Week 2 - Pet Peeve

For as long as I can remember, my biggest pet peeve has always been getting grease on my papers; moreover, the main reason for this is because most food leaves disgusting grease stains on paper. Whether it's a paper for a school assignment or an invitation to a party, I absolutely cannot stand to have grease on anything that is mine. When I was in high school, I would often times work on my homework at the dinner table, since it was a fairly large and spacious table. My dad was always the one who came to help me with my homework, yet he had a habit of bringing his dinner with him. Consequently, I regularly asked him to keep his dinner far away from my homework. I, unfortunately, have had way too many experiences where I've gotten grease stains on significant papers and assignments for school.

The root of my irritation is directly related to my constant tendency and desire for cleanliness. Whenever I have gotten grease on a paper, I can't help but feel like a pig. I had the feeling that if I ever turned in an assignment with such poor appearance, my teachers would condescend me and actually believe that I was that careless about the assignment. I know it may sound a little "OCD", but I personally believe that grease should never mix with presentable work.

I do, however, know for a fact that there is a solution for this pet peeve of mine. Ever since I got to college, I really haven't had this issue at all (not that college was the solution). Over the years, I noticed a particular pattern for all the occurrences of grease mixing with my homework - it was always other peoples' grease that got on my belongings. Now that I'm at college, I have infinitely many possibilities on where to study, such as outside or in the library. I have thus learned to keep my assignments entirely separate from any kinds of food and in a clean environment. I think, with this pet peeve, it is mainly up to me to fix the problem. I can't control who gets near my homework or whether someone eats next to it or not. Therefore, I came up with the previously stated solution to personally keep my assignments far, far away from the kitchen.