ab·hor·rent
Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
Feeling repugnance or loathing.
What is it that makes a normal, functioning human being forget all propriety at work and feel it is acceptable to leave their food in the refrigerator to rot for, well, until I finally get disgusted enough to take it out?
According to the ADA/ConAgra Foods survey, 44 percent of office refrigerators are cleaned only once a month, and 22 percent are cleaned just once or twice a year.
And guess who is cleaning it out? ME! You jerks. Quit putting your food in the fridge and leaving it there for months. Michelle and I just removed the following items from the office refrigerator:
1. (3) containers full of rotting chickpeas (why would someone bring that many chickpeas to the office??)
2. (9) mini-cartons of curdled milk
3. (4) tupperwares full of unidentifiable meat (possibly turkey, but the layer of green fuzz made it difficult to tell)
4. (7) yogurts
5. (14) half drank bottles of soda, water, juice
6. (5) half-eaten Quizno's sandwiches
And... A slice of cheese from August 05, a carton of orange juice from February 05, a bag full of oozing messiness that almost didn't make it to the trash, three rotten apples, a really squishy pear, and two bags of goopy carrots.
If any of those things were yours, you owe me retribution for the mental anguish I'm currently in and for the inevitable years of my life I have lost in handling your molded and diseased food. I only accept cash.
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But how do MAKE these people get disgusted at themselves before we get disgusted at THEM. I mean, ew.
Dida we could really use that mini-fridge back. This is all your fault.
You two are heros of the work world, Laura!
We learned in one of my classes on office design that the biggest problem in office buildings is caused by food in the refrigerators. Bacteria build-up caused by old food can leak into the moisture underneath the refrigerator. This, combined with a slow breakdown of the refrigerator's parts ... well, long story short - the worst-case scenario is that the bacteria, mold, and toxins will get into the air systems, and can cause a building-wide disease (whose name I can't recall at the moment) that causes shortness of breath, and potentially lung disease.
So KUDOS, for taking care of your building mates!!
Legionnaires Disease!! That's what it's called. Just in case you were wondering. Man, I'm glad I remembered, it would've been bothering me all day.
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