What things do you have to have just so?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

I can't eat off of a cafeteria tray

Add this one to my list!

Originally Posted by katiesue

Glasses in the cupboard have to be rim down.

Doesn't EVERYONE do this?

Also, I don't know if this falls into this category, but I cannot stand being able to hear someone chew; it makes my skin crawl. Doesn't matter who it is and the person doesn't have to be a loud chewer.

Originally Posted by flippyshark

I don't like mixing [food], with a few exceptions.

I have to relate this story about watching my father eat.

With few exceptions, he mixes EVERYTHING. But he takes the weirdness to a whole new level. He will shape the new mixed goulash into a square. He then cuts a square corner off and puts that into his mouth to eat. As he is eating that bite, he will re-square the pile on his plate.

Needless to say, we make fun of him a lot.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Doesn't EVERYONE do this?

No. I find it a bit annoying to have to turn over the glass every time. Also, cabinet shelves aren't exactly spotless. The argument that it keeps the inside of the glass clean doesn't hold water with me. If it's in there long enough to get dusty you have to wash the exterior anyway.

Get it? Hold water? Glass?

If I'm not watching the TV it needs to be turned off. The chatter of commercials or even a good movie in the background makes me crazy when I'm trying to do something else. Even on mute, the visuals are very distracting for me. If we're watching TV I close the laptop. If I don't, I can't pay attention to either well and end up in a sort of limbo.

My food can be separate or mixed, though I have a pet peeve about white rice being soaked by whatever sauce goes with the entree. A certain amount is good, but I'm out once the sauce dominates all of the rice.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Doesn't EVERYONE do this?

No. But I'm not a glasses-rim-up person, either. Or a random-rim-placement person. My cabinet is small and my glasses are wide, so in order to make everything fit perfectly, they are placed just so:

rim up rim down rim up rim down
rim down rim up rim down rim up
rim up rim down rim up rim down