Hoarding Poll

[SusanLR]

I don't hoard anything either.
I do have a special interest collection though. Rocks.
Some are just interesting to look at. Others are rare.
I even have a few meteorites and tektites.

Just a few.

 

[autism-and-autotune]

I used to hoard collections of the music of Bach. When I moved into my new home, two entire huge boxes of CDs were with me.

 

[Mary Terry]

I tried to hoard toilet paper during the pandemic but I could never find enough at the stores to start a collection.

 

[Luca]

I tried to horde toilet paper during the pandemic but I could never find enough at the stores to start a collection.

Oh boy.
Right at the beginning of the pandemic, I was an inventory supervisor in a supply store (fortunately I quit not long after this, "because of the pandemic") and there were customers having epic battles over toilet paper.
We didn't even normally sell a lot of toilet paper before the pandemic, since we were a supplier for office companies, mostly, but all of a sudden there was a huge demand for toilet paper so we were selling a lot of it. As soon as we put it on the shelves, it was gone. And people legitimately argued and got confrontational over it. Mostly middle-aged women.

I do not miss that job. I could start a whole thread of my war stories from that job lol
Once you're in a management position, you realize that your experience as a customer service representative was not even scratching the surface of how insane customers can be.

Some of my favorites were:

The guy I mentioned in a status on here once who threatened to take a crap on the floor because the bathrooms were closed.

An old Russian man who cussed me out for 10 minutes because we didn't have the right size envelope.

A woman who threatened to jump over the counter and punch me because I wouldn't let my associate allow her to use an expired coupon.

A giant toad woman in a spandex leopard print jumpsuit who (in very colorful language) said she was going to sue me because her customer rewards account was invalid.

A man who was clearly high on something, who tried to steal a gift card and then told me that he had to leave the store (with all his purchases unpaid for) because his wife was "in labor" so they had to go to the hospital. She was right next to him and she was clearly not pregnant OR in labor.
I kicked them out of the store, and on their way out, they tried to steal a customer's car.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

I'm not much of a hoarder. I do collect useful things though. Like herbs, yarn, fabric, etc.

I do like to keep a good supply of home-canned food for emergencies. It was nice to have milk on hand during the recent snowstorm. All I had to do was go to the pantry, and then I could put milk in my tea and coffee. It's also thrifty and convenient to just buy a big bag of pinto beans for a couple dollars and make several pints and quarts of refried beans out of it, that can be opened at a moment's notice for Mexican recipes.

I also save photographs, my daughter's old schoolwork and art, little items of jewelry that she made for me as a child, etc. Books on healing, religion, history, or science are also highly coveted.

One negative thing I horde is paperwork. I have to go through big stacks of papers quite often to weed out and shred unnecessary documents.

 

[Outdated]

I tried to horde toilet paper during the pandemic but I could never find enough at the stores to start a collection.

That situation really surprised me, I couldn't understand why people needed so much toilet paper for a respiratory infection. Maybe other people breathe differently to me:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10...ver-turtle-fears-thousands-perished/101586082

 

[MildredHubble]

Hmmm reading through these I do wonder if my habits constitute hoarding after all. I suppose if things were better organized I may change my mind on what part of the hoarding spectrum I'm on.

I do need a good tidy out that's for sure. I'm planning on getting to that soon after I've finished the brakes on my dad's new car. As usual some silly sausage has put copper slip on all the relevant nuts and bolts and they have of course fused in place.

But after Monday it's time to get this show on the road I think Cue Rocky montage music, I wish montages happened in real life, I'd get so much done!

 

[Georgia Galaxy]

I don’t “hoard” anything at all and my house is effectively spotless and immaculate.

I have a lot of “stuff” but none of it is junk or clutter, and it’s all put away.

I throw out (and especially donate) things I genuinely don’t need and don’t have a use for. I also never purchase things I won’t use.

That's very mature, I'm super proud of you for doing that ^^

 

[Mary Terry]

Oh boy.
Right at the beginning of the pandemic, I was an inventory supervisor in a supply store (fortunately I quit not long after this, "because of the pandemic") and there were customers having epic battles over toilet paper.
We didn't even normally sell a lot of toilet paper before the pandemic, since we were a supplier for office companies, mostly, but all of a sudden there was a huge demand for toilet paper so we were selling a lot of it. As soon as we put it on the shelves, it was gone. And people legitimately argued and got confrontational over it. Mostly middle-aged women.

I do not miss that job. I could start a whole thread of my war stories from that job lol
Once you're in a management position, you realize that your experience as a customer service representative was not even scratching the surface of how insane customers can be.

Some of my favorites were:

The guy I mentioned in a status on here once who threatened to take a crap on the floor because the bathrooms were closed.

An old Russian man who cussed me out for 10 minutes because we didn't have the right size envelope.

A woman who threatened to jump over the counter and punch me because I wouldn't let my associate allow her to use an expired coupon.

A giant toad woman in a spandex leopard print jumpsuit who (in very colorful language) said she was going to sue me because her customer rewards account was invalid.

A man who was clearly high on something, who tried to steal a gift card and then told me that he had to leave the store (with all his purchases unpaid for) because his wife was "in labor" so they had to go to the hospital. She was right next to him and she was clearly not pregnant OR in labor.
I kicked them out of the store, and on their way out, they tried to steal a customer's car.

I worked as a short order cook, waitress and cashier while I was in college. I swore then that I would never take another job where I had to wait on the general public! It was a great motivator to study harder so I could get a decent job later in life.

 

[Forest Cat]

Oh boy.
Right at the beginning of the pandemic, I was an inventory supervisor in a supply store (fortunately I quit not long after this, "because of the pandemic") and there were customers having epic battles over toilet paper.
We didn't even normally sell a lot of toilet paper before the pandemic, since we were a supplier for office companies, mostly, but all of a sudden there was a huge demand for toilet paper so we were selling a lot of it. As soon as we put it on the shelves, it was gone. And people legitimately argued and got confrontational over it. Mostly middle-aged women.

I have said that for a long time, if people want to start a business that is a sure thing, just open a toilet paper factory. You'll always have customers. People do not want to run out of toilet paper, they will walk over their neighbors children to get it.

 

[Luca]

I worked as a short order cook, waitress and cashier while I was in college. I swore then that I would never take another job where I had to wait on the general public! It was a great motivator to study harder so I could get a decent job later in life.

Yeah, I'm glad I'm self-employed now because I literally never want to have another job in customer service, management, or sales.
The stories I told in this thread are just the tip of the iceberg.

 

[Dagan]

I live minimal, but I do fear that I will one day become some old man who hoards and breeds weiner dogs. I can imagine a weiner dog ranch where they just run free and probably dig a lot of holes.

 

[Forest Cat]

I live minimal, but I do fear that I will one day become some old man who hoards and breeds weiner dogs. I can imagine a weiner dog ranch where they just run free and probably dig a lot of holes.

That sounds like an amazing ranch. I actually have a similar dream but with yorkies and chihuahuas. But wienerdogs are very special too.

 

[Darkkin]

I'm watching Hoarders on Discovery+ right now...talk about knocking things into perspective, I have compulsive tendencies, but they skew toward the realms of neat freak. My spaces are always clean and organized, (often room for improvement).

And that is one of the things I realize I seriously take for granted. Not just access to the space, but the ability to maintain it on a daily basis. That one cornerstone is key to my baseline functionality as a whole. Everything has a home. It isn't clutter.

One of the key aspects of my ADHD is out of sight out of mind, basically if I forget I have it, I have very little trouble letting it go. This is why I use a lot of open shelving and sort through books and clothes every six months, (the two things I'm prone to accruing).

 

[Sasha22]

I got rid of a ton of stuff I didn't need in Dec-Jan. I'm pretty happy with that. But now it's time for round 2. I still have way too much stuff. And tons of books that I just cannot abandon (so it makes moving a pretty heavy affair every time!).

 

[Forest Cat]

I think I might be hoarding tools. Not sure... Tools are very useful, it's not hoarding if it's useful, is it?

 

[maycontainthunder]

*sits whistling innocently hoping no-one notices just how much stuff I have collected up*

 

[Misty Avich]

Hmm, hard to say what sort of things I hoard. But I believe I am borderline of the hoarders you see on TV documentaries.
I'm a clutterer. I don't collect anything as such but I build up clutter then become emotionally attached to it.

Growing up on Toy Story, I have never grown out of the belief that objects feel the same as the toy characters on Toy Story. So if I throw away something like an old clock or something like that, I think it's going to be upset and frightened.
Or if I have worked on a project that I'd spent a lot of time and money on but have since remade it, I find it hard to throw away the original one because of the time and money I had spent on it.

Sometimes I wish there was a vortex in my apartment that disappears loved objects if you put them in so they don't take up any space anywhere but stores them safely in another dimension (or whatever lies beyond vortexes) and can be easily retrieved just by reaching your hand inside and grabbing them. Now that would solve a lot of my problems lol.

 

[GrownupGirl]

Mostly I only hoard dolls, stuffed animals and other small collectable toys figures. I do occasionally give some of them away to the thrift store, however. I have most of them in plastic storage containers or bags but I keep a few on display.

When I was younger I tried only collecting only one or two types of toys, like Disney characters, but it made my anxiety go through the roof.

If I should be hoarding anything, it's survival stuff in a doomsday shelter. But I don't have the money, the rescources or the know-how on building a doomsday shelter so I guess I'll just have to die a horrible death, and who wants to live when the Earth is no longer livable anyway? But I digress. Having a bunch of cute, cuddly toys does bring some light into this dark existence, not unlike cat videos and Animal Crossing.

 

[lovely_darlingprettybaby]

I love shopping but I am getting more practical and I love an organized system with not a lot of mess.
If you have too much nowhere to put it often