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Original poster

To put a sign on the yoghurt

35 replies

smellyyoghurt · 16/09/2021 20:19

2 days ago the kids asked for yoghurt, my DH went to the fridge to get some and found a large pot of unopened yoghurt which had gone out of date 2 weeks ago. He put the pot of out of date yoghurt on the side in the kitchen.

So for 2 warm days the yoghurt has sat there.

I do not want to be the one to deal with it. Yes it is petty. But I am determined not to always be the magical fairy that cleans up everything, including what will now be very smelly yoghurt, because he was too lazy to deal with it. OK I could put it in the bin rather than wash it and recycle it. But still.

So, what to do. A sign feels way too passive aggressive. But I'm thinking of decorating it with the kids tomorrow...sticking on some giant boggly eyes, and a speech bubble saying "please recycle me"? AIBU

OP posts:
GreyhoundG1rl · 16/09/2021 20:22

Who has the headspace for this sort of pa nonsense?

Freeloadingtosser · 16/09/2021 20:24

Yogurt lasts weeks 'out of date'. If the top hasn't domed it's probably actually fine so no need for this.

DismantledKing · 16/09/2021 20:25

@GreyhoundG1rl

Who has the headspace for this sort of pa nonsense?
I know. It’d be far quicker and more productive to discuss it with husband/kids than to type it out on here.
Yesitsbess · 16/09/2021 20:25

Me. Put boogley eyes on it and name it Dave.

mollibu · 16/09/2021 20:26

"Can someone discard of the yoghurt on the side please?"

Job done, surely?

Original poster
smellyyoghurt · 16/09/2021 20:26

Maybe I should have put lighthearted. I mean there's a kernel of truth in that I don't want to be the one to do it, but I'm not really going to leave a note! The boggly eyes I might do though!

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Anonymous48 · 16/09/2021 20:27

@Freeloadingtosser

Yogurt lasts weeks 'out of date'. If the top hasn't domed it's probably actually fine so no need for this.
Not when it's out of the fridge.
Yesitsbess · 16/09/2021 20:28

They didn't put the cucumbers away fast enough.

Always have boogly eyes to hand.

To put a sign on the yoghurt
legalseagull · 16/09/2021 20:30

I'm with you OP. I'm so fed up of being the only one who does any household DIY or odd jobs. DH is completely blind to jobs and doesn't register when I do them. The lightbulb went in the bathroom about a month ago. I went 'on strike' and didn't change it. THREE WEEKS we were weeing in the dark before I eventually exploded and he did if.

nocoolnamesleft · 16/09/2021 20:30

In the aftermath of the cabinet reshuffle, rename the dodgy yoghurt as the new Culture Secretary.

HatsOnHatsOff · 16/09/2021 20:30

Draw an angry face on it and s caption saying 'if you don't move me soon I'll explode'.

Or a picture of a cartoon style bomb with the words tic tic tic....

Original poster
smellyyoghurt · 16/09/2021 20:31

@Yesitsbess that's brilliant. Now I wish he'd left more than 1 pot of yoghurt out so I could make a boggly-eyed yoghurt army!

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Yesitsbess · 16/09/2021 20:33

With tiny tinfoil weapons? excellent plan.

Dave will need a name badge, possibly glasses.

Yesitsbess · 16/09/2021 20:35

@nocoolnamesleft

In the aftermath of the cabinet reshuffle, rename the dodgy yoghurt as the new Culture Secretary.
This is also a fine plan.
SophiesMummySaid · 16/09/2021 20:38

Oh god, I hear you. No advice but I have flipped before and done similar. To answer pp’s about why - because I get sick of the endless cycle of being in charge of this shit all the time

Peanutsandchilli · 16/09/2021 20:44

Perhaps just ask him to clear up the mess he's left?

Although I'd take the opportunity to educate him about out of date yoghurt, and how it's perfectly fine to eat even weeks past its use by date.

legalseagull · 16/09/2021 20:54

Is yoghurt really ok to have past it's date? I've got a big tub which has three days ago on

CheeseTiger · 16/09/2021 20:56

Put it in his drawer

HatsOnHatsOff · 16/09/2021 20:56

@legalseagull

Is yoghurt really ok to have past it's date? I've got a big tub which has three days ago on
If it's not blown it's absolutely fine. I've eaten much older than 3 days out of date.
TractorAndHeadphones · 16/09/2021 21:08

@Yesitsbess

They didn't put the cucumbers away fast enough.

Always have boogly eyes to hand.

You've made my day @Yesitsbess
TractorAndHeadphones · 16/09/2021 21:09

@nocoolnamesleft

In the aftermath of the cabinet reshuffle, rename the dodgy yoghurt as the new Culture Secretary.
you made my day too
Boredhimtodeath · 16/09/2021 21:11

I play dumb! I would ask “what are you planning with the yogurt?” Then when he responds with “oh it’s gone bad” I can say “ahh I was confused with it not being binned, I assumed you were keeping it for something in particular- how come you left it there then?”

Bimblybomeyelash · 16/09/2021 21:12

Nothing makes me more mad than when my dh goes through the fridge and throws away perfectly good food. Best before dates are not the same as use by dates!!!!

BrutusMcDogface · 16/09/2021 21:18

Just one thing. “Boggly” eyes? “Boogly” eyes?

They’re “googly”, aren’t they?!

🤣

Boredhimtodeath · 16/09/2021 21:19

Yes to googly! Never heard bogley except as an insult

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