So for those of you who are first into your home after guests leave, what has been:

 

1. The MOST COMMON thing people leave in the fridge or freezer? Butter, milk, eggs, pancake syrup, peanut butter, salsa

 

2. The BEST thing someone has left in the fridge or freezer? My husband loves it when they leave beer. Expensive cuts of lunchmeat or speciality cheeses or organic pre-cut unopened fruit from Whole Foods.

 

3. The WORST thing someone has left in the fridge or freezer? Actually not in the freezer, but someone left cooked chicken breasts in a pan in the oven that had started to go bad.

 

4. the WEIRDEST thing someone has left in the fridge or freezer? not that weird but a big pot of cooked rice (still in the pot they cooked it in), actually by the same person that left the rotting chicken breasts in the oven.

 

 

 

 

So for those of you who are first into your home after guests leave, what has been:

1. The MOST COMMON thing people leave in the fridge or freezer? ... leftovers from Chinese food in those little fold-up paper cartons with the wire handle

2. The BEST thing someone has left in the fridge or freezer? I'm vegan so I don't eat much of anything they leave behind, but ... my sweetheart likes it when they leave eggs since he enjoys those for breakfast.  I do wish they would leave some vegan ice cream in the freezer, but so far, no luck. 

3. The WORST thing someone has left in the fridge or freezer? A whole refrigerator full of spoiled food, including glass bottles of milk that were more than 2 months old and had turned solid inside the bottles, cottage cheese and other items in a similar state; and food (some sort of meat & noodles dish) still in the skillet it was cooked in, which was all moldy.

4. the WEIRDEST thing someone has left in the fridge or freezer? Hmm, well, if "gross" counts as weird, I think my item #3 also counts as my item #4. 

Fun idea for a topic, swiss-house. Looking forward to seeing what other folks have to say.

1. The MOST COMMON - coffee creamer, sometimes half n half, sometimes flavored probably more than butter

2. The BEST - 4lbs of frozen chicken breasts along with a nearly new bag of those little red/yellow/orange sweet peppers, mmmmmmmm

3. The WORST - the half eaten 2 day old burrito.

4. the WEIRDEST - the bottle of wine we put there for them, seems most either don't drink it or they leave a replacement.

As we live on site, I get to see what's there right after they check out. I usually say to my wife, gee wonder what they left us. :) Of course guests moving on to another VR leave nothing, those headed for the airport leave everything.  None goes to waste, if we don't appropriate it for ourselves (with a cheerful, albeit silent thank you) our dogs get the rest, even if half eaten. That said, not too sure what to do with that new package of tofu, hmmmm.

The info sheet I email to tenants and leave in condo states, among other "rules" , to remove all food from fridge and cabinets. Also states that leaving food is one of the things that may cause the cleaning service to charge extra & notes that if I'm charged extra, the cost is passed along. Often, I check over the condo before our cleaning service. I'm happy to report that other than a few boxed items in cabinets, food isn't left.I do find it strange that lots of people leave disposible salt & pepper shakers. I have a nice set of salt  shaker & pepper grinder, boxed salt and whole mixed peppercorns in the condo.

Our cleaner gets anything that's left and loves when it's something good.  She's shared some of the items:

1. Most Common - butter, jam, pancake syrup (always the fake kind, not real maple) and liquor in the freezer (usually vodka!)  Our cleaner doesn't drink so it stays there!  Oh and various flavors of rum in the cabinet next to the fridge; well, it is the islands, mon.

2. Best - frozen chicken or vegetables in unopened packages.  Once there was a whole frozen chocolate cake!

3. Worst - anything spoiled, usually leftovers they should have thrown away, a leaking can of Coke (what a mess)

4. Weird - Are you ready?  Flip Flops!!!  What they were doing in the bottom veg drawer, we have no idea.  Cool feet?

Most Common AND best: beer ... and boy do I appreciate that! One guest left a whole case.

Worst: leftover food

Weirdest: Not sure what it was, but it was all over the refrigerator and took some real cleaning effort.

Mike

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!

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? 

WINE AND BEER!!!!!!!