernails being torn off.

Yes, you´re right. I already said that my examples are probably not illogical or dumb enough.

But anyway.......it makes me feel uncomfortable when shoelaces are tied asymmetrically.

I can´t stand it when people blow their nose while I´m eating.

I can´t stand the smell and the taste of coriander/cilantro.

I wash my hands quite often and really avoid touching doorknobs etc. etc. , and sometimes I carry a small bottle with cheap cologne with me to spray on my hands.

you can't have guacamole without cilantro!

Genesia said:

KoolEaze said:

Yes, you´re right. I already said that my examples are probably not illogical or dumb enough.

But anyway.......it makes me feel uncomfortable when shoelaces are tied asymmetrically.

I can´t stand it when people blow their nose while I´m eating.

I can´t stand the smell and the taste of coriander/cilantro.

I wash my hands quite often and really avoid touching doorknobs etc. etc. , and sometimes I carry a small bottle with cheap cologne with me to spray on my hands.

OMG - I don't know how anyone can like that stuff. It tastes like soap!

I get that soap taste from ginger

I don't like my food touching each other on a plate. Stuff like juice from collards or somethings . . . if it juice run into the other food, I have to switch my food to another plate.

Can't eat stale bread, stale to me is anything a week old. If the edges even get slightly hard (makes my flesh crawl talking about it) around the edges, I can't it eat it, I throw it away.

Have this thing about my toothbrush, for some reason I think something or someone is always try to "mess" with it. So, I dip my toothbrush in rubbing alcohol wash throughly in warm water before I use it.

I have this thing about cats and cat owners, I don't eat anything at the homes of cat owners.

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POTLUCK lunches at work. If I've never been to your home and I don't know you personally, I don't really want to eat your food..I don't know if you are a nasty and unclean hoarder, or lick the spoon and put it back into the pot, or even washed your hands for that matter. I don't want to eat your food and will likely not show up at work on the day of a potluck. So what if restaurants have rats, roaches, ecoli, and employees that don't wash their hands. I don't want YOUR food.

Answering other people's telephones at work. Yuk...almost always if you wipe the earpiece to any work phone with a moist white tissue you are almost certain to gag from that dirt on the tissue.

I can never take the top or the first grocery item, I have to take the ones in the middle. For example, if I'm in a grocery store and I'm purchasing milk or juice, I can never just take the first carton that I see. I must be able to grab somewhere in the middle. If there's only one carton left, I'm not buying it.

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jone70 said:

Efan said:

One of my dumb issues is that I get really annoyed when bottles or cans of things are almost but not quite empty. Like when the shampoo bottle or shaving cream can is getting low and I'm ready to switch to a new one (with a new scent) but I can't bring myself to just throw out the old one because it would be wasteful.

I'm currently doing battle with a bottle of Old Spice Body Wash that seems to be replenishing itself while I'm not home.

I have a bad habit of not finishing the end of things -- like jars of sauces, shampoos, even boxees of crackers, etc. I don't know why.

I also can't stand when people whistle. Not like a cat call on the street, but on the bus or the subway, when they're whistling some random tune to themselves. I hate it; and it becomes all I can focus on. Humming is bad, too, but I hate whistling worse.

Whistling is freggin irritating as nails on a chalkboard. I wonder what is truly on the minds of people that whistle. I think I'll put Whistling into the same catagory of having to endure the fart of a stranger on mass transit. At least with the fart you can be obnoxious and put your shirt over your nostrils. No way to deal with a whistler without confrontaton.

johnart said:

Militant said:

If I'm at someone else's house..... I can't finish the last of something.

Like, if I grab a carton of juice from the fridge and there's not much left, I won't drink all of it. I'll leave a little bit at the bottom. Or say I wanted to make a sandwich and there was only 3 pieces of bread - I'd use one slice so that there was still enough for someone else to make a sandwich if they wanted to.

That's just good manners.

Yeah but if you leave a little bit of juice in the container, that can potentially trigger the pet peeves of the one who later comes for the juice and wonders who left the bloody carton in the fridge with only a couple of swallows of juice.

Eating one slice of bread when there are only 3 slices left is very thoughtful.

bboy87 said:

chocolate1 said:

I agree...

Except I'd be pretty pissed if you only left a little bit of the juice in the carton. Remember Della Reese in "Harlem Nights"?

leaving only a bit in THA CA-TAY-NA!

Ain't nothin' left but a swalluh!

veronikka said:

KoolEaze said:

Yes, you´re right. I already said that my examples are probably not illogical or dumb enough.

But anyway.......it makes me feel uncomfortable when shoelaces are tied asymmetrically.

I can´t stand it when people blow their nose while I´m eating.

I can´t stand the smell and the taste of coriander/cilantro.

I wash my hands quite often and really avoid touching doorknobs etc. etc. , and sometimes I carry a small bottle with cheap cologne with me to spray on my hands.

you can't have guacamole without cilantro!

I know. For some strange reason, it doesn´t bother me in guacamole and in certain other dishes where it´s not too dominant.

That being said, I would gladly eat tons of it if the meal was prepared by you.

Reel said:

jone70 said:

I have a bad habit of not finishing the end of things -- like jars of sauces, shampoos, even boxees of crackers, etc. I don't know why.

I also can't stand when people whistle. Not like a cat call on the street, but on the bus or the subway, when they're whistling some random tune to themselves. I hate it; and it becomes all I can focus on. Humming is bad, too, but I hate whistling worse.

Whistling is freggin irritating as nails on a chalkboard. I wonder what is truly on the minds of people that whistle. I think I'll put Whistling into the same catagory of having to endure the fart of a stranger on mass transit. At least with the fart you can be obnoxious and put your shirt over your nostrils. No way to deal with a whistler without confrontaton.

I was standing in a long, hot line at Comcast. The heifer in front of me was talking very loudly on her cellphone and the guy behind me was whistling.

I turned around and said- very politely- "Please stop whistling."

He tried to get loud and said, "Gee Lady. I didn't know I brought my mother with me."

I stared at him, and said, "I am hot, I am tired of standing in this line, and I have to listen to HER dumbass conversation. You need to stop whistling behind my head."

I guess the look on my face said it all. He not only stopped, but he hung his head.

I hate that sound!

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Reel said:

POTLUCK lunches at work. If I've never been to your home and I don't know you personally, I don't really want to eat your food..I don't know if you are a nasty and unclean hoarder, or lick the spoon and put it back into the pot, or even washed your hands for that matter. I don't want to eat your food and will likely not show up at work on the day of a potluck. So what if restaurants have rats, roaches, ecoli, and employees that don't wash their hands. I don't want YOUR food.

... and church.

Reel said:

POTLUCK lunches at work. If I've never been to your home and I don't know you personally, I don't really want to eat your food..I don't know if you are a nasty and unclean hoarder, or lick the spoon and put it back into the pot, or even washed your hands for that matter. I don't want to eat your food and will likely not show up at work on the day of a potluck. So what if restaurants have rats, roaches, ecoli, and employees that don't wash their hands. I don't want YOUR food.

Or if they let their pets walk around on their kitchen counters.

I have huge issues with this, too. I rarely eat anything people bring from home - and if it's something uncooked like...say...dip? For.Get.It.

crab-meat dip

I'm on my way to the gym.

People who talk on their cellphones while exercising... I know it's not my business, but WHAT THE HELL?!

KoolEaze said:

veronikka said:

you can't have guacamole without cilantro!

I know. For some strange reason, it doesn´t bother me in guacamole and in certain other dishes where it´s not too dominant.

That being said, I would gladly eat tons of it if the meal was prepared by you.

Got ahold of some bad cilantro in a Taco Bell Chicken soft Taco. I thought I had been poisoned. I guess it was wilted. But aside from that horrible experience, I really dig it.

Reel said:

KoolEaze said:

I know. For some strange reason, it doesn´t bother me in guacamole and in certain other dishes where it´s not too dominant.

That being said, I would gladly eat tons of it if the meal was prepared by you.

Got ahold of some bad cilantro in a Taco Bell Chicken soft Taco. I thought I had been poisoned. I guess it was wilted. But aside from that horrible experience, I really dig it.

Actually, what happens with cilantro is that, the longer it sits around after being chopped up, the more pungent and awful-tasting it becomes. (Unless it's been put in something acidic like salsa.)

You have to use chopped cilantro right away - which you know they aren't doing at Taco Hell.

johnart said:

Genesia said:

<--- always leaves a little in the vodka bottle

I am a well-mannered snob.