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AIBU?

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Who IS being unreasonable?

46 replies

ContraryFairy · 08/10/2017 18:40

Person A puts some veggie sausages in a frying pan in the hob for person B.

Busy chaotic lunch. Rushing to drop kids all over etc. Person B does a drop off, person A leaves Kitchen. Kids do dishwasher.

Lunch over.

Person B returns, takes the sausages out of the pan and eats them.

4 hours on...

Get home. Kitchen hot. Pan still on.

Who is in the wrong for leaving the pan on? A or B?

TIA!

OP posts:
Ecureuil · 08/10/2017 18:41

Person B

MyBrilliantDisguise · 08/10/2017 18:41

Person B is to blame as he/she was the person who took the sausages out of the pan, so should have turned the pan off.

HOWEVER... how long were those sausages cooking, for goodness sake?!

Kleinzeit · 08/10/2017 18:42

Both. Leaving an unattended frying pan on a hot hob is dangerous.

AuntLydia · 08/10/2017 18:42

Both really but so not worth arguing about. They just for forgotten about - it happens. Presumably b assumed a had turned pan off and a assumed b would. No biggie.

MuddyMoose · 08/10/2017 18:43

I think person B as they were the ones to finish off cooking & take the food out the pan. They should of checked all was turned off before sitting to eat.

CherieBabySpliffUp · 08/10/2017 18:43

B, they stopped the food cooking so should have turned the hob off

Katyazamo · 08/10/2017 18:43

I would say person A for leaving the room with a pan on if I've got the right gist of things.

Bluntness100 · 08/10/2017 18:45

Well how long between person a leaving kitchen and person b returning?

Either way it’s Person b every time, they were last to be at the pan.

ShowMePotatoSalad · 08/10/2017 18:45

Both. The frying pan was left unattended not once but TWICE! Utter madness.

ContraryFairy · 08/10/2017 18:47

They were veggie sausages. They don't change.

No fat.

5 mins drop off for person B. Person A left room as Person B returned from drop off.

OP posts:
pigsDOfly · 08/10/2017 18:48

Sounds like they're both being a bit careless.

Person A shouldn't have put food onto fry and then left the kitchen and ignored the fact that they have left sausages frying.

Person B should have made sure the hob was turned off when they took the sausages off the hob; if the sausages were warm chances are the hob was still on, person B should have checked to make sure it was off.

ContraryFairy · 08/10/2017 18:49

Person B has form- 2 ruined saucepans from leaving 'poached egg' water on for hours.

Does this matter?

OP posts:
Ragnarhairybretches · 08/10/2017 18:49

^^ it's not the fat. It's a hot pan and hob unattended

pigsDOfly · 08/10/2017 18:50

I'm beginning to suspect that OP is person A.

Sparkletastic · 08/10/2017 18:50

Person B without question

Fluffypinkpyjamas · 08/10/2017 18:51

B

MillicentFawcett · 08/10/2017 18:52

B. Your husband is a twat

EllaHen · 08/10/2017 18:52

The lack of communication is to blame. No, scratch that - person B is to blame.

Sounds like person B is being a baby and saying "but you put them on."

Person B is pretty ungrateful too.

Quartz2208 · 08/10/2017 18:53

Both it's a unsafe way to cook leaving a frying pan unattended

LaContessaDiPlump · 08/10/2017 18:53

B

Toadinthehole · 08/10/2017 18:54

Both.

SecondHandSnake · 08/10/2017 18:55

Person B. No brainer. Who just takes sausages out of a frying pan and returns it to the hob without turning it off?

Someone who doesn't do enough cooking I'd wager.

bridgetreilly · 08/10/2017 18:55

Both. Person A shouldn't leave the pan on without explicitly saying to person B that there are sausages cooking for them and they are now responsible for the pan. Person B should clearly have turned the heat off when they ate the sausages.

Next time, both of you turn the pan off when you aren't there.

PurpleDaisies · 08/10/2017 18:55

B left the pan on after they ate the sausages. They're most at fault but I don't think A was sensible for leaving the sausage in the pan unattended.

BrutusMcDogface · 08/10/2017 18:55

What Millicent said! I'm sure you're A and your partner is B. And yes, he/she (B) is in the wrong.

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