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

[Amail]

Bills in my wallet or the cash drawer must be aligned. I got $100 in $5's from the bank and the teller counting them out for me had one out of alignment. I said "You're going to give me those with one turned the wrong way?", and he chuckled, fixed it, and handed it to me. I guess this is pretty common.

Always grab a wayward cart on the way from the parking lot into the store even if I don't need it. Helps the poor guy who has to round up carts just a little bit.

When pulling up to a stoplight in the right lane I leave enough room on my right for those wanting to turn right on red.

Always back in to my driveway unless the maneuver impedes traffic on my little street, then I'll pull in forwards. Doesn't happen often though. Drives my wife nuts!

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by look 171

Y They all roll their eyes. Knowing they are perfect and adjusted by them, I have to scratch that OCD itch. I sent their assses off to lunch just to run the lil' stick of wood through all the gaps of the doors. This crap is not for the client my boys or anyone else, its for me. If I don't do this on every job, I go freaking bonkers on my drive home.

Being a perfectionist is a real btich. I feel like I chase my tail all the time (with a certain things anyway).

When I was working HVAC for my OCD dad (still recovering) he would routinely drop by the job to "inspect" (he was ex USAF and ex-military school... used to 'inspect" my room when I was a child... still recovering.

It didn't take long for me to realize he would not leave the job site until he found something wrong. He also almost always showed up between 10 and noon... around 11 I would instruct the guys to leave one grill off or one fitting uninsulated... "but your dad is going show up!" "I know just do what I say"
Dad would show up "hey, you forgot to install that grill!" "okay dad, we got it."
And he would jump in his truck and take off.
After a short time the crew could see what I was up to and they never questioned me when I asked them to leave something undone.

[MikeSid]

I worked in a grocery store as a kid.

Shopping, when I grab something off the shelf, I face the remaining products to the front edge of the shelf and rotate label out if necessary. I'll also return stuff that people have dumped in the wrong part of the store after they have decided upon something else.

I purposely leave grocery carts in the far end of the parking lot on sunny days, because I used to enjoy spending the time outside retrieving them when the weather was good.

[Hawkeye's-911T]

By wdfifteen:

This is why everything I do takes twice as long as it should. I'm always thinking about the guy 20-30 years from now looking at something I've done. I live with creating this invisible legacy of people who don't know me saying, "This guy really cared about his work." I always do my best. It has been my curse.

^^^ This fits me to a "T"

By Oh Haha:

Why even have slotted screws? Everything should be Phillips!

Perhaps you should give Robertsons a try - a more practical & forgiving driven screw head.

Cheers
JB

[Sarc]

I turn off all the lights that are left on and close all the cabinet doors that are left open. Pretty sure nobody notices...

[Henry hill]

Pick worms up off the drive and throw them in the grass before they shrivel up in the hot sun! Lol

[Jim Bremner]

If I use medical tape I fold the ends over to create pull tabs not only on the body but the tape rolls.

I spend the night out on work once every three weeks and I try to get the same hotel room as much as possible It's a bit larger and I can move around in the dark with out hitting anything

My pillow and sheets travel with me

[Seahawk]

Y'all are all crazy...if crazy was a country you could see it from Palin's front porch

I am peccadillo free

[LEAKYSEALS951]

All my coat hangers match. I cannot stand the cheap wire ones that dry cleaners use.

I coat every nut and bolt with anti-seize compound.

Before I drop a piece of mail into a mailbox- I check- and re-check that there is a stamp, return address, and that the mail-to address is showing. If my car keys are the same hand as is holding the mail- I put them in my other hand and deliberately place them in my pocket, before putting the envelopes anywhere near the mailbox opening.

Storm drains also freak me out. If I am in a parking lot, getting read to unlock the car, and I walk near a drain, I clutch my keys as if some gnome with a strong electromagnet in the drainage ditch is going to turn it on and fling the keys from my hand.

Cohesion is bad. Adhesion is better. Mechanical retention is best. I always strive to incorporate mechanical retention in any project where something is joined, even if the glue joint should be adequate.

[ckelly78z]

Originally Posted by Sarc

I turn off all the lights that are left on and close all the cabinet doors that are left open. Pretty sure nobody notices...

I don't think this is OCD, with kids in the house, no one seems to care that all the lights are on, and all the cupboards (and tool box drawers) are open. It is just trying to be efficiient, and safe by shutting things off, and closing drawers.

Same thing with having all the money in my wallet aligned, and facing the same direction. At a glance, I know how much is in there, and it makes it much easier to grab what I want.

I don't have anything color coordinated in my closet, or bedroom drawers, but I do have things neatly folded by category....more efficient that way.

I have a friend who was apalled when I opened up an M&Ms bag and just ate whatever came out first, she has to arrange by color, and eat one color at a time.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Amail

Bills in my wallet or the cash drawer must be aligned. I got $100 in $5's from the bank and the teller counting them out for me had one out of alignment. I said "You're going to give me those with one turned the wrong way?", and he chuckled, fixed it, and handed it to me. I guess this is pretty common.

Always grab a wayward cart on the way from the parking lot into the store even if I don't need it. Helps the poor guy who has to round up carts just a little bit.

When pulling up to a stoplight in the right lane I leave enough room on my right for those wanting to turn right on red.

Always back in to my driveway unless the maneuver impedes traffic on my little street, then I'll pull in forwards. Doesn't happen often though. Drives my wife nuts!

Wait ..... you're married AND you have $100 bills in your wallet?

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Sarc

I turn off all the lights that are left on and close all the cabinet doors that are left open. Pretty sure nobody notices...

I thought they called that just being a dad.

[ckelly78z]

^^^^^^^ And as a side note, I scanned my above post, and went back to edit the corrections before someone else made mention of them.

[Amail]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Wait ..... you're married AND you have $100 bills in your wallet?

LOL! Good catch - of course I don't have $100! That was getting change for the Pop Warner snack bar during a tournament last fall.

[Sarc]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

I thought they called that just being a dad.

...and a husband.

[flipper35]

I always lean left when wiping. Pretty sure no one know or cares. Well, more people know now. Still don't care.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway

Actually if I disclosed all my quirks I am sure it would be met with scorn, condemnation, and ridiculed and be judged but safe to say there is a very long list of some very strange actions that are rooted in complete dysfunction and a very loose grasp on reality...

We already know some...

[craigster59]

I use my turn signals.

[Scuba Steve]

Framing must be perfectly, exactly, level and square. Same for floor joists - they need to be completely level too. No nail bumps either when drywall goes up.

I've also signed and dated one stud out of each wall I've built or repaired and left a newspaper inside one. Maybe someday it'll give someone something to look at.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by 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.

Sounds to me like you're just being careful.

My ex-wife was an OCD sufferer and so was her father. She was compulsive about baseboards. The rest of the house could be a total dump, but she would rub her knuckles raw scrubbing the baseboards all over the house.
Her dad had to tap his foot on the floor some number of times, like three or so, on each side of his shoe before he put it on. He had to put the left one on first and tie it before tapping his foot and putting on the other shoe. He had to step through a door with his right foot first every time. If he didn't and couldn't go back and pass through the door again he couldn't function - couldn't talk or anything.