Community: Message List - What's in the fridge?

Re: What's in the fridge?

community-no-reply@homeaway.com — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:00:29 GMT

WINE AND BEER!!!!!!!

Re: What's in the fridge?

community-no-reply@homeaway.com — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:23:29 GMT

WAIT-- last post should have said "I've had NO problems with the refrigerator!" Sorry...

Debj

Re: What's in the fridge?

community-no-reply@homeaway.com — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:22:19 GMT

After suffering broken shelves a time or 2 I bought a small ice chest on wheels. I think some guests tried to stuff in too much beer- ( it weighs a LOT if you stuff a fridge full!). The cooler is right around the corner from the kitchen in the laundry area, and I encourage people to use it for overflow.

Since I've done this I've had problems with the refrigerator. ( SO FAR!~~~!)

Debj

Re: What's in the fridge?

community-no-reply@homeaway.com — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:21:47 GMT

In my case its not what's in the fridge but what was in the fridge! Your broken shelf reminds me of my worst renter this year. He is a well known national figure and his family also broke our shelves in the fridge as well as its drawers inside. I was wondering if he was stuffing a girl friend, groupie, or other in there when the wife shows up. They should work for Consumer Reports on appliances.

Re: What's in the fridge?

community-no-reply@homeaway.com — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:39:19 GMT

We have suggested to guests that if they wish to leave food behind (useable, unopened), we are happy to donate to a locate food pantry. With pantrys not receiving donations as they did years ago, they are very grateful for all they get. We donate fresh fruit and vegetables, cereal, milk, butter, juice, jams and bread.

Our cleaning people get the beer, I get the wine and vodka.

Marilyn

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Re: What's in the fridge?

community-no-reply@homeaway.com — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:59:07 GMT

Most common: ketchup & mustard.

Best: My FAVORITE was three perfectly ripe mangos. I love mangos!

Worst: a broken shelf probably caused by them shoving too much into the fridge

Wierdest was two gallons of milk, unopened, not expired. Who buys more than one gallon at a time?

Re: What's in the fridge?

community-no-reply@homeaway.com — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:09:47 GMT

Oooo David, I love those little red/yellow/orange sweet peppers, too.

This is a fun thread. Thanks swiss-house...

1. MOST COMMON: butter! We gotta a lotta butta!!

2. BEST: ice cream from a local place here called, "Tropical Dreams". (Eat your heart out Ben & Jerry)

3. WORST: Old, brownish, runny guacamole. (I've got to stop giving guests avocados)

4. WEIRDEST: We don't know what it was. It was "Asian" we think, from the special section in the local supermarket. It was in one of our "Zip-Lock Food tubs". You tell me: brownish/greenish sauce, leafy and very pungent. Very weird. Did not taste.

P.S. For clarity: we completely clean the refrigerators between guests. Every guest finds a clean, empty refrigerator [except for a few bottles of cold water we provide for "arrival quenching"...the drive from airport is long]. We do not leave food from previous guests in the refrigerator. We do have a grocery pantry we stock...and supplement with anything unopened that is left behind. The little food pantry is "a hit".

Re: What's in the fridge?

community-no-reply@homeaway.com — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:53:20 GMT

Wow, could you please pass along the name of the guest that left the Grey Goose, etc. I'd love to have them as a tenant. LOL

Re: What's in the fridge?

community-no-reply@homeaway.com — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:03:12 GMT

Funny that you brought this subject up, I just posted how almost all of our guests leave something for the next guest. When I went to my vacation home, my guests actually left me (they knew I was coming) a fresh unopened package of cherries and strawberries. Along with some ice cream bars which helped with the triple digit temps.

I do remember one year my cleaning lady said that some people had left their entire Thanksgiving dinner in the fridge and what to do with it? I said...throw it out. Just as she was about to do that, other family members came to retreive it (after check out time). STRANGE!

Most of the time, folks are very considerate and leave a treat for someone else that they don't even know. My cleaning folks have strict instructions to check expiration dates on anything and get rid of anything expired. Since they do this all the time, they know what has been added each time, so it doesn't take long. I also let them take things home for their families if I don't have someone checking in for a period of time. They love that!

Re: What's in the fridge?

community-no-reply@homeaway.com — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:44:22 GMT

1. Most Common - Salad dressings, ketchup, mustard, jam and ice

2. Best - Alcohol. Unopened large bottles. 10 bottles total...4 opened (threw them out)...6 sealed and never opened...Grey goose vodka, Saphire Gin, Meyers rum, Jim Beam (or was it Jack Daniels?), Baileys Irish Cream, and Ketel One vodka. Hundreds of dollars of alcohol. Also, 2 dozen bottles of beer...Sierra nevada. An email from the guest shortly after his check-out, indicated he'd forgotten to take it and was furious with himself. He was too far away to come back for it and didn't wanna pay the postage. He asked me to put it to good use haha.

3. Worst - Molasses...an entire LARGE jar of malasses (lid off) knocked on its side. The entire jar had oozed onto the top rack of the fridge and had then dripped and oozed down onto each and every other shelf. It had set solid, like hard candy and took more than an hour to clean just the fridge.

4. Weird - An entire meal, ribeye steaks, corn and potatoes...cooked on the grill and then left there. Completely dehydrated and shrivelled up...had been sitting in there for days prior to them leaving.