“I am fastidious about tidiness though only in a very selective way. I would never leave my bed anything but perfectly, immaculately made, yet a few weeks ago there was a spillage of jelly sweets in the bottom of my work bag that is still there.” Photo: Getty
I was recently listening to an episode of Louise McSharry’s excellent podcast Catch Up with Louise McSharry. The episode was part of her monthly series Chronically Online (find it on patreon.com) which explores the ever-shifting trends of the internet. Louise and her guest, journalist and author Emer McLysaght, were discussing the latest TikTok trend for divulging your most Type B personality qualities. Examples included: a woman who spilled her foundation beside her sink and instead of wiping it up just dabbed it onto her face each morning until the puddle was used up a few days later. Another person recounted spilling a bottle of multivitamins in a handbag and instead of tidying them up, simply helped herself to a multivitamin from her bag until they were all gone.
For the non-chronically online people, Type A personalities tend to be feverishly ambitious, goal-orientated, more concerned with winning, rigidly organised and better at time management, while Type Bs are less competitive, prone to being scattered and have a lower stress response.
