A poll, apropos of nothing

[Mrs Mungo]

You are going on a trip. You like to pack q-tips. [eta: you even have a nifty case for q-tips, someone close to you purchased it for you] There is a pretty jar with q-tips that stays on the bathroom counter. They are used by all and refilled as necessary from a box under the sink. What do you do?

Edited April 24, 2012 by Mrs Mungo

[Miss Peregrine]

I get them from the q-tip jar, put them in a Baggie and then refill the q-tip jar. Weird, I know.

[NatashainDFW]

They are stored in a gallon ziploc bag somewhere in the bathroom. We go on hunts for them as they are needed!

[Spy Car]

I get them from the q-tip jar, put them in a Baggie and then refill the q-tip jar. Weird, I know.

 

I go with weird :D

 

Bill

[justasque]

I have a nifty case. Jar, but of course refill!

 

My parents taught me to ALWAYS refill EVERYTHING. Didn't everyone's?

 

(Apparantly not. No one else in my house refills anything.

Even those I've tried to teach. Sigh. :tongue_smilie:)

[Tasia]

I would take them from the box under the sink. Everyone else in my immediate family would either take them from the jar and not refill it, or forget to take q-tips altogether. :glare:

 

That said, we're not quite so fancy. Our q-tip box just stays on the bathroom counter. :tongue_smilie:

[Heather in Neverland]

It depends. Am I the only one traveling? If so, then I would take them from the box and leave the filled jar for my family. If we are all going away then I would take them from the jar and refill it when I return.

 

Yes, sometimes I think too much. :D

[mommybee]

I would just grab them from under the sink.

 

My family on the other hand would probably empty the jar and go about their merry way!

[Just Kate]

I get them from the q-tip jar, put them in a Baggie and then refill the q-tip jar. Weird, I know.

 

Not weird...I would do the same! (or maybe I'm weird too???)

[LaxMom]

I'd pack them from the box. My husband would pack them from the jar.

 

There are others in my family who would just pack the jar.

[Another Lynn]

I have no q-tip jar. No time for middle-men. I get q-tips straight from the box every day. :D

[Mommyfaithe]

I would just grab them from under the sink.

 

My family on the other hand would probably empty the jar and go about their merry way!

 

:iagree:

[Parrothead]

If I use the last of anything I try to refill it or make a note that we need more.

 

The q-tips are in a jar in the bathroom. It usually never runs out because dh is the q-tip freak, and well... quite anal about them.

[MamaT]

I would just grab them from under the sink.

 

My family on the other hand would probably empty the jar and go about their merry way!

 

:iagree: I am the only person around here who is capable of replacing empty anything, apparently.

[Princess Peach]

I have no q-tip jar. No time for middle-men. I get q-tips straight from the box every day. :D

 

Same here. :001_smile:

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

I would just grab them from under the sink.

 

My family on the other hand would probably empty the jar and go about their merry way!

 

:iagree:

[NanceXToo]

Grab some and put them in a plastic baggie to take along. If I was feeling leisurely, I'd go digging in the box under the sink. If I was in a rush/running late and it was quicker/more convenient to grab from the jar, I probably would (and would worry about refilling later or let someone else deal with it). :D

 

But then again I don't bother putting q-tips in a fancy container, we grab from the box always lol.

[Garga]

Plastic bag. But we put everything in plastic bags when we travel now, after the BedBug incident of a year and a half ago. No more bedbugs coming home with us from the hotel!

[Cinder]

I'd get them from the box under the sink. But we dump them from the cardboard box into a plastic box that we keep under the sink. We have no pretty qtip jar. I guess that's a good thing as it would have to be refilled all the time--we love qtips! :D

[Lolly]

Me, under the sink. Everyone else in the house, the jar because they do not realize the under the sink exists.:tongue_smilie:

[Pretty in Pink]

I would take them from the box under the sink. Anyone else in this house would take them from the jar on the countertop and leave a trail of miscreant q-tips in their wake! ;)

[CalicoKat]

In my family culture...

 

Take all but one from the jar. Leave just one.

 

So you don't have to answer the question of "Who took all the q-tips?!" Because of course you didn't. There's still one left. :glare:

 

Marshmallows, chocolate chips, kleenex, baby wipes, etc. Lovely, huh?

[Spryte]

Me, under the sink. Everyone else in the house, the jar because they do not realize the under the sink exists.:tongue_smilie:

 

This. :D

[Annie G]

If the amount I needed to take would make the jar empty enough to need refilling, I'd take them from the box, thus saving a step. I'm married to an engineer- his early career focused on how to improve processes- so I automatically save steps when possible. Raising kids was a challenge for this guy- kids don't EVER seem to take the shortest route to anything.

 

I'm just glad to see others on here who use q-tips. My irl friends think we're weird because we do.

[elegantlion]

box under the sink. Don't mess with the arrangement in the bathroom unless you're actually using one of them.

 

Of course, I have a travel Q-tip container that is always filled and usually in someone's toiletry bag. Since we haven't traveled for so long, it's sitting on top of the Q-tip box in the closet (we don't have under the sink storage). Yes, I'm a tad anal about my linen closet and toiletries. :lol:

[SailorMom]

I would take them from the box under the sink. Everyone else in my immediate family would either take them from the jar and not refill it, or forget to take q-tips altogether. :glare:

 

 

:iagree:

[Ferdie]

I always stress out when I pack for a trip so I would do what is fastest - grab from jar, refill later.

[AK_Mom4]

In my family culture...

 

Take all but one from the jar. Leave just one.

 

So you don't have to answer the question of "Who took all the q-tips?!" Because of course you didn't. There's still one left. :glare:

 

Marshmallows, chocolate chips, kleenex, baby wipes, etc. Lovely, huh?

:iagree: This is SOOOOO my family!

 

Even the *last cookie* will sit on the plate for days! No one here ever wants to take the last one of anything and have to refill/clean up/replace!

[gardening momma]

It depends. Am I the only one traveling? If so, then I would take them from the box and leave the filled jar for my family. If we are all going away then I would take them from the jar and refill it when I return.

:iagree: That's what I'd do.

[LaxMom]

If the amount I needed to take would make the jar empty enough to need refilling, I'd take them from the box, thus saving a step. I'm married to an engineer- his early career focused on how to improve processes- so I automatically save steps when possible. Raising kids was a challenge for this guy- kids don't EVER seem to take the shortest route to anything.

 

I'm just glad to see others on here who use q-tips. My irl friends think we're weird because we do.

 

That was my former career - process management systems - and I totally feel his pain.

[Karen in CO]

Talking about weird - have you met my extended family?

I have seen kids take q-tips from a jar, use them, and put them back. I'd never use a q-tip from a shared jar unless I had filled it up first and knew they were all new.

[LaxMom]

Talking about weird - have you met my extended family?

I have seen kids take q-tips from a jar, use them, and put them back. I'd never use a q-tip from a shared jar unless I had filled it up first and knew they were all new.

 

:ack2: :svengo: