Ingrained Habits

[TeeDee]

I have absolutely no idea why I ( and it seems others ) choose to ruffle through a set of papers ( or for me the pre packaged chicken and mushroom pastry line ) to get the 3rd or 4th unit but not the 1st or 2nd, I can only think its mentally akin to not taking the first leaf of bread from a pack as its neither the crust nor the next stale???

These little nucance's obviously make us fun and interesting people to be around

 

[Chris]

I have absolutely no idea why I ( and it seems others ) choose to ruffle through a set of papers ( or for me the pre packaged chicken and mushroom pastry line ) to get the 3rd or 4th unit but not the 1st or 2nd, I can only think its mentally akin to not taking the first leaf of bread from a pack as its neither the crust nor the next stale???

These little nucance's obviously make us fun and interesting people to be around

For me at least, I think it’s because the top one is most likely to be the dirtiest and have been interfered with in some way. So my logic is that going for another one means it’s less likely that someone has sneezed on it, or that it has missing/torn pages or whatever.

 

[William_Montgomery]

As a young child I'd always have to account for the number of rotations I did during the day and then reverse them, so I felt 'normal' again. So, if I'd taken four left turns to get somewhere, I'd have to make up for it by spinning around once to the right, and so on. It could become quite complicated, especially if you try to second guess your journey.

Now, whenever I see a child seemingly acting like a nutter, I think there could be some complex reasoning going on behind the scenes.

 

[Pattree]

Like getting to the bottom of the stairs before the bog stops flushing!

Don’t ask about my (then young) daughters and Smarties!

 

[Pattree]

I was once doing some work with a fellow consultant at a factory in Newcastle when the fire alarm went off. It was a whooping klaxon. My friend turned to his left and reached both hands downwards then stood straight and blinked.
He had been a navigator on submarines and the alarm was exactly like the dive klaxon from thirty odd years previously. He was reaching for his navigators table.

 

[Broch]

As a child I used to run up stairs two by two (I tried it the other day, it's painful) - anyway, if I didn't reach the top on an even step (i.e. two not a single last step) the bogey men would come, and believe me, at a certain age, they came!

 

[demographic]

I don't like drinking from the bottles in pubs.
Thats cos I worked on barfitting jobs before and the other guys pointed out that they're stored in the cellar and rats walk over them
Where rats walk they also pee.
Weils Disease, from.a bottle of beer.

Enjoy yer next pub bottled beer

 

[Chris]

I don't like drinking from the bottles in pubs.
Thats cos I worked on barfitting jobs before and the other guys pointed out that they're stored in the cellar and rats walk over them
Where rats walk they also pee.
Weils Disease, from.a bottle of beer.

Enjoy yer next pub bottled beer

Do people drink bottled beer at pubs?!

 

[HillBill]

Do people drink bottled beer at pubs?!

Yeah. There's always a fridge with bottled beer or ciders, they are given/offered a glass but not everyone uses them.

 

[Paul_B]

I have absolutely no idea why I ( and it seems others ) choose to ruffle through a set of papers ( or for me the pre packaged chicken and mushroom pastry line ) to get the 3rd or 4th unit but not the 1st or 2nd, I can only think its mentally akin to not taking the first leaf of bread from a pack as its neither the crust nor the next stale???

These little nucance's obviously make us fun and interesting people to be around

If I am getting a paper based product from a end on stack (e.g. a stack of hardback notebooks in a vertical stack or birthday cards in a rack) I will not pick the first one or the one a few back that is poking up slightly to make it easier to pick. I will go for that awkward bugger that seems to try and evade you picking it. I know that is kind of anthromorphising an inanimate object but I have found that eespecially with birthday cards or postcards in a stack there will be one that kind of sticks in the stack and is harder to get out. Whether that is my fingers slip off it or the cellophane wrapper is stuck to the next one and resists. Whatever the cause I think it is like I know that it is highly likely that nobody looking to by that card product has actually handled that difficult card. So I take a bit moree effort and choose that one to buy.

I know this is kind of illogical as the product is in a wrapper that you throw away but it is the kind of mindset that I think many people have. We want the new and untouched product not the fumbled through potentially germ ridden one. First world issue for certain!!

Oh it has nothing to do with being a stubborn beggar who doesn't like to be beaten, not least by a dumb card!! Oh no it can't be that (or not completely that).

 

[Paul_B]

As a child I used to run up stairs two by two (I tried it the other day, it's painful) - anyway, if I didn't reach the top on an even step (i.e. two not a single last step) the bogey men would come, and believe me, at a certain age, they came!

I had an obsession with the number four. I would count steps in fours over and over again. I would count bricks on a wall while waiting for a bus or something in fours. I would count the stone flags where I was waiting in four. If I reached the other side I would count another row continuing on from where I stopped until I ended up at the end of a run having counted to four. It was obsessive behaviour and not very helpful at times. I definitely do not do that again. Ha! Ha!

 

[Paul_B]

I had an obsession with the number four. I would count steps in fours over and over again. I would count bricks on a wall while waiting for a bus or something in fours. I would count the stone flags where I was waiting in four. If I reached the other side I would count another row continuing on from where I stopped until I ended up at the end of a run having counted to four. It was obsessive behaviour and not very helpful at times. I definitely do not do that again. Ha! Ha!

Did you notice something odd about this? it ended on a four count. I did not count them but added two ha's to it.

 

[Toddy]

I always look outside before I go to bed. A kind of check on the world kind of thing.

I put my keys in the same place, pocket, bit of my handbag, every time.

I check where I've parked the car against some recognisible feature.....I once tried to open a wee white renault clio and it just would not open.....then it dawned on me that mine was three along
Felt so blooming stupid.
The other car owner came over just as I turned away, and I looked at her and explained...and pointed to mine, and she just laughed because the cars were identical down to one letter difference in the registration. What were the chances ?

I always have change in my pocket, just in case.

I thank the parking gods though the traffic light ones are fickle, and I ask for a peaceful easy journey every time before I set off.
I'm not superstitious, just I travel hopefully

 

[forrestdweller]

does occasionally turning around to see if someone follows me count?! (=a result of the hostilities of others towards me because of my different interests when growing up)
i've also had enough folks commenting on the fact i eat rather fast -- a result of my (not voluntary!) time in uniform...

 

[Maxsdad]

Left sock, trouser leg, shoe . Does not feel "right" if done other leg first as in left sock right sock not entire left side first !