Fridge etiquette WIBU?

[MeePee]

Person 1 puts something into the fridge they have bought which cost £4. Fridge is already quite full. Container of food has been opened by pulling back the film lid. Person 1 places (balances) item on the bottle rack shelf near top of fridge.

Person 2 goes to fridge and takes out a bottle from the rack next to the container, accidentally knocks food container and whole contents go on the floor.

Person 2 clears it up as they split it but person 1 is angry and wants the £4 back for it

Person 2 commented that if it had a secure lid and placed on a flat shelf it may not have been wasted on the floor, plenty of Tupperware was available.

Person 1 is insistent on the refund and person 2 thinks if you leave something with no lid on it then it’s your own fault if it tips over.

Are you all strangers- at primary school?

The person who dropped it should replace it.

It wouldn’t even cross my mind that money would be needed in recompense. Depending on circumstances I might offer to pick some more up for person 1 if I was person 2.

Where is the fridge? Are they colleagues?

If I knocked someones food out of the fridge I would probably offer to repay it to or give them some of my food.

If it's a shared fridge and you knock someone else's thing on the floor because you were careless, that's your fault.

If I grabbed a thing off a shelf in a shop and knocked another thing on the floor, I'd expect to pay

Everyone should be more careful.

Tupperware was invented for just this sort of situation.

Actually, depending on how I felt about person 2, I would insist on being refunded even if it was 50p

No essential food items were harmed or involved in this situation. It was a big pot of olives so they all rolled and bounced around. Person 2 didn’t realise the film lid was off. Person 2 pays for 90% of all food/bills/transport. Person 2 would have just put them back into pot and ate them (5 second rule) but person 1 was present at the event

Well that changes everything. Olives would be scooped up, rinsed and eaten. No harm done!

You can wash an olive!

Oh OLIVES?! FGS. I was imagining tiramisu.

You can wash olives. Change my vote!

A bit of a boring thread (sorry), but Person A is at fault.

Why is today so slow on MN!

If person 1 insisted on the olives being thrown out then they are unreasonable. They can be scooped up and put back.

Office fridge then person 2 should pay to prevent office gossiping and nastiness and it forever being known as fridgegate.
Home fridge no payment needed 1 should have been more careful.

I take it person 1 and 2 do not like each other at all?

£2 each seems fair, but if person 1 and person 2 are in a relationship then they seriously need to reconsider their future if they argue over a pot of olives.

Are people 1&2 flat mates, work colleagues or adults in a committed relationship? I think it’s relevant.

Ah - I missed the bit that person 1 is young. So presumably a small child to whom £4 is a lot. That does alter things.

Person 1 is wrong. Rinse and put them back.

Olives?
Bloody hell. I've changed my mind. They should have picked them up and given them a wash.

Or not. Floor bits may have somewhat disguised the rancid taste of Satan's sweaty bollocks.

Why can’t you say the setting of this? Is it a domestic setting? Parent and child or partners? It does make a difference

I would pay the £4 joyfully then Ms or Mr £4 would receive a running commentary of the costs of food purchased and household services and personal Uber for them to pay until the message sinks in.

It’s £4 and clearly an accident, I think both people should just move on and accept ‘shit’ happens

Who the people are is important for this.

Colleagues - person 2 should pay
Spouses - person 2 should not pay
Child - person 2 shouldn't have to pay but I probably would because £4 is a lot to a child

Person 1 is wrong. You don’t balance something open on the top of bottles

You either find some cling film/foil/lid and put it over or move stuff in the fridge

Anyway if they have had some then they don’t get £4 it’s partly eaten