Would this bother you?

Yeah - and it's not just kids. I know adults who flat out refuse to use anything if something new is available. They'd rather throw it away. It's the disposable mindset in which they were raised. New is better - ALWAYS! Me? I'm cheap. I buy cheap peanut butter and Goodwill clothes or new clothes on major clearance. I don't own one piece of furniture that didn't belong to someone else first. The only thing I have that was mine first is my Chef's Collection cookware that I bought through QVC. Oh, and food, of course. Otherwise, if it's still usable and I need it, it's mine! But, I worked with a woman who would throw away a half-roll of toilet paper in the bathroom and put a new roll on because she simply couldn't bring herself to use something someone else had used first. It HAD to be new. Drove me bonkers because I'd take it out of the trash and finish it off. My mother still has clothes from the 60s! THAT'S the kind of environment I grew up in - a depression child mindset.

You're not alone it bothers me as well. I hate when someone opens up a new milk and leaves a quarter of a gallon in the older jug. I have opened things by mistake (not being able to find the product because it is not where it is suppose to be!!) but I do understand mistakes happen. I have no idea why children/husbands can't look and use the older one up first!

I try to make sure one is used up before I open another one. Otherwise I have to worry about one or the other going bad. Perhaps you could sit your daughter down and have a talk to her about the cost of food and being careful not to waste it. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

Sorry to teel you this, but is always this way. In my home too.

I'm sorry but You got me giggling here. I have 4 daughters and one in particular is so so spacy. I came home one night to the milk on the counter and the refrigerator door open. I immediatly called to her. " lets play sesame street. you look around the room and tell me what is wrong with this picture." she glances around and then slaps her forhead. "what is wrong with me?" she goes over puts the milk in the frig and walks off leaving the frig door open still!! I have found milk in the cupboard and cereal in the frig. I have found empty things of everything put back where it would belong if not for being empty. I have found dishes in the trash....the list goes on. This girl is almost 22 now and it is still going on so don't get your hopes up....find the humour.

This I think is just normal. When mine were still at home I simply hid things or didn't buy them this avoided me getting crazy about it.

Yup happens at my house too. I have tried even putting the "to be opened" items on a different shelf, but they still find them and open them. have given up and certain item I will only buy if we are all out.

i know what you mean, and it is annoying. but i have learned that there are so many more things in life to feel strongly about. my kids do that all the time, and when they do it the third time i don't get upset i just don't reply that thing. like having more then one juice open, I will not buy juice for a week. I don't allow such things to get me upset or angry any longer, i find another way to get my point across. and it works, you should try it!! LOL

im with you! that drives me nuts! and it happens so often that when i buy the new item i stash it away until the old on is completly used up! unfortunatly its not just teens who do it. grown men in their 50's do it! (pulling hair out!) even worse? my 84 year old grandmother who can be such a stickler for the smallest of things, does it too! then when she discovers the old jar or whatever, she will get mad that someone has opened the new one! AND IT WAS HER! aaaaaagh!

Yeah this would bother me. However if I have two of the same product, but in different brands, I might open the newer brand if it's better than the old, almost empty one. I'll then store the older one at the back of the cupboard to use in emergencies when the better brand has run out. This often happens to me with shampoo and conditioner and toothpaste. However if it was a product that had to be used first before it went off, I would use it all up to avoid making waste.

I have to admit that on occasion opened two products of the same type either because I didn't know another was open or there being differences eg chunky vs smooth peanut butter. Everyone does that I think, I really try to finish off everything before starting a new batch, but when I bake I will admit to prefer new packages eg of margarine as sometimes different batches taste slightly different and when mixed may alter the flavour. That being said when that happens it does bug me.

Maybe she was in a hurry and couldn't be bothered to find the other one. It will be different when she's got her own place and she has to take care of it!

NO, it wouldnt bother me. In fact I have done that myself. I'll open the new one because I cant find the already open one. Then later on I do find it. But it's not the end of the world. I think every house hold has this problem at least a few times weather children OR adults know the "rules" of the kitchen. It WILL happen. Life goes on, theres worse things to worry about in a house.

Considering the fact that we are talking about a teenager here I feel that you are right to be bothered by it. I'm willing to bet that she just didn't even "think" about it at all and was just focused on making the cookies. Although I also just thought of something. Was the new jar at the front of the cupboard? Maybe it's a good idea to try to keep the stuff thats opened at the front so it gets used first? Hope this helps!

oh yes... i also hate it when my hubby open another container or jar of anything when we still have left over from the old one... my kitchen principle also the same... finish up the old one first before using the new one... it is common sense and how hard is it to do that??? i think it is not a petty think at all... it is simple things which does not have to be explained... take care and have a nice day...

My daughter is usually pretty good about keeping to this rule too but if she is being lazy and doesn't want to look for a certain item or she put the item in some obscure weird place the last time she used it she will open a new one and then I will have two opened ones. We are in to stockpiling so it is vital that not all packages be opened at the same time. Eat one cereal before opening another kind.

This happens all the time at my house too. LOL I used to get upset about it but now I just put the old peanutbutter on top of the new or else bake something to use it up.When it happens with cereal I'll make cereal treats using the rice crispy treat recipe. Funny how the "old" cereal goes really quick when I do that!It does get on my last nerve some days but I still try to use the food up in creative ways so it doesn't go to waste.

I understand your problem. Fortunately for my case, we do not waste food so we would empty the peanut butter first before opening the new jar.

yeah i hate it too , and sometimes it feels disgusting coz when u open another container , and start using both the food in this two containers will get old due of lack of consuming which give a sense of throwing both of the containers in the garbage want my advice : keep ur look a like food containers in a safe place and set a lock on them best wishes

generally yes but I would ask the reason behind it. I mean maybe the almost empty was misplaced and your daughter is in the hurry of making a sandwich for school, it can happen you know. We passed that stage and you can tell them time and again about the house rules and I bet that time and again it would not be followed but we forgive them because we love them just like our parents treated us.