Do you ask guests if they have remembered their scarves and mittens as they
leave your home?
Do you move your dinner partner's glass away from the edge of the table?
Do you ask if anyone needs to go to the bathroom as you enter a theater
with a group of friends?
Do you hand a tissue to anyone who sneezes?
Do you refer to happy hour as "snack time"?
Do you declare "no cuts" when a shopper squeezes ahead of you
in a checkout line?
Do you say "I like the way you did that" to the mechanic who
repairs your car nice?
Do you ask "Are you sure you did your best?" to the mechanic who
fails to repair your car to your satisfaction?
Do you sing the "Alphabet Song" to yourself as you look up a number
in the phone book?
Do you say everything twice? I mean, do you repeat everything?
Do you fold your spouse's fingers over the coins as you hand him/her the
money at a tollbooth?
Do you ask a quiet person at a party if he has something to share with
the group?
Do you make little turkey name tags for everyone at your family's Holiday
Dinner?
Do you find yourself explaining to a cashier why you bought 24 boxes of
crayons that were on sale?
Do neighbors drop off empty coffee cans, margarine cups, Leggs eggs, milk
bottle cartons, scraps of material and old newspapers at your house?
Do your slippers have fuzzy little animal faces on them?
Does your refrigerator door look like a military command center because
it is covered with notes, calendars, coupons, phone numbers and a thousand
other things?
When you're in a theater, do you often turn around and "schuss"
the people behind you?
Do you often browse through toy stores and children's clothing stores even
though you don't have any children?
Is one of the drawers in your kitchen full of pencils, pens, crayons, markers,
erasers, glue, etc.?
Have you stopped at the curb to pick up discarded old shelves, bookcases,
file cabinets, or magazine racks?
When everyone else at the beach is catching up on the latest novels by King
and Grisham, are you cutting out little oak tag people for your September
bulletin board?
Do you know exactly how many Oreo cookies are in a package... and how many
jelly beans are in a jar?
When you get your first pay check in September, does it remind you that
it's also a job, not just what you like to do?
Do you have at least a dozen colorful sweaters and sweatshirts for each
of the holidays... including Flag Day?
