are you one of those people who starts a new jar/tub before the old one is finished?

[Orang Utan]

if so, perhaps you can explain to me, WHY?

 

[sheothebudworths]

Absolutely not.
NO WAY!
FUCK, NO!!!!

 

[sheothebudworths]

In fact, I am one of those people who has to scrape every last morsel out of the old jar, before the new one can be opened (I am my mother's daughter in that respect ).

 

[Orang Utan]

In fact, I am one of those people who has to scrape every last morsel out of the old jar, before the new one can be opened (I am my mother's daughter in that respect ).

me too. i keep putting the old tub on top of the new one as a massive hint, yet he keeps discarding it and going for the full tub. he could at least throw it out.
i looked in his bathroom cabinet and what i found was truly disturbing - 9 unfinished toothpaste tubes (squeezed in the most inefficient manner - from the top) and over a dozen dead razors.
just what is going through the twisted mind of someone like this? is there anything i can do to remedy it or should i just try to forget about it and just indulge it as a strange habit. no doubt i have a few myself.

 

[yardbird]

The bread argument.
We had to finish off yesterdays before eating today's, meaning that we seldom had fresh bread.
Should use yesterdays for toast or something, but use the fresh, fresh.

 

[Biddlybee]

The bread argument.
We had to finish off yesterdays before eating today's, meaning that we seldom had fresh bread.
Should use yesterdays for toast or something, but use the fresh, fresh.

I think bread might be the exception the rule for this one - I can understand using the fresher to make sarnies and saving the old for toast... but opening a new jar or tub of something before the old one has finished, that's just odd.

 

[Santino]

I opened a new tub of butter-style spread this morning because it was the morning and I couldn't be fecked with scraping out the last of the old one.

And I opened that new Marmite the other day so we have two jars of that open.

 

[kabbes]

I don't reckon anybody is going to admit to this.

Probably most of the time, it's somebody not realising that there is already an open jar.

ETA: Damn you, Santino.

 

[Santino]

I don't reckon anybody is going to admit to this.

Probably most of the time, it's somebody not realising that there is already an open jar.

ETA: Damn you, Santino.

In your face, old man.

 

[yardbird]

I think bread might be the exception the rule for this one - I can understand using the fresher to make sarnies and saving the old for toast... but opening a new jar or tub of something before the old one has finished, that's just odd.

Old cornflakes V newly opened - no contest.
But I would always finish an old tub or jar of something.
After I've scraped off the mould of course.

 

[weltweit]

I had three tubs of marj in the fridge yesterday.

One full, the other two almost empty..

I dealt with them mercilessly though and now I only have ONE

 

[Biddlybee]

Old cornflakes V newly opened - no contest.

nope... finish the old box first, they're not going to get any fresher, and what can you do with slightly stale cornflakes?

 

[tarannau]

The answer's obvious there - hide the good new ones and leave the soggy flakes out for some your partner/unsuspecting patsie.

 

[yardbird]

nope... finish the old box first, they're not going to get any fresher, and what can you do with slightly stale cornflakes?

I could make crunchie chocolate biscuit things in the oven like my ma did

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I opened a new tub of butter-style spread this morning because it was the morning and I couldn't be fecked with scraping out the last of the old one.

And I opened that new Marmite the other day so we have two jars of that open.

You're a wrong 'un on so many levels.

Opening the new spread before finishing the old one.

Opening the new Marmite before finishing the old one.

Eating Marmite at all marks you out as a really wrong 'un.

There's no hope for you Santino, you're beyond redemption.

 

[weltweit]

Why is it that the very last bits of Peanut Butter, Peach Marmalade, Bovril or Marmite, those last bits that you have to work hard to get out .. why is it that they always taste loads better than the first bits!

 

[Santino]

You're a wrong 'un on so many levels.

Opening the new spread before finishing the old one.

Opening the new Marmite before finishing the old one.

Eating Marmite at all marks you out as a really wrong 'un.

There's no hope for you Santino, you're beyond redemption.

It was a slightly different kind of Marmite and, more importantly, I WANTED to open it.

 

[DotCommunist]

pish, I would never be so wasteful. I am the soul of frugality.

 

[Maggot]

I think bread might be the exception the rule for this one - I can understand using the fresher to make sarnies and saving the old for toast... but opening a new jar or tub of something before the old one has finished, that's just odd.

This.

I'll often use the fresh bread cos it's soooo tasty and leave the last few slices of the older bread. But with spreads etc I always finish the old tub first.

 

[Vintage Paw]

I do it all the time. I do it for foodstuffs, toothpaste, and I start a new loo roll before the old one is finished too.

I just can't help myself. It's a compulsion. Drives Mr Paw mad, but he's more than capable of finishing off the old ones himself.

I don't do it for milk, juice, squash, rice, pasta etc.

 

[tarannau]

Why would you start a new loo roll before the old one's finished out of interest. Are you scared of getting cardboard burn or roll-splinters or something?

 

[boing!]

Only with cereal. I can't stand the little bits you get at the bottom of cereal packets.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Why would you start a new loo roll before the old one's finished out of interest. Are you scared of getting cardboard burn or roll-splinters or something?

It's a compulsion, I can't help myself. I like newness. The first couple of blobs of toothpaste from a new tube are far better than the last couple from an old one. More frothy. Exciting. I know I'm going to be able to rip off exactly the right amount of sheets of loo roll with a new roll, but with an old one I might not get the right amount if there aren't that many left. So I go straight to the new one.

We have 2 loo rolls on the go at the moment.

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't reckon anybody is going to admit to this.

Probably most of the time, it's somebody not realising that there is already an open jar.

ETA: Damn you, Santino.

but why would you not realise this if you've bought it yourself?

 

[editor]

I finish tubs and jars of food right down to the 'scraping the sides with a precision knife to get out the last drops' approach.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

me too. i keep putting the old tub on top of the new one as a massive hint, yet he keeps discarding it and going for the full tub. he could at least throw it out.
i looked in his bathroom cabinet and what i found was truly disturbing - 9 unfinished toothpaste tubes (squeezed in the most inefficient manner - from the top) and over a dozen dead razors.
just what is going through the twisted mind of someone like this? is there anything i can do to remedy it or should i just try to forget about it and just indulge it as a strange habit. no doubt i have a few myself.

 

[sheothebudworths]

I finish tubs and jars of food right down to the 'scraping the sides with a precision knife to get out the last drops' approach.

I go a step beyond this and also ensure that I've scraped every last bit out from the tricky bit under the rim of the jar.

OU - I would have done exactly the same thing, putting the old one repeatedly back on to the new one and also share your frustration at the fact that on top of ignoring that, he also doesn't just throw the old one away if he considers it to be finished....FUCKING HELL, WHAT IS WRONG WITH SOME PEOPLE?!?

 

[Biddlybee]

I go a step beyond this and also ensure that I've scraped every last bit out from the tricky bit under the rim of the jar.

Do you shake pasta round a jar of pesto to get the last bits out?

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Do you shake pasta round a jar of pesto to get the last bits out?

What!

That's a new one on me.

 

[Biddlybee]

Waste not want not