I am not a neat freak by any means for example I thrive on last minute deadlines and the random stacks of paper and books surrounding my laptop on my desk. It is also my twisted way of organizing because I can tell you exactly which stack has my electricity bill stuffed in it or the 1099s I need to file my taxes. Someone else will not know but I know. And since it is my space that is all that matters. I am pretty sure my cat knows to, he spends his time laying on my desk next to my computer.
Maybe that is so I don’t lose him, I like to think it is because he likes to keep me company.
Well this morning I was at the laundromat, because our damn washer is still broken. Anyway before I leave the house I organize all of the laundry into whites, colors, dark colors, jeans, towels, and the boys school uniform khaki. This is also how I wash them when I wash at home and the washer is working. And I firmly believe that it will keep clothes looking best and there is less chance of anything getting ruined. I also have this thing about brand new red items too.
Anyway I am sitting at the laundromat for my laundry to be done so I can take it home to dry. And this lady comes in with a garbage bag full of clothes, a bucket and a trash bin also full of clothes. She goes to a washer right near where I am waiting and I watch her just toss towels, dark clothes, whites, etc… all into the same huge washer! I had to turn away, it just drives me that crazy. I also watched a man come in and do the same thing. For the first time I found myself fighting the urge to say something, I normally do my laundry at home and do not see how other people do it. Maybe it is a sign that I am getting older even though these people were older than myself.
The other thing that drives me nuts that will probably cause me to call Walmart and complain or just switch grocery stores all together is how they bag my groceries.
I will start with my back story though and how I think I developed this obsession. When I was 16 I worked at a local grocery store where it was drilled into us to sack items with like items. Cans with cans, meat with meat, cleaners with cleaners. I think everyone knows what I am saying. Well it made sense to me and I always stuck with it even 16 years later.
And when I go to the grocery store for example I go out of my way to put everything on the belt exactly the way it should go together. And it never fails that that the cashier screws that up. Seriously it drives me crazy, if I wanted my meat sacked with my milk I would have put them on the belt together. Or my bleach with my vegetables I would put them together and not with my other cleaners.
Maybe I am being nitpicky, but I think it is safe to do that and way more sanitary.
So maybe I should lighten up, but two things out of a million that drives me crazy aren’t too bad I guess.
Other than my sister’s claims that I am going to become a crazy cat lady I think I will be okay.
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