Personal Policies

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pegkerr tagged me with a meme that's reasonably interesting.

"My Personal Policies

I think it would be safe to say that we all have personal rules that we live by. Surely it's not just ME. I'm not talking about moral rules, like "Do not kill." I'm talking about the silly policies we impose on ourselves, like "Never eat anything you can't identify," or "Don't step on sidewalk cracks." For some reason, I started mentally listing the quirky rules I follow and got curious about other people's personal rules."

My first thought about this was that it sounded more like our weird list of things about which we were irrational rigid. But really, that's not a bad definition of what a "policy" is.

1. The telephone must be held against my left ear -- NEVER EVER against my right. I hear just fine with my right ear, but talking on the phone on that side just feels wrong. I don't know why. This policy is in force even when I have a bruise or injured shoulder on the left-hand side.

2. The time of day is to be found on my left wrist. Not my right wrist, not my pocket, not the wall.

3. I do not wear uncomfortable shoes under any circumstances. I will wear marginally comfortable shoes for weddings and funerals, but even those must be flats and as loose-fitting in the toes as they can possibly be while still staying on my feet.

4. No flavored coffee ever.

5. All purses must be large enough to hold a paperback book.

6. The right-hand side of the bed (from the perspective of someone standing at the foot of the bed, looking at it) is my side.

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I got tagged for this this morning and spent most of the day unable to think of anything. Then I took a phone call, and thought, Oh yeah! Because the phone-ear thing is genuinely weird.