What's the thing you do that no one notices, but you always do it anyway?

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

As they should be. I put all new modern switches and outlets in last year and spent a bit of time getting the tension on the faceplate correct against the horizontal slot.

Screws should be clocked to the vertical, not the horizontal, to keep the dust from settling onto the slot.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Not a biggie, but I pick up snails off the footpath and put them over the fence. It's so sad seeing the little fellas knowing they won't survive the day if I don't.

Originally Posted by Willem Fick

All my notes go into my wallet oriented in exactly the same way.
Shirts in my cupboard hang in order of colour.
If multiples of anything are stacked into cupboards or onto shelves they are always oriented in exactly the same manner.
Tubes get squeezed from the bottom.

After a heavy rain I pick up earthworms from the sidewalk with my knife blade and drop them in the garden areas. Partly for the earthworm and knowing they will help the garden and NOT be dried up and stuck to the sidewalk in the sun.

I align the money in my wallet to be in order and all facing the same way.

My closet would throw any OCD person into fits. Shirts are just whatever random order they come from the dryer.

[Baz]

Grocery store parking lot......shopping carts must all be straightened out and consolidated in the cart rack properly before leaving...no one notices....but it feels so right!

[charlesbahn]

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

I have never heard of anybody aligning the screws on light switches before. You guys are whack!

On boats, all screw slots should face fore and aft, anything less is sloppy workmanship.

[wdfifteen]

As this picture illustrates, proper torque is as important, if not more important, than the orientation of the screw head. Note that in his zeal to attain his chosen screw slot orientation this installer over torqued the right top screw and cracked the plate. Proper torque is 0.112 Newton-meter people! Observe your standards here.

[sc_rufctr]

When alone and bored (not often) I practice my hand writing. Also, I only use fountain pens.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Baz

I correct other people's.............

Originally Posted by Baz

Why no 15 and under choice in your poll?

Racist!

The defense rests.

[Oh Haha]

Why even have slotted screws? Everything should be Phillips!

[Charles Freeborn]

Whenever I'm faced with the choice of doing something right or making more money I'll always do it right. My wife notices that...
I always give room to motorcycles lane splitting. I used to ride and it's the least courtesy I can extend.
Many others already said - sweep street in front of my house, hold doors, say please and thank you, sir and ma'am.
And never never refer to people as "folks"

[LeRoux Strydom]

I keep the bills in my wallet in ascending order, largest denomination at the back, smallest at the front. All have the front side facing forwards.

If I have multiple currencies in there, I keep them in separate dividers.

[recycled sixtie]

I am definitely OCD. I check and double check doors are locked, side gate and back gate locked. Double check hand brake is off before proceeding to drive.

Recently our neighbours went away. I look after their house. A day after they left I check their back door. It is unlocked. I go into the house and the backburner on the stove is full on. I am OCD for a reason....

If people notice I am OCD so be it.

[vash]

I put the toilet seat down no matter what.


Sent via Jedi mind trick.

[flipper35]

When coding all my folders and such have to have the same structure and capitalization, even if it doesn't matter to the program and no one else on earth will see it.

I am with Glen on this: I align the money in my wallet to be in order and all facing the same way. My wife never understood this for the longest time.

[charlesbahn]

I could be wrong, but I suspect that the Post count here on Pelican is a pretty good measure of OCD

[scottmandue]

I wait for people to exit the elevator before I get on.
When I'm on an elevator I allow the ladies to exit first (if possible).
Also guilty of aligning the screws on the switch plate but good gosh I would never point it out to anyone.

[Holger]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

I wait for people to exit the elevator before I get on.
When I'm on an elevator I allow the ladies to exit first (if possible).

That is just very nice behaviour!

I hate it when I leave a train (or elevator or bus) and the new passengers are storming the doors before I get out.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by LeRoux Strydom

I keep the bills in my wallet in ascending order, largest denomination at the back, smallest at the front. All have the front side facing forwards.

If I have multiple currencies in there, I keep them in separate dividers.

I've always done this and I fold my toilet paper.

[JD159]

I always eat two bowls of pasta, 1 just doesn't feel right.

[sammyg2]

What's the thing you do that no one notices, but you always do it anyway?

I pick up trash and put it in a trash can.
At work, at home, at the store, doesn't matter. If I see a piece of trash on the floor I'll pick it up and look for a trash can. It's an obsession.
I don't have to pick up all the trash, just one or two pieces.

I also step over cracks and joints in the cement when possible. I don't HAVE to do it and still step on the odd joint, but if I can step over one without looking like a Monty Python skit I'll do it.

The wife is so used to it she doesn't even notice anymore.

[bmcuscgr94]

maintain the Keurig coffee maker at work. I'm almost always the first one in in the morning. I clean it, descale when needed, clear the coffee grounds from the hot water tubes and packet holder and make sure it full of filtered water. I also make sure its square with the wall behind it and 6 inches to the left of the outlet. I do need to check the screw head orientation, haven't noticed where they are.