excess verbiage

They were talking about this on the radio yesterday morning. It was pretty funny. So many people have weird issues with certain things. There were people calling in saying that they can't take a crap unless they're naked, and unless they can take a shower afterwards. One guy even said that he works close to home so when he has to go, he'll drive home to do it just so he can shower afterwards. Oy.

For me, I'm kind of neurotic about phone cords. There is nothing that bothers me more than a twisted up phone cord. If I see one, I will detangle it, even if it's not my phone. I just can't bear to see it like that.

Also, I don't like food touching each other too much if it's saucy. It's generally not a problem but when you go to buffets and places like that, that's where it gets messier. I don't like white sauces touching red sauces, or sweet things touching savoury. I just don't like them mixing flavors. Each thing should be as it's meant to me. Yeah, neurotic.

The sound of someone crunching on cereal gets on my nerves too. I think this is from sitting next to someone at work who did it every single day in close proximity to me. It drove me crazy and I wanted to scream at her to stop. It was like nails on a chalkboard to me and I often had to walk away to get away from the sound.

I've mentioned this before, and I don't know if this qualifies as neurotic, or if it's just a food thing, but I hate green onions. So I will not eat my food until I've picked out every single one of them first. Even if I'm eating fried rice where it's all mixed in there, I will take 5 minutes and do some digging before I'll start eating.

And you know when you eat instant noodles and it comes with the flavor packet? Those usually have dehydrated green onions in them, so what I do is take one of those mesh strainers and I pour the flavor packet into it over the pot of water, so that I can get out every last green onion. Otherwise, I won't eat it. Cup of noodles can be difficult since the flavor powder is just loose in the cup oftentimes. So I have to carefully read the ingredients, as some flavors don't have any in them. What pisses me off is when it's listed as onions, which I like, but it's actually green onions. HUGE difference. Also, I like chives too, but won't touch the other stuff. Gross.

So what neurotic tendencies do you have?