Anal Things That You Do

starbelgrade

... besides object insertions, what things do you do that could be considered anal?

For example, a friend of mine called over to the house the other week when I was in the middle of doing my shopping list. When he asked what I was doing, he started taking the p*ss, saying that I was like an old granny & "make sure you don't forget to put Battenburg cake on your list" etc etc

I explained to him that my reasons for doing a shopping list were threefold;

1. I only have to shop once a week - handy, as the supermarket is 10 miles away.
2. I cook everything from scratch, so I need to make sure I have all the necessary ingredients, thus saving the need to nip down to the shop, mid-cook.

(He conceeded that these were valid enough reasons for making a list, but baulked at the last one...)

3. I only have to go around the store once as I make the list in order, according to where the products are placed in the store, so I don't have to double back along aisles I've already been down.

I had to admit, that this is indeed, very anal (though still timesaving!).


So, what are you guilty of, ehm, anally?

m@cc@

*inserts sex reference*

FearDark

Is this an appropriate time to say "yore ma"...

... yes, yes it is.

Nalz

starbelgrade wrote: »

Battenburg cake

nice!

gandhi123

starbelgrade wrote: »

anal

m@cc@ wrote: »

insert

FearDark wrote: »

"yore ma"

ha ha "insert"... ha "your ma".. ha "anal" ha






too obvious?

AnonoBoy

Finish the god damn story.

Did you get the Battenberg cake or not? :mad:

starbelgrade

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Finish the god damn story.

Did you get the Battenberg cake or not? :mad:

I went for Mr.Kipling French Fancies instead. Battenberg gives me awful indegestion.

KittyeeTrix

starbelgrade wrote: »

I went for Mr.Kipling French Fancies instead. Battenberg gives me awful indegestion.

Mmmmmm, much better choice!!:)

spudmonkey17

I sometimes like to stroke my mastoid and masticate while engaging in prostration. :cool:

(Well, in the spirit of the thread's title I thought I'd keep the sexual sounding words going.)

MardiB

1. I only have to shop once a week - handy, as the supermarket is 10 miles away.


10 miles!!!! Where do you live?

mikom

starbelgrade wrote: »

what things do you do that could be considered anal?

No, no, I've put all that shit behind me.

starbelgrade

MardiB wrote: »

1. I only have to shop once a week - handy, as the supermarket is 10 miles away.


10 miles!!!! Where do you live?

10 miles from the nearest supermarket!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Has to be a toss up between the OP and pete for the most amount of threads started by one person in a day. Sweet fcuk..

I can't think of anything now. Damn it...

starbelgrade

Clementine Tender Twinkle wrote: »

Has to be a toss up between the OP and pete for the most amount of threads started by one person in a day. Sweet fcuk..

I can't think of anything now. Damn it...

Counting the number of threads that people start in a day is fairly anal!

MardiB

starbelgrade wrote: »

10 miles from the nearest supermarket!

You do know you can order online from tesco?? Although in my imagination now you are lving in Tír na nóg or somewhere else mythical, magical but mostly far away:)

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

starbelgrade wrote: »

Counting the number of threads that people start in a day is fairly anal!

Lol, balls on a stick. Well you got me there :P

starbelgrade

MardiB wrote: »

You do know you can order online from tesco?? Although in my imagination now you are lving in Tír na nóg or somewhere else mythical, magical but mostly far away:)

They only started delivering out my way a few months ago, but I like to pick my own produce from the shelves. I'm anal like that.

MardiB

starbelgrade wrote: »

They only started delivering out my way a few months ago, but I like to pick my own produce from the shelves. I'm anal like that.

Touché

But if you are that anal you should be growing your own produce, anal and productive!!!!! If you have any left over send it to me

stellarartois

m@cc@ wrote: »

*inserts sex reference*

Dont you mean: *ǝɔuǝɹǝɟǝɹ lɐnxǝs sʇɹǝsuı* ?

Orangutani

I'm a barman. Most of my bartender buddies I work with started into this line of work as lounge staff in other pubs (collecting glasses, waiting tables, dogsbody stuff). I, however, started as a night porter in a hotel. Generally, most hotels have a higher standard of anality than most bars, so now, years later, I still follow these rules:

Stacking shelves - all bottles in straight grids, all labels facing out, all the way back.
Clean glasses - straight grids (except slim jims, staggered rows, to fit an extra row on the shelf).
Lemons - cut off each tip, slice in half from tip to tip, then thinly slice the 2 half-cylinders you're left with, getting flat semicircles of lemon (you get loads of slices this way.)
Limes - slice in half from tip to tip, place flat part down, cut at different angles to make wedges (only get 8 wedges per lime, but easier to WEDGE into the neck of a bottle of Corona).
A shot is 35.5ml, a double is 71ml. Fine for when people want the usual spirits. But for some reason, a single serving of Bailey's is supposed to be 50ml. Fill a double measure just over 3/4 of the way to the top.
Ice buckets - empty meltwater before refilling with ice.
Glasses used for lattes/mochas/Baileys etc - rinse thoroughly in warm water before putting in glass washer (keep milk residue off the shiny glasses).
Guinness - first pour, fill to a point halfway up the harp on the glass (or the lower of the two lines on the Brewhouse Series glasses. Top up before it's settled completely (about an inch of brown left under the head) by pushing the tap BACK.

All seems reasonable enough, but does it really matter if fresh ice is put in with meltwater? Does it matter if the bottles at the back of the shelf aren't facing forward? Does it matter if you pull the tap down instead of back when topping up Guinness? Actually, I personally think that last one DOES matter. Thing is, nobody else bothers with these little things, and it doesn't seem to bother the customers either. But I can't help myself, they're all just habit. So yeah, I have a bit of a reputation among the staff for being anal.
Sod it. At least I don't have OCD, although I do rearrange the clean glasses symmetrically when I've nothing else to do. (:
Any other bartenders here? Am I anal or just professional?

starbelgrade

MardiB wrote: »

Touché

But if you are that anal you should be growing your own produce, anal and productive!!!!! If you have any left over send it to me

I actually do grow my own vegetables & have a few chickens too, so you got me there!

starbelgrade

Orangutani wrote: »

I'm a barman. Am I anal or just professional?

You sound like a good barman to me!

stellarartois

starbelgrade wrote: »

I actually do grow my own vegetables & have a few chickens too, so you got me there!

starbelgrade wrote: »

You sound like a good barman to me!

Did you really need to post twice for this? Couldn't you have fitted that in one post or are you trying to raise up your post count? :mad::mad::mad:

Degag

Orangutani wrote: »

I'm a barman. Most of my bartender buddies I work with started into this line of work as lounge staff in other pubs (collecting glasses, waiting tables, dogsbody stuff). I, however, started as a night porter in a hotel. Generally, most hotels have a higher standard of anality than most bars, so now, years later, I still follow these rules:

Stacking shelves - all bottles in straight grids, all labels facing out, all the way back.
Clean glasses - straight grids (except slim jims, staggered rows, to fit an extra row on the shelf).
Lemons - cut off each tip, slice in half from tip to tip, then thinly slice the 2 half-cylinders you're left with, getting flat semicircles of lemon (you get loads of slices this way.)
Limes - slice in half from tip to tip, place flat part down, cut at different angles to make wedges (only get 8 wedges per lime, but easier to WEDGE into the neck of a bottle of Corona).
A shot is 35.5ml, a double is 71ml. Fine for when people want the usual spirits. But for some reason, a single serving of Bailey's is supposed to be 50ml. Fill a double measure just over 3/4 of the way to the top.
Ice buckets - empty meltwater before refilling with ice.
Glasses used for lattes/mochas/Baileys etc - rinse thoroughly in warm water before putting in glass washer (keep milk residue off the shiny glasses).
Guinness - first pour, fill to a point halfway up the harp on the glass (or the lower of the two lines on the Brewhouse Series glasses. Top up before it's settled completely (about an inch of brown left under the head) by pushing the tap BACK.

All seems reasonable enough, but does it really matter if fresh ice is put in with meltwater? Does it matter if the bottles at the back of the shelf aren't facing forward? Does it matter if you pull the tap down instead of back when topping up Guinness? Actually, I personally think that last one DOES matter. Thing is, nobody else bothers with these little things, and it doesn't seem to bother the customers either. But I can't help myself, they're all just habit. So yeah, I have a bit of a reputation among the staff for being anal.
Sod it. At least I don't have OCD, although I do rearrange the clean glasses symmetrically when I've nothing else to do. (:
Any other bartenders here? Am I anal or just professional?

Your not doing anything different to what any other decent barman would do!

starbelgrade

stellarartois wrote: »

Did you really need to post twice for this? Couldn't you have fitted that in one post or are you trying to raise up your post count? :mad::mad::mad:

I responded to one post, read another, then responded to that. My post count is of no interest me. If that makes you mad, I think you should add that to your list of "things that you do that are anal."

my shopping list is an excel spreadsheet that I update through the month

once a month i sort it and it gives me 3 lists, 1 each for tesco, lidl & aldi with items sorted by aisle for each and weighting for which store has the best price based on the price per item from my last shopping trip

that anal enough for ya

starbelgrade

Davegalway wrote: »

my shopping list is an excel spreadsheet that I update through the month

once a month i sort it and it gives me 3 lists, 1 each for tesco, lidl & aldi with items sorted by aisle for each and weighting for which store has the best price based on the price per item from my last shopping trip

that anal enough for ya

That's f*cking genius!

Stratige

Davegalway wrote: »

my shopping list is an excel spreadsheet that I update through the month

once a month i sort it and it gives me 3 lists, 1 each for tesco, lidl & aldi with items sorted by aisle for each and weighting for which store has the best price based on the price per item from my last shopping trip

that anal enough for ya

You are my hero sir.

Stratige

stellarartois wrote: »

Did you really need to post twice for this? Couldn't you have fitted that in one post or are you trying to raise up your post count? :mad::mad::mad:

Did you need to respond to this and go off-topic in the thread or are you trying to raise your post count? :mad::mad::mad:

Orangutani

Cool. I just work with eejits. Weight off my mind!

rizzla

Whenever I scratch my arm pit I always smell my finger. I have to consciously stop myself sniffing my finger if I'm around people. Sometimes though I do it, but turn it into a scratch when I realise what I'm doing.

Not really an anal thing though, more subconscious I guess.

starbelgrade

rizzla wrote: »

Whenever I scratch my arm pit I always smell my finger. I have to consciously stop myself sniffing my finger if I'm around people. Sometimes though I do it, but turn it into a scratch when I realise what I'm doing.

Not really an anal thing though, more subconscious I guess.

At least you don't scratch your hole & then sniff it!

Degag

Orangutani wrote: »

Cool. I just work with eejits. Weight off my mind!

What do your colleagues do differently may i ask? Cause everything you do is fairly standard!

Sonnenblumen

Davegalway wrote: »

my shopping list is an excel spreadsheet that I update through the month

once a month i sort it and it gives me 3 lists, 1 each for tesco, lidl & aldi with items sorted by aisle for each and weighting for which store has the best price based on the price per item from my last shopping trip

that anal enough for ya

I've got the same + methods of payment (Laser/Cash/Credit) and Club Points (where applicable):D

It ain't anal its logical!;)

yoshytoshy

When I'm cooking ,I must wash my hands about ten times. Can't wait for the water charges:rolleyes:

thetonynator

stellarartois wrote: »

Did you really need to post twice for this? Couldn't you have fitted that in one post or are you trying to raise up your post count? :mad::mad::mad:

Is it your time of the month or something???


I have to fill the dishwasher perfectly so that you can fit the most amount in but everything has to wash right.
That is anal.

Abelloid

rizzla wrote: »

Whenever I scratch my arm pit I always smell my finger. I have to consciously stop myself sniffing my finger if I'm around people. Sometimes though I do it, but turn it into a scratch when I realise what I'm doing.

Not really an anal thing though, more subconscious I guess.

Brendan, is that you?

Tilt Gone

where to start??
Everything in my dishwasher as a specific place and must be put in this place or i'll have a hissy fit.
Forks and knives in said dishwasher must always be placed with the prongs/etc facing up.
Pint glass and large bottle of bulmers must have the logo's facing me at all times when drinking. Oh and the pint glass has to be filled to the level I like, not all the way to the top.
Toothpaste has to be squeezed from the bottom up, never the top.
The plastic on a cigarette box must never be taken off.

Have loads more but I need to go fill the dishwasher...

nehpets10

I don't do anything weird like you freaks. I used to.. when I was about 14. Now I live in a phase of apathy.

MardiB

starbelgrade wrote: »

I actually do grow my own vegetables & have a few chickens too, so you got me there!

That I did:D

Smeggy

I HAVE to correct spelling and grammar! I can't let it go!

Elenxor

I have a thing about my purse.
Notes folded in half..Biggest denomination inside,50,20,10,with the 5's on the outside of the bundle.
50c and 20c in one compartment and all smaller change in another.

I just read this post back....I;m anal and boring!

Deus Ex Machina

starbelgrade wrote: »

... besides object insertions, what things do you do that could be considered anal?

For example, a friend of mine called over to the house the other week when I was in the middle of doing my shopping list. When he asked what I was doing, he started taking the p*ss, saying that I was like an old granny & "make sure you don't forget to put Battenburg cake on your list" etc etc

I explained to him that my reasons for doing a shopping list were threefold;

1. I only have to shop once a week - handy, as the supermarket is 10 miles away.
2. I cook everything from scratch, so I need to make sure I have all the necessary ingredients, thus saving the need to nip down to the shop, mid-cook.

(He conceeded that these were valid enough reasons for making a list, but baulked at the last one...)

3. I only have to go around the store once as I make the list in order, according to where the products are placed in the store, so I don't have to double back along aisles I've already been down.

I had to admit, that this is indeed, very anal (though still timesaving!).


So, what are you guilty of, ehm, anally?

Just eat the fukkin Battenburg mate.

pickarooney

I'm off to write a comedy series about an anally-retentive old curmudgeon and a layabout slob, called Battenburg and Batterburger.

stovelid

Shave in the same sequence every time.

Often shut all doors in the house before going to bed.

Crazy Taxi

Elenxor wrote: »

I have a thing about my purse.
Notes folded in half..Biggest denomination inside,50,20,10,with the 5's on the outside of the bundle.
50c and 20c in one compartment and all smaller change in another.

I just read this post back....I;m anal and boring!

With you on that but in reverse order so biggest note wraps around all else, all notes in my wallet must be facing the same way and no folded corners, and all coins in my coin holder must be "heads up"
Loads of other stuff too that would probably be considered OCD but each to their own.

Skinfull

When I drive over a bridge I HAVE to see the water/road underneath. :rolleyes:
If I don't see it, on the return journey I HAVE to not look

Hells Belle

ok I have a few:

Socks - must be exactly the same height on my legs, the bit at the toe has to be exactly the same on both sides. Odd socks were created by the devil.

Pencils must have the exact right tip on them, not too fat not too skinny or too short - it makes my fingers itchy if its not right.

Dirty sinks, oh the horror, especially taps. Its making me feel odd right now thinking of smeared taps. The soap has to be on the right, and it has to fit the little dip perfectly or I'll pare it with a knife. I've had to clean sinks in friends houses before - had to clean mil's sink a few weeks ago, she was not impressed with my teaching her, but at least she'll do it right the next time :pac:

I also have the usual cups upside down only, facing the right way and handles all in the same direction but doesn't everyone?

Elenxor

Hells Belle wrote: »

ok I have a few:

Socks - must be exactly the same height on my legs, the bit at the toe has to be exactly the same on both sides. Odd socks were created by the devil.

Pencils must have the exact right tip on them, not too fat not too skinny or too short - it makes my fingers itchy if its not right.

Dirty sinks, oh the horror, especially taps. Its making me feel odd right now thinking of smeared taps. The soap has to be on the right, and it has to fit the little dip perfectly or I'll pare it with a knife. I've had to clean sinks in friends houses before - had to clean mil's sink a few weeks ago, she was not impressed with my teaching her, but at least she'll do it right the next time :pac:

I also have the usual cups upside down only, facing the right way and handles all in the same direction but doesn't everyone?

Ah, if only. My life would be perfect!!!!

Abrasax

For a couple of years I lived in a house full of professionals and we used too hire a cleaning lady to come around.
I used to tidy up before she called.

Lux23

When I go to the cinema I have to be there to buy my ticket an hour before the film starts as I can only sit in the back row in the middle. That's about it.