{"id":250,"date":"2025-09-08T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/08\/roommate-food-stealing-5-dollar-solution\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T21:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:09:00","slug":"roommate-food-stealing-5-dollar-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/08\/roommate-food-stealing-5-dollar-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Roommate comes up with genius $5 solution to stop snack thief in his tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost everyone&#8217;s got a bad roommate story, but this one takes the cake (or, rather, doesn&#8217;t take the cake \u2014 not without asking first!) <\/p>\n<p>Some things are just universally frustrating.  At the top of that list is likely looking forward to <a data-linked-post=\"2637232992\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/a-struggling-cook-asked-gordon-ramsay-a-personal-question-and-he-responded-in-an-unexpected-way-ex1\" target=\"_blank\">eating something delicious<\/a> you stored in the refrigerator, only to find it missing. Whether this happens in a <a data-linked-post=\"2671823688\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/thc-infused-pie-ex1\" target=\"_blank\">communal fridge at work<\/a>, a dorm room, or at home with your family, the experience is equally frustrating and disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>One person has been dealing with this very scenario: he noticed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.good.is\/water-isnt-the-best-way-to-hydrate\" target=\"_blank\">snacks and other food disappearing<\/a> from the shared refrigerator. No, a mouse hadn&#8217;t figured out how to raid the refrigerator\u2014but it would&#8217;ve been a more understandable culprit. Turns out the man&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.good.is\/water-isnt-the-best-way-to-hydrate\" target=\"_blank\">roommate had been helping himself<\/a> to food items he did not purchase. We aren&#8217;t talking about community items like milk or coffee creamer. The missing food includes items like leftovers and personal snacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-78180.jpg\" alt=\"roommate issues; roommate steals food; snack thief; taking food; roommate trouble; emotionally hostile refigerator\" \/><figcaption>Craving dilemma: donuts vs. healthy snacks.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/photos\" rel=\"nofollow\">Photo credit: Canva<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p><strong>The man initially shared his frustrating situation on the Reddit thread, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AmItheAsshole\/comments\/1mg38gr\/aita_for_putting_googly_eyes_on_all_the_food_in\/\" target=\"_blank\">r\/AITA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AmItheAsshole\/comments\/1mg38gr\/aita_for_putting_googly_eyes_on_all_the_food_in\/\" target=\"_blank\">,<\/a> after his roommate took offense to his solution. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What was the solution? Well, feeling like he was out of options after directly speaking to the roommate and labeling food that belonged to him, the man devised a plan. To get the inconsiderate roommate to stop eating everything in the fridge, the man turned to Googly eyes. He put Googly eyes on everything in the refrigerator that belonged to him in hopes it would deter the sneaky snacker. His plan worked, but the snacking roommate&#8217;s comments about his solution had the man wondering if he crossed a line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My roommate eats everything. I\u2019ll buy a pack of cheese sticks, and they\u2019re gone by morning. I asked nicely, then labeled stuff. No change. So I got creative: I bought a pack of stick-on googly eyes and put them on everything. Milk? Eyes. Leftover spaghetti? Judging you. Even taped one to a banana. It worked. He said it &#8216;creeped him out&#8217; and he stopped eating my stuff,&#8221; he shared in the forum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-78181.jpg\" alt=\"roommate issues; roommate steals food; snack thief; taking food; roommate trouble; emotionally hostile refigerator\" \/><figcaption>Man puzzled by a googly-eyed potato in the fridge.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/photos\" rel=\"nofollow\">Photo credit: Canva<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p><strong>He went on to say that his roommate described his googly-eye trick as passive-aggressive, likening him to &#8220;creating an emotionally hostile refrigerator.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who knew kitchen appliances could be so openly ruthless to late-night snack bandits? Overwhelmingly, people agreed that the master of the googly eyes is not the bad guy in this situation. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That phrase is pure gold. Roommate sounds like he&#8217;s got some serious food guilt if googly eyes make him feel judged,&#8221; someone says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not &#8216;passive-aggressive&#8217; if you discussed the problem in person and asked him to stop, and he ignored you. You just got creative in how to address it. I can&#8217;t think why it <em>worked<\/em>, but since it did, more power to you. Tell him if he agrees not ever to eat your labeled food, and doesn&#8217;t, you&#8217;ll restore the refrigerator to its pre-surveillance condition, unless and until he starts stealing food again.&#8221; Another person writes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-78182.jpg\" alt=\"roommate issues; roommate steals food; snack thief; taking food; roommate trouble; emotionally hostile refigerator\" \/><figcaption>Judgmental banknote:   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/photos\" rel=\"nofollow\">Photo credit: Canva<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Did he use the phrase &#8220;emotionally hostile refrigerator&#8221;? Really? Because it makes him too uncomfortable to steal your food? I&#8217;d have laughed his sorry butt right out the door,&#8221; someone else quipped.<\/p>\n<p>One person suggests upping the ante, commenting, &#8220;Put the eyes everywhere. Under the toilet seat. On the front door. On the stairs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Act surprised when they are pointed out to you,&#8221; someone else adds, writing, &#8220;&#8216;I only did the ones in the fridge, I don\u2019t know where those are coming from.&#8217; Or pretend you don\u2019t even see them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-156.gif\" alt=\"roommate issues; roommate steals food; snack thief; taking food; roommate trouble; emotionally hostile refigerator\" \/><figcaption>feel fridge GIF  <a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/feel-fridge-empty-6oFNB3JPuLpAs\" rel=\"nofollow\">Giphy<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p><span><\/span>People could not get over the phrase &#8220;emotionally hostile refrigerator&#8221; and encouraged more shenanigans to make the fridge live up to its new name. Someone suggested making angry eyebrows above the eyes, while others offered turning them into smiley faces with conversation bubbles. Other people thought making a sign for the refrigerator door that warned that it was emotionally hostile would be fitting. Since the googly eyes seem to be doing the trick, it doesn&#8217;t seem like they&#8217;ll be going away any time soon. <\/p>\n<p>This serves as a reminder that it&#8217;s always best practice to ask before eating something that isn&#8217;t yours, even if it&#8217;s inside a shared refriger<br \/>\nator. If not, you may find yourself feeling like somebody&#8217;s watching you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His roommate then hilariously accused him of creating an &#8220;emotionally hostile refrigerator.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":188059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alternative_headline":"","alternative_description":"","alternative_featured_image":0,"rkv_announcement":{"visible":true},"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"partner_boost":false,"hide_partner_badge":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,177],"tags":[496,497,498,499,500,501,502,503,504,505,506,507,508,509,510,511],"sponsor":[],"rkv-people-shadow":[167],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humor","category-joy","tag-angry-eyebrows-suggestion","tag-communal-fridge-dilemma","tag-creative-roommate-solution","tag-emotionally-hostile-refrigerator","tag-extended-prank-ideas","tag-food-guilt-judgment","tag-frustrating-food-theft","tag-googley-eye-prank","tag-latenight-snack-bandits","tag-missing-snacks-solution","tag-passive-aggressive-behavior","tag-petty-roommate-revenge","tag-roommate-issues","tag-shared-refrigerator-etiquette","tag-smiley-faces-concept","tag-snack-thief-deterrent"],"edit_link":null,"apple_news_notices":[],"rkv_author":{"id":167,"name":"Gabe Jewell","display_name":"Gabe Jewell","first_name":"","last_name":"","nickname":"","url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/gabe-jewell\/","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/gabe-jewell\/","description":"","slug":"gabe-jewell","avatar_urls":[],"email":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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