Do you know how many…

[thebreakfastclub]

This takes me back to the thread where people hear stories or thoughts in their heads all the time. I cannot imagine knowing the # of steps on a staircase.

[sometimesrunner]

I’m surprised how many of you count stairs! I have no clue how many we have.

[BicycleBride]

SS- I can tell you how many stairs go to my work because I work with preschoolers and they like to count them. I do not know how many steps are in my house.

[mysteriouswife]

DS can tell you every time. He is hyper aware of it. I have no clue. DD and I always find it interesting when DS randomly tells us a story about walking in a new building and the layout including staircases.

[whattheheck]

Apr 10, 2024 18:47:35 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I have 13 steps going up and 11 going down in my house.

But this knowledge is linked to my OCD.

Genuine question - how is the number of steps going up different than the number of steps going down?

[pixy0stix]

I love this poll.

No, beyond the two steps front and back of the house.

[Roc A Bee]

Apr 10, 2024 18:54:13 GMT -5 rubytue said:

I count going up, but the number leaves my brain milliseconds later. So despite counting a million times, I doubt I know the answer.

I’m like this only for the one staircase I use at work. I never count going down…

[nsl]

I'm an insomniac and still have memorized the number of steps (13) in our house in Texas that we sold over a decade ago because the bedrooms were upstairs and the kitchen was downstairs. Every other house we've lived in had the laundry downstairs, and while I count those stairs when I'm carrying a basket I couldn't tell you off the top of my head how many stairs there are.

[SwimDeep]

I count all steps, including stairs.

Home: 13
Library: 27
Store A: 25
Store B: 26 (I get annoyed every time I go here because the stairs end on an even number)

To mailbox and back: 200-215 (depends on if I cut corners or not)

I also count steps walking into and out of stores. It's just a constant count running in the background of my mind whether or not anyone is talking to me. It started in undergrad, which was decades ago now. I can't remember the number of stairs but I do remember the number of flights to get to different classes.

The count is louder when I'm stressed, and sometimes I find myself tuning out anyone talking to me to focus on the numbers.

[meanie]

13 steps is pretty common so I guess I would just estimate that way, the only stairs I walk at home are to the basement for laundry.

I walk the leaning tower of pisa on the stairmaster, that's 18 floors and 285 steps 😂

[Pilsy]

I have OCD, which means yes.

[CrazyLucky]

I only know at work. I was told there were 99 steps to get to the top of the building, and of course I had to fact check it. Only 96.

[felicity]

I think we might have 13 at home, but I wouldn't bet on it. We replaced our stairs a couple of years ago, so I definitely had to count them and know the number at the time to get quotes, but I also have an exceptional ability to forget specific numbers. My brain just won't retain this information.

[glw]

No.

But, I did know this in the house I lived in as a teenager, because the 8th step was super squeaky and I needed to skip it when sneaking in/out.

[dontlook]

Yes but only because I have kids and counting steps is an easy way to work on counting. 16 steps upstairs.

[protozoa]

Nope. The nurse asked me how many steps to get into my house before my recent surgery and I went deer in the headlights (just looked, it's 5).

[dexteroni]

I did in my childhood home and my grandparents’ home because I counted everything as a kid and those were the two places I spent the most time. Now, no. I couldn’t tell you how many are in my own house.

[thejen626]

Only occasionally. We used to have 144 stairs from the school to the street, then 22 stairs from the street to my house. I had to walk them 4x every day. Yes I counted lol!

[chickadee77]

Yup. There were 15 stairs in the house where I spent my early childhood. 12 going down to our current basement.

[jamaicam]

I count stairs nearly all the time but then I immediately forget the number.

[So_Fetch]

I don't. I do count them any time I use stairs. I've been taking the same ones from the 1st to 2nd floor of my office for over 10 years and I sill couldn't tell you how many there are even though I count them EVERY TIME

[circa1978]

FWIW, I have OCD and don't count. That's not the kind of OCD I have.

[jennistarr1]

Apr 10, 2024 19:35:29 GMT -5 erbear said:

I have OCD so yes, of course 😂

This was exactly my thought

[picksthemusic]

My neurospicy self knows most of the numbers of stairs that I frequent.

[jillybean222]

My OCD daughter knows the number of steps to everything. I do not!

[Aloe Vera]

Absolutely not. I have NEVER counted steps in my life.

[Aloe Vera]

Apr 10, 2024 21:28:19 GMT -5 whattheheck said:

Apr 10, 2024 18:47:35 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I have 13 steps going up and 11 going down in my house.

But this knowledge is linked to my OCD.

Genuine question - how is the number of steps going up different than the number of steps going down?

I am going to assume it's a split-level home. The entryway is in between both stairs.

ETA: pic

[spindle92]

yes
I have been obsessed with counting random things since I was little and stairs are a big thing.

[k3am]

Apr 10, 2024 21:37:23 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I love this poll.

No, beyond the two steps front and back of the house.

I am strangely intrigued by dull polls where the stakes are low. But especially when they’re about thoughts/behaviors that I’d feel weird about asking in real life.

[definitelyO]

yes - 13 in my house from main floor to basement.