It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good. Last month during our ‘no working fridge’ phase (oh the pain!) we bought a small refrigerator to tide us over until we figured out what to do. Happily the big fridge is repaired and we are back in business. Praise the gods – or at last the demi-gods.*
Now the little icebox is as obsolete as a temp agent; we wondered what to do with it. Taking it back to Lowe’s and pretending it was faulty would be a lie. I thought of using it as a sort-of liquor cabinet, given the high temps of AZ are not good for booze, but we already have a wine fridge, so that ain’t good. Today we brought it to my office, where it now proudly stands next to the tea things as shown below. It makes the room feel a bit like a college dorm.
There is a perfectly good fridge just down the hall in the community kitchen, so I feel a bit silly to have such. I am not certain what to put into it. I suppose I can stock The Frigidaire with beverages and fruit snacks.** The Personal Trainer wants me to ‘eat something before working out’ so this may be the means to oblige him. Perhaps I can fill it full with tiny bottles of water so when patients are thirsty I can give them something to quench their thirst. After all, I went to a medical school where the panacea of all ills was to push fluids.
It would be jolly good fun to keep a jar of Luxardo cherries with a bottle of vermouth (no rubbish) for impromptu Manhattans after those more difficult appointments, but I think not. Imagine the looks of the bosses and the APA Secret Police should they discover such was on the premises! I will stick with protein drinks and Vernors and Evian (my favorite) and leave the Buffalo Trace at home.
* It is not clear which god/goddess in the Greek Pantheon is in charge of refrigerators perhaps because they didn’t have such things in their day. The Norse Pantheon may fair better; one of the nine realms must have someone in charge of keeping things cool, although one could argue the entire realm is one frozen icebox in no need of refrigeration.
**I had a colleague in Seattle who kept bottles of wine in his office fridge. I never asked what he did with them.
26 comments
August 8, 2018 at 10:58 PM
wcs
Having your own personal fridge means you will no longer have to see, let alone clean, the communal fridge. 🙂
August 8, 2018 at 11:32 PM
Ravager619
On top of that, if you bring your own lunch the chances of a co-worker eating it before you do go down significantly. That was a huge problem at a few office jobs I had in the past.
August 9, 2018 at 7:16 AM
Urspo
Indeed. Happily this has never happened to me.
August 9, 2018 at 7:16 AM
Urspo
Would that were so! The mini-fridge is in the “phoenix office’; the messy one is in the Mesa Office. While it makes sense to have my own separate fridge in the Mesa office, it does not fit. alas.
August 9, 2018 at 12:12 AM
Kato
Your office has personality! The shrink I see has a very boring, sterile office. Probably suitable for psychotic patients.
August 9, 2018 at 7:17 AM
Urspo
My office does has a bit of a ‘cozy’ feel to it with knick-knacks and tea things. I do this purposely. It is a leftover from my therapy days when we were to make a ‘holding environment’ for therapy.
August 9, 2018 at 2:45 AM
anne marie in philly
#1 – the banner photo – some of travel penguin’s relatives!
#2 – that looks like the fridge my co-worker has; a whirlpool, correct?
#3 – evian water; in 1970 I toured the factory where the water is bottled.
#4 – don’t believe I have heard of vernors; must google it.
keep your fruit and cheese cold!
August 9, 2018 at 7:18 AM
Urspo
Vernors? no vernors?! you poor thing! Tis mother’s milk to thems who grew up in Michigan. Love it so.
It is a Fridgitare.
August 9, 2018 at 3:23 AM
Todd Gunther
Does the cord get in the way?
August 9, 2018 at 7:19 AM
Urspo
The cord in the photo is going to the floor fan; I ought to have removed it prior to taking the photograph, lest there is talk.
August 9, 2018 at 4:13 AM
mitchellismoving
I would stock it with protein drinks, cheese, and water.
August 9, 2018 at 7:19 AM
Urspo
They are all on the menu !
August 9, 2018 at 5:26 AM
David
During my gym rat phase, I kept a refrigerator in my office, so I could eat better. Only healthy and always clean.
August 9, 2018 at 7:19 AM
Urspo
I hope to do likewise.
August 9, 2018 at 8:34 AM
Old Lurker
Maybe the office needs an extra fridge for urine samples?
August 9, 2018 at 9:48 AM
Urspo
That’s an etch-a-stetch moment if ever there was one !
August 9, 2018 at 5:29 PM
larrymuffin
you can use it for GIN and VODKA and other liquor served chilled.
August 9, 2018 at 8:13 PM
Urspo
I think this a swell suggestion. Sure beats the Evian water idea
August 9, 2018 at 6:55 PM
Ron
Wonderful idea to have that small fridge in your office. I think you’ll find it very useful.
August 9, 2018 at 8:13 PM
Urspo
I shall soon see.
August 9, 2018 at 9:25 PM
Practical Parsimony
I see you got the large small refrigerator. I thought you got the cube. That tall one is so much nicer. I had one of those in my office when I taught GED. There was no place for these students could get anything to drink. So, I kept it stocked with soft drinks. plus, I only charge them 50 cents. I kept food in their for me since I taught some mornings and some evenings. I could lock my office, so I never worried about anyone tainting my food.
By the way, I was the only GED teacher in the system who had an office or a place for a refrigerator. It was nice.
Put liquor in bottle that once held protein drinks.
August 10, 2018 at 7:29 AM
Urspo
That last suggestion is downright scandalous but it made me grin at its cleverness.
August 10, 2018 at 10:14 AM
truthspew
I do not understand the obsession with walls painted in white. Boring!
August 11, 2018 at 12:25 PM
Cliffie The Lemming Girl
If the fridge is being used for booze, the deity you need to call on is Bacchus. If it’s a place to store criminal evidence or fetishistic objects, Hades. If it’s full of spring-loaded rubber snakes, praise Eris.
August 11, 2018 at 2:54 PM
Urspo
I had to look her up – Awesome! I didn’t know Discord has other names. thanks.
August 13, 2018 at 4:49 PM
Jay Francis
The Romans likely had something close. Their religious rituals often required long lists of names of “gods” which were actually more like animistic spirits. They all had obvious names: Seia for sowing seeds, from the verb to sow; Limina presided over thresholds, and her name is simply the word for threshold; etc. So, I would suggest invoking Frigida; that’s what the Romans would do. (I know you’ll appreciate this insanely erudite complication of a singularly mundane matter. Cheers!)