Shitting Raisins

This is what (according to Mark) Germans call people who make a fuss about small, inconsequential things.

Maybe it's a mark of mild OCD, or simply being stressed, but it really ticks me off when my sis puts things in the 'wrong' direction. Like putting the plates in the rack facing you instead of facing away. Or putting knives with the blade side up. Not sharp knives, butter knives; but it still annoys me. The other things is putting the kettle with the spout turned towards people instead of away.

Maybe because I feel that there's a threat attached to the thoughtless habits. Knives are sharp objects. You hand it over by offering the other person the handle. Butter knives, although not sharp, the blade is the 'working end', so should not be soiled by a person's fingers prior to being used, right? But for whatever reason, fork and spoons are usually stored with the business end pointing up and they don't bother me at all... Maybe it's more psychological, but hey, these things are not unique.

Kettle spouts jutting into the path of passers by really bothers me. Ye la, kot tersangkut karang, tak ke naya kena air panas?

The other other thing that really riles me up is storing the eggs with the wrong side up. OK, I'm probably brainwashed, or as I said, shitting raisins, but at one point in life, I learned that the egg has an air pocket at the blunt end. You know what I mean. A hard-boiled egg has that concave bit at the end, right? So, according to my revered teachers, eggs should be stored with the blunt side up, so that they stay fresh longer. Something to do with the air-pocket not pushing against the egg membrane la.
















So for this tiny reason, it really irks me when she takes all the eggs, which have been packed in the right way, and turns them all upside down! And I guess what bothers me most is that despite gentle reminders and (unnecessary) conversations about the stupid thing, she still stores the bloody eggs with the pointy side up. AAARRGGGHH!! Dia ni retarded ke hapa??? Kalau dia biar aje benda alah tu pun takpe la. Instead of turning everything the wrong way round. Sheez.

I'll admit that it's a stupid thing to bicker about. But sometimes I wonder if her brain is turned the wrong way round. She did insist on coming out bontot first. Maybe it's a sign. Sigh.