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The 3AM freezer alarm that made me tape a spoon to the wall
My old roommate used to leave the freezer door cracked every single night, and the alarm would go off at like 3AM, waking us both up. I tried sticky notes, I tried yelling, I tried moving his stuff to the top shelf so he had to dig for it. Nothing stuck until I took a cheap metal spoon, taped it to the wall right next to the handle, and told him it was a "freezer guardian" that would stab him if he forgot. He laughed, but the spoon actually worked because every time he reached for the door, he saw it and closed the thing properly. Now I do this in every shared kitchen I'm in, even with strangers at my current place in Austin, and it's cut the wake-up calls from twice a night to zero. Has anyone else found a dumb visual trick that actually fixed a roommate's repeat mistake? Asking before I duct tape a spatula to the toilet lid.
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wendy_sanchez11d agoMost Upvoted
Ha! OK the spatula on the toilet lid is sending me, but honestly, if it works, it works. I once taped a fake plastic cockroach to my roommate's light switch because he kept leaving the bathroom fan on all night, and he was so scared of it he actually started checking that switch twice. Dumb visual tricks are literally the only language some people understand lol. The spoon is genius though, like a tiny kitchen guardian angel with zero mercy. Honestly, at this point I’m ready to tape a full set of measuring cups to my front door if it gets my current roommate to stop slamming it.
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