# Refrigerator door left slightly ajar all day.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 13, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refrigerator-door-left-slightly-ajar-all-day/513602 "2009-10-13T00:27:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refrigerator-door-left-slightly-ajar-all-day/513602/1 "2009-10-13T00:27:44Z")

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Is everything that could spoil- spoiled?

Nothing is really cold to the touch. It all feels like it had been stored in a cooler but without any ice.

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**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refrigerator-door-left-slightly-ajar-all-day/513602/2 "2009-10-13T01:26:16Z")

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some might some might not. Depends on how far the door was open and how full the frig was.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refrigerator-door-left-slightly-ajar-all-day/513602/3 "2009-10-13T02:06:35Z")

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The stuff in the back will probably be okay. Anything in the door - particularly easy to spoil things, may quite possibly be bad. There are too many factors involved, I personally would toss anything that spoils easily.