As promised, here is the first of the teased posts.
I was in the fridge yesterday, late for our trip up through the wilds of upstate New York and Pennsylvania, and looking for the milk to put in my iced coffee. I was really looking forward to this particular cup, as it was my first in three months. As the family waited impatiently for me in the car, as I was running late as usual, I COULD NOT LOCATE THE MILK.
Milk is supposed to stay in the same place in the fridge, Just like one should not leave just a drip in the container and put it back, or put it back if it is spoiled, one should not return he milk to a different spot in said refrigerator, This is just basic milk etiquette, that everyone is or should be aware of.
However, these rules were clearly not be followed in my house yesterday. There is a possibility that the milk WAS put in the right place, but then other things were put in front of it, in violation of the rules, which caused it to move into the back of the fridge, with clearly NON -MILK items in front of it. Or someone just put it in the back of the fridge, which is a capital offence to milk etiquette everywhere. Either way, this is where I found it. In the back of the fridge, with no other milk products in front of it.
So to review.
1. Do not put a container with just a drip of milk left back in the refrigerator
2. If the milk is bad*, throw it away ( *This rule is suspended for those who refuse to believe that milk ever goes bad.)
3. Put the milk back where it belongs.
4. Do not put it in the back of the fridge, or in a different place each time.
5. Except for other containers of milk with more recent expiration dates, do not put other things in front of the milk. Some other milk based or related products can go in front of milk, but it is not considered classy to do so.
6. If you finish the last container, either replace it or tell someone who does the purchasing that the house is out of milk.
Please remember these rules, there will be a test on it later.
5 comments:
But why?
Where to start?
I'll just say your stereo type roots are showing, and it ain't pretty.
A good post, I'll grant you that, but I actually was in the company of some women who were discussing this (placement of stuff in the fridge), and I wanted to rip my hair out. It was so clear how absolutely control freaky nuts she was, and completely dismissive of her family (husband especially) as being complete imbeciles who would be lost and break down if the ketchup was not in the same place every time.
Spend the extra minute and find it. It's a good brain exercise, it prepares you for curve balls that life throws at you, and helps make your life more spontaneous in a safe and innocuous way.
FBB, this has nothing to do with stereotypes. I am not advocating that everything in the Fridge has to be in the same spot. ( although i DO know people who feel that way.) This is specifically for milk, which has its own rules based upon the nature of the milk, and when and how it is used.
Milk is one of the things that if time is invested looking for it the effects could be disastrous. if one is the type of person who waits for the last minute before running out the door to put milk in their coffee, then the milk must remain in the same place always. since that is what prompted the post then yes the milk must always remain in the same place, however knowing this family i know that the milk will be constantly running around the fridge after this post. i would even go so far as to assume that it will end up in the otherwise empty fridge in the garage.
my approach to something in the fridge that I can't find is,
"WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE! COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP."
That usually works
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