# Dumbasses who put their half drank open containers in the work fridge! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657 "2013-04-25T12:46:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657/21 "2014-07-16T19:41:25Z")
> [@EvilStepMom66](#): > > Thank god! I thought, I was the only sane person in this world! To avoid the office fridge, i brought in a water cooler with a small fridge compartment underneath. Only to have my idiot job share partner unplug it one night and all of my food spoiled! :eek: I then made up a sign “do not unplug” and pasted it on the outlet. same job share partner took a photo of the cooler and the sign, because it “was so unique and memorable”. really?:smack: Nuts it more like it! Who takes a photo instead of just telling me “sorry, won’t happen again”. Makes for strange vibes in my office now because I think I hired a moron. But I’m so happy to find out, there are tons of insane office workers to complain about on this. Then you’re going to have a lot of fun reading [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=585296) thread (only 162 pages and less than 8100 posts). ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657/22 "2014-07-18T19:21:31Z")
Irony: I got a little dorm fridge for my office because the break room fridge was so gross. Started to come in finding my fridge full of other people’s crap. Someone comes in to get their lunch and I’m like “wth?” “Oh, do you mind? The break room fridge is gross! I was passing by and saw yours and it’s so clean and neat so a few of us started using… you look mad.” ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657/23 "2014-07-18T19:31:16Z")
Here’s a bizarre idea that just might work, why doesn’t someone (like you) clean the break room fridge? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657/24 "2014-07-18T19:42:52Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Here’s a bizarre idea that just might work, why doesn’t someone (like you) clean the break room fridge? Housekeeping already does a fine job of keeping the fridge clean. Sounds crazy, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657/25 "2014-07-18T19:53:09Z")
I was replying to the post above mine. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657/26 "2014-07-19T18:18:43Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Here’s a bizarre idea that just might work, why doesn’t someone (like you) clean the break room fridge? I no longer work there, but at the time that was logistically unworkable and fiscally unsound (the amount I paid for a mini fridge to avoid the problem is less than I’ve have been paid to clean the fridge. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657/27 "2014-07-19T19:12:05Z")
Wife and kid do this kind of shit at home. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657/28 "2014-07-19T19:12:26Z")
Are the sodas Fanta? Cause…, NAZIs ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657/29 "2014-07-19T23:02:28Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > This is what you do: > > When you find one that hasn’t yet fallen over, remove it from the refrigerator, pour it down the nearest sink, and set it down on its side where you found it. I never had this happen, but I could chew nails about the jerks who stole my lunches. For the soda, try this: If you are male, get a bit of shmutz from under your car hood and make finger smears on the outside of the cup. If female, smear a bit of lipstick on the rim. Then get a coworker of the opposite sex (it’s simpler this way) to provide the other effect. Then pour out half of the liquid and put the cup where it was. That’ll settle his hash! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657/30 "2014-07-20T15:41:58Z")
The rudest is the guy that brings his damn German Sheppard to work who eats everyone’s lunches and barfs up all over floor and pisses in the corner. But the dog is well behaved. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657/31 "2014-07-20T16:07:16Z")
So it’s the rude guy who pigs out, and barfs and pees, and the dog is well behaved? …Maybe the boss will fire the guy and keep the dog, if that’s the case. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657/32 "2014-07-21T21:31:55Z")
I thought watchwolf49 was making a syntax joke. But perhaps it was a straightforward report of an actual office situation. In re the earlier remark “people are animals”…yeah. A lot of that unpleasant fridge behavior is pure territory-marking. We should be grateful that it’s been sublimated into the use of food, rather than the usual territory-marking materials! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657.md?page=1)