Questions of human nature

Lola Bunny · 09-08-2011, 10:11 PM

Well, maybe not, but habits or behavior. I'll be adding to this thread but at this very moment, I wonder about this one thing. Why do some people would lose their toothpaste cap and use the tube capless like that? Why? Why?? Why???? It's messy and dirty looking. I have a house guest, and it's a woman. She's driving me nuts.

I'm not being too picky here. This is the least thing that annoys me. Actually, I'm just wondering, it's not bothering me too much. She does lots of other stuffs that bother me. I'm gonna finish clean up and go to bed. I'm feeling tired and unhappy tonight.

BigV · 09-08-2011, 10:15 PM

toothpaste tube cap...

I can imagine this: The cap's been dropped and lost. Or worse, dropped in the toilet--never mind, found it, never mind... But, it's a new tube of toothpaste. I'd be inclined to keep using the rest of the toothpaste without the cap. Seriously, I don't want the cap back. No! NO THANK YOU!

monster · 09-08-2011, 10:20 PM

My kids do that. But it's the 9yo who loses the cap. Every time. You use toothpaste twice a day -how nasty can it get?

classicman · 09-08-2011, 10:21 PM

Just use the one from your Preparation H instead

Pico and ME · 09-08-2011, 10:23 PM

Even with a flip-top, which I prefer, it gets all gummed up and nasty. I usually clean it up once I get sick of it. Keep in mind though, I'm in a house with three males who don't care, so I don't waste a lot of effort on it.

Aliantha · 09-08-2011, 10:23 PM

We don't have this issue at our place. I don't know if it's just luck, but I can't remember the last time I bought toothpaste with a screw top lid. They all have flip off caps that stay attached on one side.

Max grabbing the toothpaste from in the bath if it's left on the wrong side of the basin is another thing though.

At least he smells minty fresh when he gets out I guess...

classicman · 09-08-2011, 10:31 PM

I dislike the flip top caps. They get dirty and crusty.

Aliantha · 09-08-2011, 11:13 PM

Wow, you lot must be messy. We don't seem to have a problem with them. They're awesome as far as I'm concerned, and my kids think i'm OCD about being clean! lol

sexobon · 09-09-2011, 12:05 AM

Without a cap or substitute, the toothpaste in the neck of the tube becomes the cap which you can squeeze out and discard. The technique is called pre-pouring and has been used in medicine for decades. In this instance, we're not referring to pre-pouring in the sense of dispensing a single dose amount of liquid medication from a multi-dose container well in advance of administration; rather, we're talking about pouring off a quantity of something that's cream to ointment consistency which may have become contaminated where it comes into contact with the outside of the container or anything else.

jimhelm · 09-09-2011, 05:10 AM

The Odd Couple

SamIam · 09-09-2011, 07:06 AM

Jeez, I should have such problems. I use the tubes with the flip back top. If they start looking grungy, I run 'em under hot water. Problem solved.

My late father swore by brushing his teeth with baking soda. He'd shake a little out of the box unto his hand, dip his brush in and presto - pearly whites.

infinite monkey · 09-09-2011, 07:14 AM

Gel toothpaste gums up all over the attached cap area.

I run it under really hot water until it falls off. Bleck.

I thought about starting a thread about irrational pet peeves...here's one of my biggies:

Why oh why is it so hard to push your shopping cart all the way into the corral, mating it with the cart in front of it. You know, a nice neat line, all snuggied up...two rows. You can fit 25-30 carts in there that way.

But hardly anyone does that. Nice that they bother to put their cart into the corral, but they're all crooked and none of them are mated and you can get MAYBE 8 carts in there.

Sometimes I'll rearrange them a bit.

sexobon · 09-09-2011, 07:42 AM

You must be a member of the Corral Cartel.

footfootfoot · 09-09-2011, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Gel toothpaste gums up all over the attached cap area.

I run it under really hot water until it falls off. Bleck.

I thought about starting a thread about irrational pet peeves...here's one of my biggies:

Why oh why is it so hard to push your shopping cart all the way into the corral, mating it with the cart in front of it. You know, a nice neat line, all snuggied up...two rows. You can fit 25-30 carts in there that way.

But hardly anyone does that. Nice that they bother to put their cart into the corral, but they're all crooked and none of them are mated and you can get MAYBE 8 carts in there.

Sometimes I'll rearrange them a bit.

It's do-gooders like you who put the cart cowboys out of work. A lot of them are special needs people (that's short bus to you) who are glad to get this work. I hope you are happy shaving down their hours.
bitch.

infinite monkey · 09-09-2011, 07:50 AM

I'm a card-carrying member of the Cart Corral Citizens Coalition for Careful and Correct Concentrated Control of Cart Cubbies.

Wanna see my card?

09-08-2011, 10:11 PM	#1
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Questions of human nature Well, maybe not, but habits or behavior. I'll be adding to this thread but at this very moment, I wonder about this one thing. Why do some people would lose their toothpaste cap and use the tube capless like that? Why? Why?? Why???? It's messy and dirty looking. I have a house guest, and it's a woman. She's driving me nuts. I'm not being too picky here. This is the least thing that annoys me. Actually, I'm just wondering, it's not bothering me too much. She does lots of other stuffs that bother me. I'm gonna finish clean up and go to bed. I'm feeling tired and unhappy tonight.

09-08-2011, 10:15 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	toothpaste tube cap... I can imagine this: The cap's been dropped and lost. Or worse, dropped in the toilet--never mind, found it, never mind... But, it's a new tube of toothpaste. I'd be inclined to keep using the rest of the toothpaste without the cap. Seriously, I don't want the cap back. No! NO THANK YOU! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-08-2011, 10:20 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	My kids do that. But it's the 9yo who loses the cap. Every time. You use toothpaste twice a day -how nasty can it get? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-08-2011, 10:21 PM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Just use the one from your Preparation H instead __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-08-2011, 10:23 PM	#5
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Even with a flip-top, which I prefer, it gets all gummed up and nasty. I usually clean it up once I get sick of it. Keep in mind though, I'm in a house with three males who don't care, so I don't waste a lot of effort on it. __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

09-08-2011, 10:23 PM	#6
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	We don't have this issue at our place. I don't know if it's just luck, but I can't remember the last time I bought toothpaste with a screw top lid. They all have flip off caps that stay attached on one side. Max grabbing the toothpaste from in the bath if it's left on the wrong side of the basin is another thing though. At least he smells minty fresh when he gets out I guess... __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

09-08-2011, 10:31 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I dislike the flip top caps. They get dirty and crusty. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-08-2011, 11:13 PM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Wow, you lot must be messy. We don't seem to have a problem with them. They're awesome as far as I'm concerned, and my kids think i'm OCD about being clean! lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

09-09-2011, 12:05 AM	#9
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Without a cap or substitute, the toothpaste in the neck of the tube becomes the cap which you can squeeze out and discard. The technique is called pre-pouring and has been used in medicine for decades. In this instance, we're not referring to pre-pouring in the sense of dispensing a single dose amount of liquid medication from a multi-dose container well in advance of administration; rather, we're talking about pouring off a quantity of something that's cream to ointment consistency which may have become contaminated where it comes into contact with the outside of the container or anything else.

09-09-2011, 05:10 AM	#10
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	The Odd Couple __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

09-09-2011, 07:06 AM	#11
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Jeez, I should have such problems. I use the tubes with the flip back top. If they start looking grungy, I run 'em under hot water. Problem solved. My late father swore by brushing his teeth with baking soda. He'd shake a little out of the box unto his hand, dip his brush in and presto - pearly whites.

09-09-2011, 07:14 AM	#12
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Gel toothpaste gums up all over the attached cap area. I run it under really hot water until it falls off. Bleck. I thought about starting a thread about irrational pet peeves...here's one of my biggies: Why oh why is it so hard to push your shopping cart all the way into the corral, mating it with the cart in front of it. You know, a nice neat line, all snuggied up...two rows. You can fit 25-30 carts in there that way. But hardly anyone does that. Nice that they bother to put their cart into the corral, but they're all crooked and none of them are mated and you can get MAYBE 8 carts in there. Sometimes I'll rearrange them a bit.

09-09-2011, 07:42 AM	#13
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	You must be a member of the Corral Cartel.

09-09-2011, 07:50 AM	#15
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I'm a card-carrying member of the Cart Corral Citizens Coalition for Careful and Correct Concentrated Control of Cart Cubbies. Wanna see my card?

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