Let him/her keep it and poison herself. That's one idiot less on this world.

Yeah...get a new roommate.

You deserve it. While most food needs to be thrown out some keeps past the date.

I agree with #8; consider the source. As a person who likes to live dangerously beyond the Best Before date (not as a preference) it can be wildly annoying when someone arbitrarily decides that something of yours isn't fit to remain in the house and throws it out. You totally deserve it for being a self-righteous freak and not having the courtesy to tell your room mate what you were about to do. One man's inedible chedder is another man's blue cheese. Stick to judging your own stuff OP.

I agree with #34

I don't agree with #8 at all. I side with the submitter.. old moldy expired food needs to be thrown out. It's disgusting and very rude to leave your old food in the fridge, and if you won't throw it out then your room mates will do it for you. Expired moldy food stinks and it is unsanitary. Why would you buy food and let it go to waste anyway?

Oh I've had this many times! Once somebody got mad and cried because I threw out their raw chicken that had furry green bits on it, when they were away for 3 nights and the fridge smelled worse than the bin did when we decided that we needed to wash the bin (opening it for a bit of milk was a teamwork event of closing some doors and opening some windows to try the best not to stink the whole house out). Another flatmate in a different flat got mad at me for throwing out her milk. It was more than a month past it's use by date, had seperated into solid white and clear liquid, and the square carton was completely round through swelling from all the gases being produced inside. Argh! But then on the other hand I lived with a flatmate who would throw unopened food out the day before it reached it's best before (not even use by) date, which drove me round the bend. It was always only her food, but still, so wasteful. In the end I got her to pass things by my if I was home, and most of the time I'd eat it that night (or the next!). Shared flats suck. I've been living in them for nearly 4 years now. I cannot wait to get my own place, but rental prices here are ridiculous (a skanky 1 bed flat is 150% per month of my monthly income... argh!).

Eckh. I dont blame you at all for throwing it out. Like most people, I'd take one look at it and put it in the trash. Moldy food doesn't belong in the fridge, that's disgusting. I'd recommend a new roommate, one that doesn't leave disgusting rotting food in the refrigerator.

get a new room mate

my room mate refuses to let me throw out eggs that he's been keeping in the fridge for 5 months now.. i've actually written the date of purchase on them with a magic marker to see how long he'll keep em there..