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Disagree with communal fridge

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Frannni · 02/08/2024 18:29

Our neighbour, we shall call them “neighbour X” recentl started a discussion on the street WhatsApp about needing a communal fridge so anyone on the street can store excess fridge stuff over the summer. Everyone chipped in and “neighbour x” bought the fridge.

I am starting to get a bit miffed about it all, as firstly the fridge is kept at neighbour Xs house, which means they kind of control it. Secondly, we needed to use it recently to store excess drinks as we were having people over. Guess what, it was full so no use at all.

What has really annoyed me is that I have since heard it was mainly full due to neighbour X filling it with their own stuff. I am feeling really annoyed that we chipped in £50 for something we cannot even use when we need it. AIBU?

OP posts:
Rubyupbeat · 02/08/2024 22:54

Sorry, but I don't believe this is true. Absolutely unworkable.

Hereforthesandwiches · 02/08/2024 22:54

Bizarro. I wouldn't want to share a fridge with my neighbours. What a weird idea.

PorridgeEater · 02/08/2024 22:45

What a silly idea. Not at all surprising this doesn't work - have to write the £50 off to experience I suppose.

PracticalLady · 02/08/2024 22:39

My first thought is, is everyone being charged for the running costs? It's a very strange idea and no, you are not being unreasonable.

Beautiful3 · 02/08/2024 22:32

How many neighbours is it for? How are they all going to store stuff in it?! I presume most of you all would want the fridge part, for wine/beers/pop and bbq meat. Sounds to me like you've all paid, for your neighbour to get a second fridge!

betterangels · 02/08/2024 22:31

I'm not sure why anyone thought that was a good idea. You've basically all bought your neighbour new fridge. Bizarre.

paradisecircus · 02/08/2024 22:24

YANBU, but as you've donated £50 I think you have a right to be assertive about wanting some space in the fridge

Bertsmum22 · 02/08/2024 22:22

What?! So you have to take things over to hers and put them in and ask when you need them?! This is so weird!!

Mayorq · 02/08/2024 22:22

May as well have chipped in for a communal en suite

TwinklyNight · 02/08/2024 22:21

That was a stupid idea from the get go.
Get yourself a second fridge or a Styrofoam cooler for keeping drinks cold when you need extra cold drinks for company.

Zanatdy · 02/08/2024 22:19

What a bizarre set up. The person who has the fridge in their garage etc need to ensure that there’s space if someone wants to use it, a shelf each etc, otherwise it’s totally unfair. Seems an absolute crazy idea to start with, your neighbour got themselves an overflow fridge that their neighbours paid for!

Viviennemary · 02/08/2024 22:15

It was a mad idea. Just buy a bigger fridge for yourself if you need more storage.

RLouiseH · 02/08/2024 22:13

I am starting to get a bit miffed about it all, as firstly the fridge is kept at neighbour Xs house, which means they kind of control it.

Well when you first agreed to this deal, did you not know this? Surely before paying you knew where it was going to be kept. So that’s on you.

I mean this whole thing is absolutely absurd. I just don’t know why you’d agree to this or what you were expecting.

But if you genuinely are asking for advice about this bizzare scenario, I’d be knocking on the neighbours door asking for my money back if I can’t store my food in it. Don’t be taken for a mug.

Cocobeau · 02/08/2024 22:13

So much weirdness in one post

VividQuoter · 02/08/2024 22:09

this is why i am not on any school, community, street, church, you name it what's app. Only work ones because it is money for me and at the end of the day I am happy to come home, close the door and not care who is doing what out there.

My piece of a fridge in someone elses house. NO WAY.

JelloOfInfiniteFest · 02/08/2024 22:02

Is this the fridge?

Disagree with communal fridge
nutella8 · 02/08/2024 21:57

Totally bonkers, thanks for the chuckle

Angelsrose · 02/08/2024 21:54

This was a foolish decision op. Wave goodbye to your £50 and chalk it up to experience.

MassiveOvaryaction · 02/08/2024 21:48

So neighbour X got the street to crowdfund their new fridge? That's some top tier cf-ery (with a touch of geniosity).

You'd have been better to spend your 50 quid on a second hand one from FB marketplace.

RafaFan · 02/08/2024 21:46

If you did manage to secure space in the fridge, what arrangements are in place for accessing it if you need your stuff when the neighbour's away?

ISeriouslyDoubtIt · 02/08/2024 21:46

When I read about scams I always wonder how people could be so gullible to be taken in...but this just takes the biscuit. Why anyone would think paying a neighbour 50 quid for a share in a fridge in the neighbour's property was a good idea is just beyond me.
Please say that not all the neighbours chipped in, surely some of them must have retained their mental faculties.

drane · 02/08/2024 21:42

Neighbour X's fridge broke and you dumb fools paid for a replacement

Actupfishy · 02/08/2024 21:37

Batshit and hilarious in equal measures.
imagine being the one whose house it is in and neighbours constantly knocking for the ham and milk 😄

KreedKafer · 02/08/2024 21:33

firstly the fridge is kept at neighbour Xs house

What were you expecting? Some kind of shared custody agreement whereby he drops it off at yours every other week and you alternate Christmases?

Who the fuck has a ‘communal’ fridge and more importantly, why would you not have considered the blindingly obvious pitfalls of this plan before giving your neighbour £50?

dawngreen · 02/08/2024 21:32

I expected it to be about food pantries.