# Do you drink directly from a carton and then put it back in the fridge? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 3, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192 "2024-08-03T15:34:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/21 "2024-08-03T19:16:30Z")
Oh no. My SO drinks wine from a rock glass and that alone unnerves me. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/22 "2024-08-03T23:57:42Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > This might be the only stereotypically male behavior I do. Ironically, I have never done this but my wife does. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/23 "2024-08-04T00:06:18Z")
Carton? What year is this? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/24 "2024-08-04T00:28:19Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I wouldn’t do it even if I lived alone. I mean, wouldn’t some of the germs in my mouth get into the milk, and might it go bad faster because of that? I have found this to be the case. But then, I mostly only have milk with cereal, so I need a bowl anyway. For any other beverage in the fridge, though? I’m a bachelor, why not? And it saves one more dish needing to be washed. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/25 "2024-08-04T00:44:00Z")
No, that would be gross. If I am just taking a few drinks out of a carton or plastic bottle of some kind, I just drink what I want and pour all the rest down the sink. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/26 "2024-08-04T01:11:00Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Carton? What year is this? 🤨 I don’t understand what you mean. Milk comes in either cardboard cartons or plastic jugs depending on the brand. And no, I’d never do this and it’s extremely gross. I’ve only ever seen it happen on TV/film. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/27 "2024-08-04T01:12:52Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > > [@GuanoLad](#): > > > > Carton? What year is this? > > 🤨 I don’t understand what you mean. Milk comes in either cardboard cartons or plastic jugs depending on the brand. I can’t remember the last time I had, or even saw, milk (regular cow’s milk) in a cardboard carton. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/28 "2024-08-04T01:24:37Z")
I learned to drink milk out of the carton in elementary school, along with my abc’s, basic arithmetic and the pledge of allegiance. How can it be wrong? 🙂 But no, unless it is something I know that only I am going to drink I use a glass ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/29 "2024-08-04T01:32:13Z")
Do you live in Canada? I know they have the whole weird bagged milk thing. This is just a random image I found showing a typical US supermarket dairy aisle: [![](https://www.dairyfoods.com/ext/resources/DF/2023/Feb/GettyImages-85637208.jpg?1675789172) ](https://www.dairyfoods.com/ext/resources/DF/2023/Feb/GettyImages-85637208.jpg?1675789172) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/30 "2024-08-04T01:45:11Z")
Not since I was a kid, and I’m still ashamed about that. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/31 "2024-08-04T02:52:27Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Do you live in Canada? No, central Illinois. This could be something that varies by region. None of the labels in that image look at all familiar to me. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/32 "2024-08-04T02:57:36Z")
This is a typical aisle from where I’m from in Australia. [![](https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/665fb58af4c710aafe53078a6b2e5001) ](https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/665fb58af4c710aafe53078a6b2e5001) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/33 "2024-08-04T03:14:33Z")
I don’t drink milk from the carton because (a) I don’t use milk for drinking and (b) we don’t buy cartons of milk. But I have had a glug of orange juice out of a jug before putting it back in the fridge. EDIT: I think I’ve done it with a carton of eggnog. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/34 "2024-08-04T04:17:14Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > drinks papaya-raspberry juice That’s a thing?!? That sounds friggin’ delicious. (And probably expensive.) > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > My SO drinks wine from a rock glass A what now … ? Was it carved out of an actual stone? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/35 "2024-08-04T04:31:23Z")
If only. No, a tumbler suitable only for [spirits served on the rocks](https://barproducts.com/collections/rocks-glasses) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/36 "2024-08-04T04:34:14Z")
It’s a CASE, Dear. Beer comes in a CASE. I don’t pee in the shower. That’s Disgusting! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/37 "2024-08-04T05:22:32Z")
Don’t be clobbering your milk. That’s just mean. 😀 It’s clabbering. Otherwise, curdle. Actually clabbered whole milk is great for corn bread. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/38 "2024-08-04T06:19:46Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > 🤨 I don’t understand what you mean. Milk comes in either cardboard cartons or plastic jugs depending on the brand. You don’t have someone deliver it in a glass bottle to your doorstep every morning? Savages. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/39 "2024-08-04T06:40:00Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You don’t have someone deliver it in a glass bottle to your doorstep every morning? They deliver in cartons to our doorstep every other week (Monday night/Tuesday morning). We also sometimes get yogurt or other items from them if we request. Including egg nog during the holidays. They used to leave a little Milk Bone treat for our dog, so much that when she knows the milk delivery folks came age freaks out, but I think they have a new person because for the last month they haven’t done that. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192/40 "2024-08-04T10:59:55Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > My SO drinks wine from a rock glass and that alone unnerves me. I sometimes drink vodka/rocks from my coffee mug trying to fool my gf, but she’s onto my shenanigans. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-directly-from-a-carton-and-then-put-it-back-in-the-fridge/1005192.md?page=3)