Now, this could be a blog about my deliberately unnamed family member (you know who you are) and her reluctance to remove plastic coatings. This could be a blog about me being a neat freak. This could be a blog about cheap hand-me-downs. But it isn't. This is a blog about my compulsion (not obsession) with peeling.
"Hello. My name is Linda. And I'm a peeler."
In going about my daily routine, EVERYTHING is peeled. IMMEDIATELY! I have barely finished paying the cashier, but the new CD or DVD is unwrapped and the security tape has been removed including the sensor strip inside under the disk. Shrink-wrap doesn't stand a chance! Stickers? They'd better belong where they are, or else I'm takin' 'em off! Suffering from a nasty sunburn? Stay away from me or you'll be down to your middle-dermis in a heartbeat! God forbid I notice a little paint peeling (especially latex) (like in a certain sister's bathroom). I start to twitch at the site of it! It's all I can do to not pick it clean! (But I swear Julie, I never peeled your yellow walls!)
I try to keep my peeling hidden. My family and friends are aware. But not everyone can accept these kinds of needs. What would they say? They might not understand! They might think I'm wierd! They might laugh!
So try to imagine the torture
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has been causing me! There I am, moonlighting at Lowe's, at the Returns desk, waiting for customers. And I see that sign...
With its protective plastic coating still on...
And it's STARTING TO PEEL!
If I told you how many times I looked at it a day, you wouldn't believe me. I even rationalize to myself why it would be ok to peel it. "It would make the sign prettier." "It would be easier to read." "It wouldn't look so cloudy." But I know that I can't. I mustn't. I have to resist. No matter how badly I want to, I WILL NOT PEEL IN PUBLIC!!!
But really, I don't think I'm obsessed...
6 comments:
That just HAS to go. You could come peel my wallpaper with me sometime!!!
Erin
I hear there's a job opening at the Daytona Denny's. They are open 24/7 and potatoes are on the menu for every meal. Just think: you could ask for KP duty and peeeeeeeelllllll for at least...well, 12 hours a day! You could even work the night shift when you have insomnia!
Mems could get you a gross of those Swedish peelers for C'mas. You'd be in your glory, peeeeeeeeeeellllllllinggggg!!!!!!!!!!!
(I'd look into a lifetime membership in OCD international...)
I vote for Erin's suggestion, btw.
linda: i, too, can't stand something "half peeled" but I am obsessed w/trying to get it to stick again; ie the sign at your workplace; bumper stickers; animal stickers i put on things that start to peel off; must make them stick again. there are no meetings for people like you or me so we just have to keep buying self-help books! love, emilie
PEEL IT! PEEL IT! or, just ask a manager if you should do it to make the sign look better..then, it is permitted peeling, right? At the last office I was in, there was an installed 'break room' sink and drawer unit. it was really a 'break corner' not an actual room. Well, one day I was wiping someone's coffee drips off of the drawer when I noticed a tell-tale bubble. that's right, the installer never took off the coating from any of the drawers, nor the base unit. I ended up not eating on my hour lunch break as I spent the entire time peeling the entire break corner. whilst I was doing this, two gals came in and were also excited to peel with me. it was great fun. you shoul start a webstie 'P A'
Thou shalt must peel-Hmmm, Im sure that is written down somewhere, if not, it is now! I love taking off shrinkwrap and ugly price stickers but will keep the stickers that belong to the DVDs-thou shalt must not remove, at least on my DVDs!! On and putting on a label and then peeling it off again-great!
My brother tends not to remove plastic coverings from new equipment, so it is on his DVD recorder, PC and other similarities. But every now and then Kimie and I do try and help him to reveal the products identity!
look at http://blog.myspace.com/lizecitalinda under, 15 Mar 2007, A few of my favorite things.
The 18th item is...guess what???
Your blog was the funniest thing I've ever read. I was cracking up reading it. I so can relate. I'm surprised about the sunburn part though. I would have that you would be repulsed by that!
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