Comments on: Top 5 signs you are anal-retentive

By: Roni

Roni — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:25:56 +0000

1. I HATE wrong use of terms MASS and WEIGHT – i.e. a Truck has a mass of 7.5 tons, not weight – to the point I want to write letters to TV / radio stations using “weight” instead of “mass” in traffic reports.
2. Most of my clocks are radio controlled (DCF77). I set all other clocks & watches to EXACT second on DST change. Luckily the computers have SNTP.
2a: I hate cell phones without automatic clock setting (received from network).
2b: I am annoyed by a local TV station with 1 second time lag on their Teletext
2c: I never again listened to a radio station with 2 hours time lag on RDS system (which messed my car radio’s time setting).
3. I have a reminder set in my smartphone in 3 month intervals to add salt to dishwasher – in that time, the salt does not run out completely yet (I decide when I want to add salt, not the dishwasher warning message, thank you), but there is enough room left in the dispenser to add a complete 1kg package of salt.

By: ErichV

ErichV — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:25:41 +0000

Eee PC Blogger on March 1, 2009 at 11:39 pm:
9. You double proof read even your casual emails send to friends. “SENT” Dammit!!! it is a Verb!

Nice List! Is it available as an organised reference somewhere?

Fortan IV was it not??

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:04:51 +0000

Everything on my desk is arrange neatly into a grid like pattern and when something gets moved, it has to be fixed…immediately.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:19:10 +0000

Yes, I’m anal retentive …….. but in a good way …….. LOL

By: TranceMist

TranceMist — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:58:58 +0000

You’re bothered by inaccurate precision.

By: tammy

tammy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:51:25 +0000

I hang all my clothes according to size. I colour code the close pegs. I place all my friends in different categories and my relationships with my gilfriends change when they get pregnant. I make a budget that includes everything and all my bills are organised in separate areas. I label everthing thats mine and I’m very possessive of things that are mine. I hate to abbreviate when texting.

By: Cathy T.

Cathy T. — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:37:46 +0000

I think this anal-rententive thing is ridiculous!!! It is a bunch of crap…. We alll have the way we do things and we all have issues, of course unless someone thinks they are GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

By: erica

erica — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:42:45 +0000

Wow. I ALWAYS do #’s 1, 2, 5 & 6. I thought it was just me lol.

By: polarbear

polarbear — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:58:54 +0000

I love all Ya’ll!! (That is Southeastern drawl for all you Yanks)

I also eat the broken chips in the bowl first so the bowl only has whole chips in it.
Same for mixed nuts, same reason.

MY truck is pin neat with no odors/smells; think that one is (OCD) Obessive compulsive

I am training myself to abbreviate in texting, still cannot use numbers for words.

I use the same hangers for my clothes, no one else in the house uses any of them.

Fold my wrappers of fast food, very neatly before throwing away. ( Had a friend who tells he and his wife fold their dirty clothes to put them in the hamper)

I work in a grocery store, so I separate the tags that hang in front of the food by location in the department as to alleviate wasted time hanging them all.

I have difficulty discarding anything that has percieved value, when others say not to keep it.
I eat around my plate, one item at a time until finished, unless I get “wild ” and allow the corn to mix in the mashed potatoes and let them go down together. (fun times)

Another “fun” thing to do is set clocks to different times to keep me doing the math to stay on track: Stove is accurate, alarm clock is 20 minutes fast, truck is 15 minutes fast, watch is 10 minutes fast. Keeps a soul hopping mentally.

I also love my wife, kids, parents, family and friends from church who put up with me.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:34:39 +0000

I match 3 of the 5, but I also do many more things like order my clothes by color and type. I also like all of my drinks in the fridge facing label out. I think some of this could be Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.