Its locked. Hmm let me recheck. Yupp its locked. But what if i yanked it a bit and the lock broke.Yank!. Its still locked. Alright, confident, time to go to bed. Not sure what kind of phobia this is or if it even qualifies as a phobia, but I generally tend to check, double check and recheck locks and bolts quite a few times (thrice to be precise) before I actually decide that no skilled thief is gonna break in and steal stuff from my house.
Kinda crazy i know. Somehow this practise has stuck on for several years and try as i might cant quite change it. The funny part is, i saw a film the other day, a Jack Nicholson flick, where he checks a door thrice before deciding it was locked. Thrice here as well!!! Yikes, reality kinda hit hard. Is that what i looked like? Yanking a door before i decided it was locked?? Me? Yupp pretty much. I watched that film sometime back, and was quite sure i resembled a clown had someone really noticed me in the act of checking locks and bolts.
Ive stopped being the person to check doors before sleeping. The routine thoroughly tires me out. My brother has taken over. Funnily, the other day, while he was checking the grill door in the verandah, I was ironing my clothes near by, I noticed my brother yanking the lock. Shocked, surprised, are these things hereditary as well. Did he see me do this or was it a natural instinct. Not too sure about that. Tried following my mum and dad around the house when they were bolting up to notice any similar traits. They were wondering if I was snooping around for something. Weird. Strange. Dont think i will ever find out if its just something unique or if i can blame my genes!!!
