Fridge etiquette WIBU?

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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.

Person 1 is a child but over 18 yes

I will probably buy some more olives but it was the indignation of not covering them up then refusing to rinse them and demanding £4 when we have 79 Tupperwares all empty in the cupboard! She is always shoving food in the fridge like this

So it’s your child? That was really important in judging the situation

Person 1 is being petty. It’s £4 and it was an accident.

I can see how person 1 would be annoyed but should just accept it was an accident. If I were you, I’d have just said, well it was an accident waiting to happen type thing and then said that I’ll just get some more with the next shop. If my child (however old) was demanding I owe them £4, I would be pretty irritated and tell them to do one. Then I would probably be petty and say they can’t eat anything I’ve bought and then I’d give them an itemised bill for the week so far. I would definitely not tolerate my child demanding I pay them back when I have spend thousands over the years on everything they want/need on all the nice things they want (clothes, shoes, gadgets, holidays, driving lessons, uni etc.)

Well if she has a habit of precariously putting food in the fridge then she needs to suck it up. Consequences and all that. I would have washed the olives and put them back into a Tupperware container in our house it's loads of containers from all the Chinese takeaways if she doesn't want to eat them then that's on her. Maybe just maybe she will be more careful next time.

Person 1 is obviously the op's teenage (probably son) so is therefore, by definition, at fault

Person 1 is wrong. Why would you balance an opened carton of food on a bottle rack - it was foreseeable that it was going to spill especially if the fridge is a shared fridge.

Bloody hell I'm slow.

I cannot stand people who balance stuff in the fridge. That’s just asking for trouble.

Is there a back story? Over eighteen is not a child. Unless you mean technically due to additonal needs or you meant to write your child?

If I knocked something of my daughters over I’d replace it and not sit and argue with her about four quid. Is that what you are actually doing?

As in are you the parent ans setting a bad example?

@Bluntness100

Is there a back story? Over eighteen is not a child. Unless you mean technically due to additonal needs or you meant to write your child?

If I knocked something of my daughters over I’d replace it and not sit and argue with her about four quid. Is that what you are actually doing?

As in are you the parent ans setting a bad example?

My child yes

I wasn’t arguing about it, she was arguing with me! but I didn’t think they needed to go in the bin anyway. The floor was fairly clean I cleaned it yesterday.

Teenagers 😂

Why’s she arguing with you? Surely you caused the accident you pay.

I'd say neither of them should be living in a shared house.

Well I wouldn't want to eat off the floor...

You or the 18 year old "child" should have offered to replace them

Probably both a bit wrong. Balancing on bottles with an open lid is a bit short sighted but then again it doesn’t take a lot of common sens to remove what’s on top of the bottle before taking it from the fridge. An accident, easy not to repeat. Wouldn’t be paying £4 although probably replace when convenient.

Both wrong.

Person 2 was careless, and it wasn’t an accident. They should have seen the food container balanced there.

Person 1 shlould have put an half-opened container in a bowl or the contents in a more stable container.

I’m betting you’re Person 2, OP?

My answer would be, who’s fridge is it? If person that has £4 olives doesn’t own fridge I would suggest get their own bloody fridge

I'm assuming you're person 2. Does your child have a lot of spare cash? If they can't afford to replace it, then I wouldn't begrudge the £4.
I also wouldn't eat of my own kitchen floor, nor would I expect my child to even if it had been cleaned the previous day.

Damn now I want olives, good fancy ones. 🫒

Tiny bit petty for a one off mistake but if they’re young (my DC for instance) I’d probably apologise for my part in the ‘mistake’ tell them they were over reacting (and probably buy them another one tomorrow).

Person 1 shouldn't stuff things in the fridge that have been opened, but aren't cling filmed or in tupperware, so they are the one being unreasonable.
Accidents happen when things are stuffed in. They took a risk and were unlucky this time.

Also, they could still have eaten the olives - this wasn't a trifle that spread across the floor.
No way would I be replacing them.

person 2 thinks if you leave something with no lid on it then it’s your own fault if it tips over.

Person 2 is right.

Person 1 should have secured the item better but person 2 should have been more careful when pulling out the bottle so both are in the wrong.

Don't balance stuff in the fridge that's going to fall on other people. It does my head in when people do this.