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Diva tendencies...

I have my "street" cloths (snap up western shirts, unstained T shirts, baseball caps, and dark jeans, sneakers) and my pajama cloths (HS gym shirt, sweats, ratty quilted flanel). I flat REFUSE, when I can help it, to wear those when working on the place, I have work cloths for that (stained/disliked colored t-shirts, light colored jeans, hats given to me with logos on them, rubber boots).
 
I am not a diva of any kind. I am occasionally a snob about certain things, but I don't think that's the same.
 
When it comes to the husband and I, I *must* have control of the TV box. No, my shows aren't any better than he watches, but they're my junky choices.

So yeah, TV box diva. Or perhaps, just a selfish bitch. :p
 
I'm also very anal retentive when it comes to spelling and grammar. A few years ago I was desparate for a teaching assistant job but I refused to apply at one school whose website was riddled with spelling and grammar errors.

I've been working on three new websites for my company recently, and some of the content our CEO sent me had spelling errors, which I corrected before posting the sites. I was told that looking over the corporate websites, and correcting their spelling and grammar, used to be a test given to prospective job applicants. :eek:

Me, if I saw a company's website filled with spelling and grammatical errors, I would refrain from applying there. (Good thing I got this job through networking instead. :D)

I don't walk around with a Sharpie pen correcting green grocers' errors, though. :p

A couple of weeks ago, at Polaris, I was in our staff lounge when I saw a sign sitting in front of a crock pot:

FOR VEGETARIAN'S

I acted (jokingly) as though I had just seen Cthulhu arise from the vegetable stew in front of me, and when asked what was wrong I pointed wordlessly at the sign. Someone else produced a pen and modified the sign to read:

FOR VEGETARIAN'S
CONSUMPTION ONLY

Still not perfect (the apostrophe should be after the "s"), but I was amused. :lol:
 
An ENTIRE COUNTRY smelled wrong? Reminds me of the party scene in the movie Scandal where an old Colonel Blimp type says, “Terrible place, Kuwait. Stinks of piss.”
You've now made me want to see this film... sounds like a great character! :lol:
It's just a bit part -- in fact, I think that's the character's only line in the film. But it's an interesting historical drama about the Profumo scandal, with an excellent performance by John Hurt. Joanne Whalley (then married to Val Kilmer and using the name Whalley-Kilmer) looks so much like the young Christine Keeler, it's uncanny.
I'm Italian, for crying out loud. I can have a nervous breakdown if the linguine are not properly done. :lol:

You mean there are some people who don't? :bolian:
Most Americans wouldn't know the difference between al dente and Al Bundy.
 
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I'll just about refuse to go anyone's house where I'm required to take off my shoes, because I hate walking around in socks. Also, I saw DIEHARD a 1000 times and I'm not being caught in a terrorist scenario without shoes.

But that's one of the best scenes! I can't stand walking around a house in shoes, because it totally goes against how I was raised.
 
I'm also very anal retentive when it comes to spelling and grammar. A few years ago I was desparate for a teaching assistant job but I refused to apply at one school whose website was riddled with spelling and grammar errors. I don't walk around with a Sharpie pen correcting green grocers' errors, though. :p
Time to dust this one off again?:

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I can't dump in public toilets of any kind. I have to be at home or in another member of my family's house. Peeing is okay, though.

I feel the pain. There's even been a rule implemented to support this at work; Rule 47; Shit in your own house.

I'm quite a diva when it comes to work - I don't like anyone updating anything without me knowing about it. Ever. Even if it's just a small correction in something no ones going to read.
 
We used to have a camper van and go off with other friends and family who had caravans. We could only go for weekends because I wouldn't be able to use the campsite toilets. It used to drive my OH crazy.
 
^ Reminds me of when I went on safari. I didn't know whether I should use the "shed" that was supposedly a toilet, or go in the fields and risk serving my rear as lunch for the world's most dangerous snakes and scorpions.

I'm a diva about coffee. When my parents were going thru their decaf phase (thankfully they're done with that) I spent a Thanksgiving morning driving around looking for an open coffee shop, convenience store or ANYWHERE I could get a decent cup. Finally, a worker in a hotel took pity on me and gave me a cup from the back room (the hotel coffee shop was closed).

I can understand this. I am not quite that addicted to coffee yet, but I have a new appreciation for coffee since I've stopped drinking. And since I discovered Illy, it's all about Illy! And it's a bit of a pain when it comes to coffee stops because not every place stocks it. Most coffee tastes appalling by comparison. I think it's to do with how they preserve the coffee in the cans. And we also keep ours in the fridge to keep it even fresher. It's tough to beat my own coffee because I use to best quality brown sugar and milk. So, yeah, not many outside coffee stops for me (unless I'm in a particularly good area), which sucks!

I like to have things clean too.
They had a program on tv about how bedding in motels are not too clean they used a vacum and all the stuff waht came out in the bag was disgusting.
This was from very high class motels in Australia.
it was the cheap motels which were quite clean.
I like to be organised and have everything in its place.

Ever since I watched a documentary which showed that every hotel they tested has sperm every where, including on the carpet, walls, cushions, headboards, and even any bibles in the room. I try to avoid hotels completely, which has somewhat inhibited my travel in the last few years!

I'll just about refuse to go anyone's house where I'm required to take off my shoes, because I hate walking around in socks. Also, I saw DIEHARD a 1000 times and I'm not being caught in a terrorist scenario without shoes.

Walking around in socks when in other places is okay, as long as the place is not too filthy (just change them as soon as I get home), but it's not my favourite thing to do. I do not wear shoes, nor walk around in socks at home... it's all about the slippers, comfy fluffy slippers, or flip flops in the summer. Now all I need is a pipe... oh wait, I have one, of a sort! :lol:

When it comes to the husband and I, I *must* have control of the TV box. No, my shows aren't any better than he watches, but they're my junky choices.

So yeah, TV box diva. Or perhaps, just a selfish bitch. :p

I am always happy to give up all remotes without any notice, (unless I'm ill, then it's all mine mwahaha!). I gotta' make up for being so difficult at all other times, right? Or else I can be all diva 24/7 all by my lonesome! :D

Most Americans wouldn't know the difference between al dente and Al Bundy.

This had me rolling! Great! Same goes for the British, I have given up trying to order pasta in most places, most dishes have more in common with porridge then pasta, even Italian restaurants here do this. I guess they have to serve what the general populace wants - a travesty!
 
Restaurants that give me dirty cutlery drive me around the bend.
In some restaurants I'll order strong tea first off and put the business end of the silverware in the pot until the food comes. Clean "cutlery" is the reason I love chop sticks, most places they're brand new wooden throw aways, still connected at the base.

I'm Italian, for crying out loud. I can have a nervous breakdown if the linguine are not properly done.
You mean there are some people who don't?
Most Americans wouldn't know the difference between al dente and Al Bundy.
Linguine can vary in firmness depending on the recipe, now asparagus has to be al dente or I can not place it in my mouth.

:)
 
When it comes to the husband and I, I *must* have control of the TV box. No, my shows aren't any better than he watches, but they're my junky choices.

So yeah, TV box diva. Or perhaps, just a selfish bitch. :p


In our house i am known as the "Media Gestapo".
 
I must, must shower before I leave the house. I'll hang around until 2PM and then when my roommate wants to do something... BAM!!! In the shower.

Probably the only exception is if I am grocery shopping and running to grab food to bring back.

The best part is that I almost always shower right before I am leaving. It's not "Get up and shower to be prepared for the day", it's "OMG We are leaving!? SHOWER!"
 
Really, the only thing I diva out on is that I must have someone's full attention when we are doing a transaction. Like, if I am ordering food or paying for something at the cash register, the cashier had better not be checking his/her texts, talking on a cell, or having a conversation with the colleague next to him/her. I've been known to say, "I'll wait until you're done." I know it's obnoxious, but I can't help myself.
 
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