For Fun! What Is Your Silly or Strange OCD Issue

My son and I share the same one. We have to have all of the cabinet doors closed before we can sit down to eat.

I have WAY too many to list, hahaha. Probably my sheets are the worst though. If I could change my sheets every day I would, but my husband thinks I am a lunatic and so I secretly change twice a week. hehe. He thinks once a week is good enough (and he would probably do it less often if he could get away with it). My other is wiping the toilet seat off to use it (even in my own house!!). I think I have a germ issue (but my daughter is 3 and even though is potty trained she sometimes sucks at getting off the toilet and dribbling on the seat..ewwww I don't want to sit on that).

Every clock in my house is a slightly different time, I have a lateness phobia to such a degree I am always really annoyingly early for everything.

Never been able to kick it.

Great question.

I separate the food on my plate. I hate different foods touching each other and first thing I do when I sit down is make sure everything on my plate is in the "right" place. Especially bothered by sauces mixing in with unintended food items.

i ALWAYS look behind the shower curtain before i sit on the toilet. You never know who might be hiding in there!

The dishwasher MUST be loaded MY way. ANY other way (hubs, trying-to-be-helpful guests/relatives, my kids, anyone) will result in my emptying out the whole thing (when no one's looking) and re-doing it. I can't help it, I will go crazy otherwise. Oh, yeah, the laundry must, MUST, be folded JUST SO, or I will need to re-do it.

I KNOW I should have my kids and husband help out more with chores around the house, but it drives me INSANE to see things done in other ways. It's just much more efficient for me to do it correctly the first time rather than re-doing it afterwards.

Bills all have to be facing the same way and in order in my wallet and you will NEVER find a $5 between a $10 and $20!

And I count straight lines. A lot. Especially if I'm tired. In fact I'm counting the straight lines around this post right now. One, two, three, four (the reply box I'm typing in), five, six (the side lines of the original post box, but not the top and the bottom because the straight line is interrupted, isnt' it?). OMG, I am nuts.

Other than that, I am a thoroughly well-adjusted, happy, calm, rational person. Most of the time, that is...

I don't like my food to touch, won't eat the mixed portions if they do.
I eat all of one thing before eating another. I always think I left something "on" - coffee pot, stove, hot rollers, straightener - I check everything in the house (even stuff I didn't use that day) 2 or 3 times and 2 or 3 times a week will leave the house and get to daycare and drive back home to check again - really annoying, but otherwise I worry all day. Somestimes I'll call my 13year old before her bus comes and she'll answer and say yes, I'll check your curling iron. haha. I often think I left the garage door open as well and you know, I've NEVER left anything on or left the garage door open. I also won't run the dishwasher, washer or dryer if no ones home - makes it harder to get everything done, but I can't stand worrying about it - haha.

I'm with JessinTX! Have to pee right before bed. I can stop to make sure the door is locked though as its on the way to the bedroom. (strange layout of old house) But I cant pee then take my meds or check my phone or I have to go 'try' again!
Oh, about the front door: I have to check to make sure it's locked and completely closed right before bed, even if I did it earlier, even if I can see that it's locked I have to touch it and make sure the mechanism wont turn any further.
I also have a compulsion to count small flocks of birds as they go buy, even and especially while I'm driving! I don't freak if I don't get them all counted, but I try. I used to have to count ceiling tiles. Glad I don't do that any more! I sure hope that thinking about it doesn't start it up again!

As I get older they are getting worse. A few of them for me are:

-Putting deoderant on, again, again and oh wait did I put it on yet?
-Flushing the toliet, did I? I can't remember, I'd better go check. Yep, I did.
-I count everything. Walking, washing hands, up and down stairs, I count. But I do it in beats of 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4. I count everything that way.
-Cleaning out the microwave. I can't stand when it's got any type of scumb or grease. I get upset when anyone microwaves food in our microwave without covering it. It's just gross and inconsiderate. I clean it almost everytime I use it. I forget and then clean it again when I'm cleaning the kitchen. I thank my husband for doing it, and he say's "Honey, I've never once cleaned out our microwave." I guess I must have done it myself.
-Lastly, washing fingerprints off of the front door. It's the first thing people see when coming into my house. I windex it at least 4 or more times a week. Everyone thinks I'm nuts, but I love a nice clean front door!

That's all I can think of for right now.

The last thing I do before I climb into bed is pee. If I stop to go close the bedroom door or decide to double check that the front door is locked, I have to go pee again before going to bed. Sometimes I don't even get another drop out, but I won't be able to fall asleep if I don't try to pee and then head straight to bed. My husband thinks I'm insane.

My sister and I both have quite a few. I have tried to be more aware of them now that I am a full fledged adult and try to work on them to make them go away...most I do with out even thinking about it...

I flip the volume up and down from 13 to 14 when holding the remote, 5 times, finally settling on 13 (my lucky #)...this is one that I was NOT aware of till recently when my nephew pointed it out, still not sure how this one works because I never actually look or try to get it to the right numbers, family members point it out as I am doing it?
My sister has a problem with odd numbers, her volume must be on an odd number always.

I eat M&M's by color. I dump them, separate them and eat them till they are all even in number, then when they are even piles I eat one from every color til they are gone. I haven't been able to fix this one, so I just don't buy them anymore?

I count my steps. I have been un-able to fix this one as well, even when I don't think about it a part of my brain still does it...so I will be walking own the road then every once in a while I will catch myself...32,33,34?

My brain looks at the clock every day at 12:34.

All my clocks are off as well...all of them ahead by at least 10 mins...can't stand to be late for anything! But in all actuality, I do not even need my alarm clock because my internal clock is VERY good and I always wake up at least 1 minute before it is set to go off...I have NEVER been woken up by my alarm. (since I started being more aware of my quirks and as an adult).

I need symmetry...but also hate for the same colors to be next to each other...like with my kids cubby/basket toy box type furniture.

Unlike most people on here, I do not have a problem with locking my doors, unless I am alone...then it is terrible and involves boobie-traps!

I have several of the same ones listed such as:

towels folded the same way
DVD's in ABC order
my blinds have to be equal as well.

Others:
I cannot drink after a person. Even if my husband or daughter takes a drink from my glass or cup, it's over...I'm done.

I am anal with keeping my books just right for the company. I use the same pen for every entry in my notebook and a special permanent ink pen for signing all checks.

I also use the same pen for my personal banking.

If I get in a hurry and my writing notes are messy, I redo them. My daily notebook has to be neat and orderly just as my presidential booster club notes I keep for upcoming meetings, topics, plans, etc.

This is a neat post! it put a smile on my face due to a rushed busy Friday with a sick 15 yr old.

I freak out if someone uses the counter sponge on the dishes or vice verse.

I never drink my drink right after it's been poured. It has to sit for a few minutes. It drives my husband and daughter crazy.
I always double check I turned everything off. I have left a meeting or dinner many times to run out to the parking lot to make sure my car lights were off. ( got this one from my mother)

My daugther's kid dvds have to be in color and character order and perfectly aligned. It holds 30 dvds and I won't get rid of one until I have a new one to replace it so that there isn't any gap. You would look at the rest of my house and think "this lady could NOT be in any way ocd". But the movies I can control, lol. Nevermind the mound of toys all over my living room. :)

I think you meant OCD?

I have to make my own cup/pot of TEA in the morning...from start to finish, from pouring the clean water into the kettle, to pouring fresh brewed tea into a cup. And I MUST have it with honey and milk. I won't drink it if s/o else tries to make it for me. So, sorry hubby, kids, friends....let me do it myself....

I count EVERYTHING! And I like it to be in multiples of 5, if not, I will count another way. It does not impact my life at all but it's what I do. I'm a math person too, so I dont know if that's it. But I ALWAYS have done this!! And I also prefer for the toilet paper to go over, and will fix the ones that are under.

I have to sniff all my glasses too!, well not the prebought paper ones, but all the glass ones, sometimes they smell like "outside"(then you cant drink out of them)

I have tons! I have to have the house clean before i can leave so that i can come home to sparkles and not a chore.

the bed MUST be made before noon

clutter is just not acceptable

I absolutely must have access to a clock or something to tell me the time. One of my colleagues likes to say that I have an "issue" around it, but it freaks me out to not know the time and how much time has passed!

I also pick up all of the toys before I go to bed. I can't sleep if there's clutter in the house.

This is hilarious! My hubby teases me all the time for what he calls my OCD tendencies!

* I do the window/blinds thing too, they must look equal from the outside!
* I hate touching glasses that have just come out of the dishwasher - gives me the heebie geebies! I prefer to drink out of plastic cups. My hubby thinks I am nuts.
* The towels must be folded a certain way and facing a certain way when put away. This only applies if I am the one doing laundry, and usually I am!
* I have to check the doors to be sure they are locked at night. I think of this as safety, my hubby says I am OCD. I only check them once! But, he will hear me walking on our hardwood toward the door as he is laying in bed waiting for me and will yell "I already locked them, whoopie" (his pet name for me when he says I am being OCD!)

This is seriously the best post ever. Makes me laugh so hard reading everyone's responses.

Great question, and it makes me feel more normal...lol :)

I have to check all three doors before I go to bed at night and the back door and door to the garage, I have to physically make sure it won't open.

I have to make sure I can see or hear both children breathing before I go to bed.

I've had both of these since I was in high school!!

I USED to have to make this 'kissy' noise after saying my prayers - almost like I was blowing a kiss out loud to god? Started when I was younger but luckily I outgrew it!

i am so glad i am not the only one with a little ocd.....when i leave my apartment i lock my door then i go back and make sure i locked the door knowing that it is locked...before going to bed i always make sure both locks are locked and i put the rug up behind the door....but its like even after i do that i will check one more time just to make sure... i always have to double or triple check things sometimes just to make sure its done or i did it right..sometimes i wonder how i got like this....

Well I have a few, but the biggest one for me is, if one of my hands gets wet some how I have to get them both wet. I can't just dry it off and go on. I have to wet the other hand then dry them both. Stupid I know, but I have been that way since I was little. =)

I have to shake the milk container before I pour it. I know-it's quirky. I just have to do it.

I started assigning numbers to letters as soon as I learned the alphabet. Every word had to add up to a multiple of 5 and if it didn't then I had to add letters in my head until I reached an acceptable number. The number 6 has been my nemesis for my entire life and even typing it here is difficult. So if a word with 5 letters doesn't add up, I can't add just one letter because that would be a total of 6 letters, which is bad. So I keep adding and going until it's okay.

Now fast-forward to school and reading comprehension tests. How can I comprehend what I'm reading when I'm too busy adding it? What about those standardized tests where you have a set amount of time to read a story and answer questions about it? Hard to answer questions when I can't even add the story in time, let alone understand it. And algebra? They want "x" to equal all sorts of different things, none of which match the number I've had for it for my entire life! Oh, and if things didn't add up or I couldn't make them right? I would have to hum a certain number of times or twitch my hand or blink my eyes just right. The rules constantly changed and I could barely keep up.

For over a decade I had this channel running in my head of constant numbers and letters and people just thought I was a little odd with the humming and twitching. When I got to college, however, the rules got harder. I couldn't go to classes or meetings after dark and my grades and credibility were quickly going downhill. The obsessions and nightmares and compulsions were literally taking over my life and I just wanted to sit in a room and be safe or go to sleep to try to block them out for a bit. My roommate and good friend was a psychology major and one night I just spilled my entire life's story to her because I had finally figured out (keep in mind I had been doing this since I was at least 5) that this wasn't normal. She diagnosed me on the spot and encouraged me to get help from an actual psychologist.

I went through over a year of cognitive-behavioral therapy and it was truly one of the hardest things I've done. My therapist would walk me to my car and make sure I didn't turn a certain direction three times or whatever and make me call him when I got home to show that nothing terrible happened when I didn't do the compulsive act. Eventually I gained a tiny bit of freedom and had the tools to combat new obsessions and fears before they could impact my life.

This is something that I continue to struggle with EVERY day. After having my children I had postpartum anxiety to the point that I had to go back on medication for the first time since college (low dose of Zoloft, as Melissa J. mentioned) just so I could take them out in public. It wasn't so bad with my first, but when I had my second I could not take them anywhere for fear that someone would grab one and I would be able to run fast enough while lugging the other with me to catch the first one. I have to be able to parent my children and I refuse to pass my fears along to them, so the meds are a small price to pay.

When all is said and done, people who ACTUALLY have OCD (as in obsessions with compulsions that take over their lives and therefore they have a disorder) don't create enough seratonin. Their brain makes seratonin, releases it, and doesn't make more. It panics because it knows it's supposed to have more, so it slurps the stuff it already released back up and re-releases it, leaving the person with a constant lack of seratonin. Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Prozac, Amnitriptyline, etc. are SSRI's (selective seratonin re-uptake inhibitors) that give you extra seratonin and stop the brain from slurping it back up.

I have to say; I was absolutely livid when I saw this post. How dare you mock something that is a clinically diagnosed mental disorder? If you had asked something like, "Just for fun, how many of you are bipolar?" or "Funny thing, I just found out I have postpartum depression!" people would have jumped down your throat instead of happily joining in, but because of people like you and shows like "Monk" people think it's okay to joke about anxiety/ocd.

I am glad to see, however, that some people found comfort from the other posts and I hope that a few of the folks more strongly affected will take this opportunity to compare themselves and possibly seek help. I just want to issue a strong advisory to you and all the other posters that you are actually talking about real people and a real illness. If you're still reading, thanks for your time and I hope you take this to heart and are a little more kind to those around you who may be suffering from this.

i have to smell a marker beofre i can use it lol my husband cant eat or drink dairy after anyone, and i know its mean but i sneak drinks of his milk when hes not looking just to be awnry. he doesnt know it, but i like to drink out of the milk jug just so i know hes drinking after me too :) i know its mean, but i just cant help it

After reading these I don't feel so bad....
1. Food can't touch
2. Towels have to be folded MY way or I will refold them.
3. I HAVE to have socks on.
4. My wrapping paper matches my Christmas tree...all gold ornaments/gold paper.
5. The lines in the yard have to be straight when I mow.
6. I match my girls. (Trying to stop this one!)
7. I have to pee right before I go to bed. If I go then have to do something else, check a door or something, I go again. It has to be the last thing I do before getting in bed.

Thats just a few!

The one thing I cannot just let go is my hand writing. I will address an envelope, and even if the address is completely correct, if I don't like my writing, I will throw it away and start with a new one. At work, I use a lot of white out.

I cannot sit or lay without a pillow between my knees.

I will do my daughters hair 10 times until I think it is perfect. And for a 5 year old, I'm sure that I drive her insane.

I smell almost everything before I put it in my mouth.

I cannot have anything touch my wrists. No watches, bracelets, nothing. If my husband grabs my wrist to get my attention, I freeze. I can't stand it.

I have a few the one that bugs my husband the most is I have to check to locks on the doors at least two times before going to bed or any were . It takes me forever to leave the house if no one if home . Another is I can not stand socks and shoes they are off my feet as soon as I can take them off . So I sweep and vacum all the time . I can not stand dirty clothes I do wash all the time too . I have to do these things or it bugs me that some one eles did it even though it is fine . Put it this way I do not sit down much through out the day .

*DVD's have to in abc order
*Towels have to be folded just so
*baby clothes have to be separate by size
*cans have to have labels out
*I eat 1 thing completly before moving to the next thing on my plate
*Cups have to be in a row with all same cups if different must start new row
*Phones must be on charge before I go to bed, House phones, cell phones does not mattter
*Bathroom counter and sink MUST be washed out before I leave in AM and before I go to bed.
*Toilet must be washed daily
* I cannot cook unless counters are CLEAN

I've got a lot!
•sheet must be folded over the top of the comforter so only the sheet touches my face & arms
•Shower curtain must be closed at all times
•All beds must be made before I leave the house
•No dishes in the sink when I go to bed.
•when I'm opening windows/blinds, they must look equal from the outside!
•bath towels must be folded lengthwise into thirds, then in half & in half again (they fit on the shelf better that way!)

1) Odd numbers... I love them. Even numbers... I hate them. If it's possible, I'm going to try to make it an odd number... From the number of exclamation points at the end of a sentence, to the number of people I forward a text message to. However, I count the number 0 as an odd number... So figure that one out.

2) Grammar... Bad grammar drives me insane.

3) Doors... If I am in the room, the door has to be closed. It also really annoys me when some one closes the bathroom door even though there is no one in there.

I'm sure that there are many many many more, but that is all I am going to say at the moment.

haha..this is a good one...my ocd is everything has to line up perfectly-and if setting up stuff..always has to be in 3,s...and when rearranging any room-its all got to balance perfectly..or i swear the room is tilted

My names Jess and my sons almost 2. Okay so heres my weird issues, I wake up like every 2 hours and jump out of bed from a deep sleep to make sure my son is alive, i cover him with blankets (because hes always kicking them off and i don't want him to get cold) I check the door lock to make sure its locked, ask myself was it really locked? and then look again. then I go pee and go back to bed. Another kinda weird one is during the day at any point when i start to feel worried I put my right hand up on my forehead and i have to keep touching my forehead until I feel better about the situation. OMG i just thought of a crazy obsessive thing that I do, I dont count when I'm doing things instead I will keep a steady rythim by like bitting my teeth down with my lips closed so people cant hear me. ive done it since i was really little. its like my form of beat boxing.

You guys must all have a lot of time on your hands LOL

I had a few that were bothersome but I took a low dose of anxiety meds and they pretty much went away. I can't really think of many quirks that I HAVE to do.

Before meds I would spell in my head words that I would see over and over until it drove me nuts. I could not stop and it really impacted my life - thus the anxiety meds. Oh and I used to cry myself to sleep all the time because I was sure I or one of the kids was going to die in our sleep.

The meds work amazing. I am on 25mg of Zoloft - just an FYI if any of you would like some help calming down a bit. :)

I need symmetry. I can't do random.

Pictures on my wall can't be put up in a random collage. Has to be symmetrical, in line, orderly.

I eat my m&m's by colors and by 2's, one for each side of my mouth.

Oh and just like Abby, if I walk into the bathroom and the shower curtain is closed I have to look!

I got a kick out of reading all the answers! I know one poster commented on her real struggle with OCD and my heart goes out to her. Anxiety/OCD is a real disease, but I know the original poster did not mean the term to insult anyone. I have had my own struggle with a severe anxiety disorder, but that is not the point of the question. Maybe the word "quirk" would be better than a label like OCD. . .

Anyway, I have a ton of "quirks"! Here's some:
--Cannot drink milk from anything other than a "glass", no plastic cups for milk, and it has to be ICE COLD or I won't touch it. Little cartons of milk skeeve me, lol
--If I am drinking milk noone can have a sip of my glass, not even my daughter or I will not continue drinking it. (I've got milk issues!)
--Have to look behind the shower curtain if it is closed!
--Always keep a roll of toilet paper in my purse, because you just never know when you gotta go, lol (people see the roll and know I've got problems!)
--If I take a bath, I have to sit in the tub while it fills. . . sometimes it is very cold waiting for the tub to fill =)
--The bed has to be made everyday, I will make it just before we get in it at night if its not done, totally pointless
--I HATE BUGS. If I see a small gathering of ants in the yard, I will make my husband raid them to death

Cheers to all the others who have some issues =)

Oh goodness...I have way too many! My M&M's have to be eaten two at a time, and they have to be the same color. If there is an odd one left over that doesn't have a matching color, I either throw it away or give it to someone who will eat it. I count EVERYTHING if I'm not occupied. If I'm riding in the car, I count everything...trees, road dashes, construction barrels...everything. Spelling and grammar have to be correct. Even if someone just writes me a quick note, and something is spelled wrong, I have to correct it. There are a TON more, but I don't have any friends with me right now to point them out! LOL!

OMG my twin is Melissa B., I check to make sure doors are locked and I check oven knobs every night!!! I mean I do these things obsessively. My hubby shakes his head and says " cucko cucko cachew ". :))

lol.. I do feel so normal now. I am very flexable. The only one I can think of is that the toilet paper has to go over the roll.

This is a good one.. and as I am reading through I have to giggle because I do some of the very same things. Libby B. its two at a time and of the same color!! My major OC is that whenever we go somewhere on vacation I have to pack!!.... than unpack everything and repack it just to make sure that it is all there, but you see that is not good enough because I will have to recheck that and unpack so that I can repack. I have started to toss everything into a general area that needs to go with and than wait till the last minute to pack, that way I don't have time for all the shenanigans!! Although I worry the whole way there hoping that I have everything, but what can ya do!!

Oh wow! I have WAY WAY WAY too many to list. The scary thing is, reading other posts enlightened me to even more that I have! Several times while reading, I would think, "Oh, I do that too - I just never thought about it." Oh goodness. A few of my big ones:

- Counting when I brush my teeth - this is the one that no matter how many times I tell myself to stop, I just can't - it is totally automatic.
- Double and triple checking locks before bed.
- I cannot handle clean laundry if I feel the sheets are too dirty and I have not had a shower since getting out of bed - I feel dirty and do not want to contaminate the clean laundry. (This one probably impairs my life more than anything - I really wish I could stop.)
- Symmetry in the pantries, closets, etc.
- Eating things in even numbers such as M & M's and Skittles. Also, buying things in even numbers such as yogurt. Except for the number 6, which I hate.
- Repeatedly checking the alarm clock to make sure I set it right.
- The dishwasher must be loaded by ME!!! It drives me nuts when someone else tries to load it - I do realize they are trying to be helpful, but I wish they would have a seat. lol!
- The volume on the tv has to be on an even number, again preferably without a 6 - which sucks b/c a reasonable volume is usually sixty-something on mine. So, I've had to resign myself to the number starting with a six but ending with a different even number. :)
- I have to be wearing shoes to enter the utility room - I feel that the floor is extra dirty in there.
- I have to make sure both my 14 year old - that's right - I said 14 year old!, and my 8 month old baby are breathing right before I go to bed.
- After I empty the litter box, I always have to IMMEDIATELY take a bath or shower. It makes me feel gross!

Well, there you have it! Please, don't have me committed! :)

Hahaha! Great post.

-I count everything, but don't even realize that I'm doing it until I finish and I say the number that I ended up on. My hubby and friends totally make fun of me

-"The fastest way from point A to point B is a straight line"...I do this all the time, not only do I follow the rule, but I say it all the time

-My food cannot touch, I will literally separate it on my plate. But the strange thing is that I can eat meat and potatoes at the same time on the fork...but they cannot touch on my plate??

-And the one my hubby can't even believe. I drink the same exact amount of water every night. I'm not good with taking my water glasses to the kitchen, so sometimes there are 3 glasses sitting on my night stand....all at the same exact level. Again, I don't try to do this. I have no idea how I do it!

I learned some GREAT cleaning tricks from an ex who really was OCD (like placing things at right angles to each other takes the same AMOUNT of stuff, and one looks clean, and one looks like a mess... The right angles thing was contagious, apparently. Now everything set on top of anything else has to line up on the x y plane).

All dairy products have to be smelled before being consumed. Even if I just opened it.

And an adhd/ocd thing ... I never just get in my car and leave. I get in my car. Sit. Go back in the house, and get what I forgot. Sometimes several times. I cannot think of the last time I just got in my car and left. My son was 4 before he realized it's not a compulsory part of driving.

R. (adhd-c)

I think I am OCD about everything - organization is key for me. If I see something out of place..pillows not fluffed, carpets askew, papers and books out of place, bed not made properly, towels not folded straight, drawers a mess...on and on and on...I feel the compulsion to make it look right. Hence, I wrote "The Professional Housekeeper" . In some ways, my OCD has shaped my career.

If I eat M&M's or Skittles, I have to dump out the little bag and sort them by color and eat only one color at a time. It freaks me out if I think I'm eating MIXED colors but I just can't do it! hahahahaha!

I have to tuck in the sheets every single night and make sure the bottom fitted sheet is tight with no wrinkles. This drives my hubby crazy but I can't stand it when my feet hang out if the sheet gets untucked.

And lastly, I can't stand my food to touch on the plate. And if we are at a Buffet, I get 2 plates, one for hot stuff and one for cold because I don't like them on the same plate either!

Wow!
I can't think of one OCD-type thing I do--really.
Does this make me abnormal?

HI! I got a kick out of reading the replies so far. Here are mine:
At bedtime I have to touch all the door locks, twisting the knobs as far as they will go to make sure they're locked. I have to stare hard at the oven knobs and say "Off" for each one, to make sure they're off. Then I have to open the oven (to make sure it wasn't on... maybe my hubby used it?) and look inside, close it, then open it again, just to make sure one of our cats didn't crawl inside while I looked inside the first time (not that it could happen but hey, that's why it's called OCD!)
When I lock my car to leave it, I have to make sure the headlights are turned off (whether or not I used them that trip) and if I'm not exactly sure after I've taken a few steps away from the car, I have to walk back to the driver's side window, look inside, see it and say "Off!" and if that happens at home after I've closed the garage door I have to open the garage door for another look.
When setting my twin bell alarm to wake the next morning for work, I push the switch to "on" and say "On!" several times, pushing so hard that my thumb almost hurts.
A couple of times when my teenage son was visiting me, he'd jokingly torment me by saying ,"are you sure you turned the car headlights off?" forcing me to walk back to the car. What a STINKER, LOL! *Peace*!