Poll: Ice cube on the floor.

In My Humble Opinion
1

This is possibly the most piddling, insignificant question ever posted in this forum, but here goes. . .
While fixing yourself a beverage, you’re standing in front of the fridge getting some ice. An ice cube slips out of your hand and lands in front of your feet. All else being equal, are you most likely to:

A) pick it up and put it in your glass.
B) pick it up, rinse it off with tap water, and put it in your glass.
C) pick it up and toss it in the sink (i.e. discard it).
D) kick it under the fridge.
I can’t be the only one who usually picks D), can I?

2

Dunno if you’re the only D, but I’m a C.

3

E) Leave it. The two dogs will fight each other to be able to chew on an ice cube.

If the dogs are not around, I’ll toss it in the sink.

4

f) Put it in the cats’ water dish.

5

C) when the dog isn’t around and E) when he is.

6

E) Look down at him and say “Get the hell off the floor, O’Shea”.

Ok, ok…no, you’re not the only one doing the fridge-kick. D for me too.

7

I’m a C.

For those of you Ds, do you own or rent your house?

8

I’m definitely a C. Unless it’s the ONLY ice cube in the tray, which is exceedingly rare, in which case I might be a B out of desperation.

9

No dogs, so C all the way. Our kitchen has hardwood floors so D is NOT a good choice.

10

Most of the time, C.
If I’m low on cubes, A - then just add extra alcohol to that mix to kill off the germs.

11

Rent. I can’t imagine a puddle of water that takes a few hours to evaporate is going to cause all that much damage the plastic tiles on our floor (on a spot that’s going to be visible maybe once a decade, for a few minutes at a time).

12

I don’t use ice, but it’d likely be a D if I did, though C and E are also possibilities.

13

F) It’s the only toy our oldest cat will play with. When she hears ice, she comes running and begs for a cube.

14

(E) Yell “There’s ice on the floor!”

When one of my grandsons was about five he was getting some ice water from the front of the fridge. One of the ice cubes missed his cup and landed on the floor. He yelled “There’s ice on the floor!” and my wife and I simultaneously replied “Well, pick it up!” But now “There’s ice on the floor” has become sort of a running gag in our house when a piece of ice falls on the floor.

To answer the OP seriously, though – © I pick it up and toss it in the sink.

15

Bingo.

16

E now that we have a dog. If he hears the trays coming out, he comes running, and will give us a dirty glare if they get put back in the freezer without him getting his toy.

Post marriage and pre dog, C

Pre marriage and pre dog, D, or actually, uh, G? Don’t even bother kicking it. Just let it melt wherever it falls.

17

Sometimes C, mostly B.

I know some people that will always pick C, reasoning that once it touches the floor, it’s covered in AIDS, e-coli, and swine flu. Um, folks? Rinsing it off is pretty much the same as sterilizing it.

18

C. B seems kind of pointless, because, well, it’s an ice cube. I have hundreds of 'em. Plus, I’ll use more water rinsing it off than I would use to make another cube, so environmentally it’s a loss.

In case that figures into anyone’s reasoning.

19

I guess I’m a slob- but D… and I own. It’s not going to make that big of a deal.

20

I agree, though I still usually do C (I did B more often when I could just turn around and the sink was a foot and a half away). Unless, like Anaamika, I’m running low on ice.)