every roommate i've ever had has some weird problem with buying food, forgetting they have it, and then it expires and instead of throwing it out they just keep it around and buy new food again. rinse and repeat until 8 months down the line when the fridge and freezer and pantry are all too full to put anything else in and we have to go in and throw away like 6 trashbags full of expired food.
is this a normal thing? like wtf i only buy what i know i'm going to eat and if it does expire i chuck it almost immediately. seeing other people's habits with food like that kind of sickens me tbh.
@teto there is no reason to have a full fridge unless you have like a family of 6
@teto i've asked why they do this and they legitimately just forget that they have bought something. they'll use it once after they buy it and then it gets tucked away and forgotten about. i think the main reason for that is because they eat out so much that they just don't look at the food that they have at home.
@beardalaxy
Yes, totally normal.
@beardalaxy@gameliberty.club
Lots of people do it
I might have a couple weeks worth of sandwich meat (leftovers from my lunches during the week) that I'll throw away all at once
My brother has a completely packed fridge with old shit and stuff he's never gonna eat or has long expired
My mom did the same
@histoire3 a couple weeks isn't bad at all. i'm talking about like, 3 individual cream cheese containers, all at various levels of usage, all with various levels of mold.
@beardalaxy@gameliberty.club
Yeah I don't get it either
It'd be one thing if they were storing stuff to actually use later, but it's just going to waste
I hate that kind of brainless behavior
I only tolerate it in my gf because I love her (and it's not THAT bad, just some creme fraiche or cheese every now and then goes bad )
