SO IT ISN’T JUST ME!

Here are more quirks and peccadilloes bedeviling your fellow Reader’s Digest

SOUND AND SMELLS

I smell everything without realizing it—even a glass of water before I take a sip. MICHELE A.,

Fishkill, New York I’ve rubbed my hair in my ears for years.

The crinkly noise is so soothing. JENNIFER B.,

Beaumont, Texas readers.

FOOD AND DRINK

I cannot stand watching or listening to other people eat. That disgust extends even to cooking shows on television where chefs taste the food they made! SUE G.,

Stratford, Connecticut

SLOPPINESS

Every playing card must be placed back in the package facing the same way, in sequential order and by suit. JOY J.,

Arlington, Virginia

IRRATIONAL THOUGHTS

I’m terrified of down escalators. I feel as if I’m stepping off the edge of the world. CHRISTINE J.,

Blakely, Pennsylvania

COMPULSIONS

The volume on my car stereo must be set on an even number.

S. C., Bloomington, Illinois

Upon leaving the house, I have to repeat, “The door is shut and locked.”

E. J. H., Lisbon, Ohio