To a Fellow Human...

Thank you. It puts my mind at ease to know that no matter how many times you've done this, you will always heat your water in the microwave and take it out three seconds before the timer finished. Are you afraid of the beeping? Or do you have a preference for making my nearly-OCD head a-buzz with all kinds of ticks? I would suggest you set the timer for 1:57 instead of 2:00, so you'll stop stressing me out, but perhaps this is some strange superstitious ritual of yours. You know, kind of like when I tell myself I have to make it down the stairs before the toilet stops flushing.