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Seems to me, that for PFS you sort of have to be an 'Everything Nazi'. Outside of PFS, there is a style of survivalist roleplay taht can be quite fun, if you lay down the expectations up front. I do enjoy those games as a player, but not necessarily every time.Encumbrance nazi GMs are usually bad GMs in my experience.
When my players finish buying gear, I give them a quick look over to make sure nobody is being ridiculous (like a 5 strength halfling wearing full plate and carrying a tower shield), and then I usually just get them a bag of holding ASAP so I can stick to RAW while not worrying about carrying capacity.
To me, the best part of any campaign is the beginning, the low levels, and the realistic idea that you can't carry so much stuff. I LOVE TO BE AN _ _ _. It's as satisfying as disciplining a spoiled kid. There is nothing more sadistically satisfying than watching the faces of the players when you let them know what's real "you can't carry that much stuff", or "you are now carrying a medium load and you can't move as fast".
I'm also obsessive about a wizard's spellbook. Those things (specifically the spells in them) and the cost of writing new spells is extraordinary and I think an important balancing mechanism for dnd 3.5 and pathfinder. There is so much of a benefit to being a wizard at higher levels in terms of damage and being a swiss army knife of applicable and useful spells, that it is paramount to keep track of which spells are free at each level and which spells needed to be wrote into the book (and how much was spent in money and time) and how many pages are taken up and how many volumes of spellbooks it takes to hold all of a 11th level wizards spells.
I enjoy that process IMMENSELY and I wouldn't play a wizard if I was just assumed to have all the spells in my book and have them not cost me anything.
Another pet peeve, people who use their shield's AC when they aren't even actively carrying it and wielding it.
As far as weight and encumbrance goes, I usually track where each piece of my gear is stored, which stuff is worn or in belt pouches, or in which container, and which stuff I bring with into combat and which stuff I leave at the last camp. When traveling I do not mind carrying all my stuff (a medium load usually when I play a weak str char.) If we are traveling and we meet and encounter I quickly throw down my "camp gear" so I can move freely with a light load in combat.