Shoot me if I buy one more plastic container

@NJChicaa (124436)
United States
August 29, 2025 11:27am CST
The head of maintenance showed up here about an hour ago to check out the shelf situation. He thinks it is just a matter of putting new clips in whatever that means. He told me I had to empty the cabinet. Fine. OMFG I found so many Rubbermaid Takealong containers, lids, plastic quart containers/lids. . . Like easily 75% more than I thought I had here. It is insane. And to think that I bought myself a bento box thing for work lunches this year. I could have just been using this crap and literally throwing it away instead of bringing it back to wash. It really is shocking how many of these containers I have and it takes a lot to shock me. Should be fun trying to organize all of this stuff back in the cabinets after the maintenance guy is done with the shelves. Oh boy.
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@BarBaraPrz (50308)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2h
And how many empty margarine and yogurt containers do you have?
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@DaddyEvil (158181)
• United States
2h
Mom used to keep every plastic container food came in so she could store leftovers or send them with someone for their lunches.
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@BarBaraPrz (50308)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2h
@DaddyEvil My mom did too, and now I'm finding I'm saving them, even though I'm not a mom and rarely have leftovers.
@NJChicaa (124436)
• United States
2h
oh no I don't save that stuff. Into the recycles it goes!
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@LindaOHio (199219)
• United States
1h
I have a ton too. I keep a lot of them in a laundry basket on the large bottom shelf. My husband kept every potato salad and coleslaw container.
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@AmbiePam (102136)
• United States
1h
I’m glad they came to look, and wow you seemed to have discovered the mother load! I don’t have a lot of plastic containers myself, although I used to. It’s just been a long time since I cooked for more than one person.
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@FourWalls (78235)
• United States
1h
Be thankful you aren’t a southerner. You’d have 60,000 Tupperware bowls and none of the lids would fit!!!
@MarieCoyle (47759)
1h
If you have any mom-friends that work and/or take food to work, or whatever, share with them. When I used to pack a lunch I used them daily, and my kids often used them. Keep what you need and share the rest!
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