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One of the most frustrating things when you share an apartment or a house with a number of other people can be when you have spent your hard-earned money on food, only to open the pantry or refrigerator and find that someone has been filling up on your groceries! While some might think that the “best” approach to such a problem is to simply confront the roommates about it, requesting that they no longer eat food that belongs to others, there are actually plenty of roommate situations in which this will not work, and in which a less direct approach will be much more effective. The first thing any set of roommates should do – in order to ensure that no one is “accidentally” eating someone else’s food – is to designate certain shelves in the pantry and refrigerator to each individual, as this will create a situation where everyone knows what shelf is theirs, and what food is theirs. Even when you separate food by shelves, however, there is still a certain brand of roommate that will see food they want on a shelf that is not theirs, and will simply much on this instead of on their own food; if you find that you have roommates who tend to do this, consider claiming a cupboard as your own also, as roommates will be less likely to open and take food from a cupboard that is separated from all their food. And once you have put your pantry food in your cupboard, you will also need a solution that will work for the refrigerator; in addition to claiming a cupboard for your pantry food, leave as much of your refrigerator food as you can in the grocery bag it came in, as most people are less likely to open a bag and see what’s inside than to simply eat something they see. You may have to put up with a little bit of food loss from roommates no matter what you do, but when you take these steps, you can certainly minimize the amount of food you lose, and can save money on your grocery bills!
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