I clean out the break room fridge every July 4 and December 25 (due to my alternate holiday schedule). They don’t mind losing a couple of hours of productivity from me. I don’t mind doing it as much as most people, because I’m not so good at smelling. There are definitely times it comes in handy.
Now I’m wondering whether there’s anything festering in there now; the office has been abandoned since March, and we’re not going back until January at the earliest.
I used to clean out the fridge at work once a month (we had 2 and I’d alternate). I’d post a sign there a week in advance warning that everything goes unless you put your name and a date on it. I’d do it at 6 am so that people could wait and put their lunch in for that day. And still people would whine when I threw something out that they wanted to keep.
Everything in our office Fridge not in a commercial package (ie, condiments, etc) gets tossed on Fridays. Once a month, it got totally clean (list was on the Fridge).
I don’t remember ever cleaning out the fridge at work but no one else would clean the microwave oven, so I actually liked to do that. It could get pretty gross too, and the earlier spills etc. kept getting cooked on worse and worse as time went by. I don’t know if anyone else thought of it, but I certainly didn’t want any month-old spills (or whatever was spattered in the inside of the oven) dropping on my plate or in my cup when I’m heating them up!
allen@home about 4 years ago
I think it’s to late for one of you to clean it up. Need to call in a hazmat team.
RobinHood about 4 years ago
“The garbage chute. What an incredible smell you’ve discovered. "
jeffiekins about 4 years ago
I clean out the break room fridge every July 4 and December 25 (due to my alternate holiday schedule). They don’t mind losing a couple of hours of productivity from me. I don’t mind doing it as much as most people, because I’m not so good at smelling. There are definitely times it comes in handy.
Now I’m wondering whether there’s anything festering in there now; the office has been abandoned since March, and we’re not going back until January at the earliest.
Bill The Nuke about 4 years ago
I used to clean out the fridge at work once a month (we had 2 and I’d alternate). I’d post a sign there a week in advance warning that everything goes unless you put your name and a date on it. I’d do it at 6 am so that people could wait and put their lunch in for that day. And still people would whine when I threw something out that they wanted to keep.
Lee26 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Everything in our office Fridge not in a commercial package (ie, condiments, etc) gets tossed on Fridays. Once a month, it got totally clean (list was on the Fridge).
weirdme Premium Member about 4 years ago
I don’t want to be there! It look like a disaster zone.
RobinHood about 4 years ago
Farewell and RIP Diana RiggMrs. Emma Peel and Olenna Tyrell.
And now her watch has ended, we may never see her like again.
WF11 about 4 years ago
I don’t remember ever cleaning out the fridge at work but no one else would clean the microwave oven, so I actually liked to do that. It could get pretty gross too, and the earlier spills etc. kept getting cooked on worse and worse as time went by. I don’t know if anyone else thought of it, but I certainly didn’t want any month-old spills (or whatever was spattered in the inside of the oven) dropping on my plate or in my cup when I’m heating them up!