Human milk in community fridge?

[herm]

OK..

Logic and Reason.
(from a person, who deals with machines all day, and must use logic and reason, or gets NO WHERE)

Its HUMAN BODY FLUID.

yes, I know its for babies. Yes boobies are good.. but.

Its still body fluid.

Think about it this way..

what if it was done in the refrigerator at a restaurant? would they be shut down? you bettcha.

a fridge at a resturant is no less important then the one you share with your co-workers.

also, for god sakes, have some consideration. you may like your boobie juice, but the 10 other people who's sammiches are in there may not.  take some personal responsibility to not gross every one out and spend the $100 on a mini fridge. seriously.

flawed logic.
betcha that 99% of the stuff in your work fridge would ALSO get the restaurant shut down for health violation

[mstevens]

there probably not leaving there needles next to your cold pizza.

Actually, they're sure as heck leaving their insulin in the fridge. I can't prove they don't keep a needle in their desk and re-use it, which means it's remotely conceivable that vial could have a virus or two floating around in it.

Just for purposes of disclosure, we kept our dead cat in the freezer side of our fridge all winter since the ground was too hard to bury her. I've eaten my lunch in the autopsy suite and the gross anatomy lab. I've also eaten in the Emergency Department, where I doubt there is any surface that hasn't been contaminated by the 4 P's.

I've got a zillion times more risk of becoming ill from eating cheese in France than eating food out of a fridge that contains properly-contained stool samples and lunches. I eat cheese in France every chance I get.

Yes, there are regulations about storage and handling of body fluids in hospitals. Are we now prepared to argue that every regulation exists for good and reasonable purposes, is based on sound reasoning rather than emotional responses, and should be followed to the letter no matter what? Really? No, I didn't think so. Before anyone asks, it is officially perfectly fine to store human breast milk in the same hospital fridges as any other food as long as the milk in question isn't a clinical specimen (e.g., sent for culture).

[cyrus buelton]

Game, set and match! Looks like Cyrus won at the Special Olympics!

I do probably belong there.

betcha that 99% of the stuff in your work fridge would ALSO get the restaurant shut down for health violation

Ain't that the truth.

I think there is still some BBQ sauce in there from a christmas party last year.........

[herm]

this thread is dumb.

<checks out>

[Grampa]

I invented (in my head)..... a refrigerator for offices. it's sectioned off like mini school lockers.

[mstevens]

I invented (in my head)..... a refrigerator for offices. it's sectioned off like mini school lockers.

I will bet you there is a real market for this. Patent your idea immediately before you see an ad for this product and have to live with the regrets.

[Grampa]

I will bet you there is a real market for this. Patent your idea immediately before you see an ad for this product and have to live with the regrets.

whats one more regret   

[acalles]

Just for purposes of disclosure, we kept our dead cat in the freezer side of our fridge all winter since the ground was too hard to bury her.

well, see, your a weirdo..

if my cat dies in the winter, I'll take her to the place where they cremate them. hell, thats  gonna happen if she dies in the summer.

the dog I'll just flush down the toilet.  

[mstevens]

Somehow equating urine and breast milk? That's some seriously messed-up shit. Despite what many Americans have apparently come to believe, life doesn't come shrink-wrapped and hermetically sealed. It's messy, sticky, sometimes smelly, and inconvenient in many ways. We are all constantly exposed to other people's bodily fluids and excretions all the time even if we don't realize it. Somehow, miraculously, we've managed to survive.

My personal opinion is that this all comes back to "boobies," as opposed to breasts. For various reasons we've come to view them as all sorts of things they're not. If we're going to succeed in holding on to that distorted perception, we have to divorce them in our thoughts from what they really are and what (and whom) they're really there for.

How a bunch of people who ride motorcycles can seriously entertain the belief that milk is dangerous enough to give even a moment's thought to boggles my mind, and I spend my working life deep in the boggle zone and thought I had heard it all.

[acalles]

flawed logic.
betcha that 99% of the stuff in your work fridge would ALSO get the restaurant shut down for health violation

nah..

all my fridge has is beer and Gatorade..

and about 5 pounds of ice built up on top.

[Betty Rage]

Somehow equating urine and breast milk? That's some seriously messed-up shit. Despite what many Americans have apparently come to believe, life doesn't come shrink-wrapped and hermetically sealed. It's messy, sticky, sometimes smelly, and inconvenient in many ways. We are all constantly exposed to other people's bodily fluids and excretions all the time even if we don't realize it. Somehow, miraculously, we've managed to survive.

My personal opinion is that this all comes back to "boobies," as opposed to breasts. For various reasons we've come to view them as all sorts of things they're not. If we're going to succeed in holding on to that distorted perception, we have to divorce them in our thoughts from what they really are and what (and whom) they're really there for.

How a bunch of people who ride motorcycles can seriously entertain the belief that milk is dangerous enough to give even a moment's thought to boggles my mind, and I spend my working life deep in the boggle zone and thought I had heard it all.

couldn't have said it better myself

[mstevens]

whats one more regret  

Yeah, but you could be the regretful but rich inventor of the Locker Fridge that everyone else wishes they'd thought of.

[cyrus buelton]

Somehow equating urine and breast milk? That's some seriously messed-up shit. Despite what many Americans have apparently come to believe, life doesn't come shrink-wrapped and hermetically sealed. It's messy, sticky, sometimes smelly, and inconvenient in many ways. We are all constantly exposed to other people's bodily fluids and excretions all the time even if we don't realize it. Somehow, miraculously, we've managed to survive.

My personal opinion is that this all comes back to "boobies," as opposed to breasts. For various reasons we've come to view them as all sorts of things they're not. If we're going to succeed in holding on to that distorted perception, we have to divorce them in our thoughts from what they really are and what (and whom) they're really there for.

How a bunch of people who ride motorcycles can seriously entertain the belief that milk is dangerous enough to give even a moment's thought to boggles my mind, and I spend my working life deep in the boggle zone and thought I had heard it all.

When you thought you've heard it all, someone throws a new one at you.

the milk - urine comparison was sarcastic, but the fact is, she agrees with me on the milk in the fridge deal.

I grew up in a medical family, I was a volunteer fireman for a few years, I know what is out there. I remember my dad coming home from work on numerous occasions in a suit, with a white undershirt on under it. He had to throw his shirt away because it got splattered with blood somehow.

[Triple J]

How a bunch of people who ride motorcycles can seriously entertain the belief that milk is dangerous enough to give even a moment's thought to boggles my mind,

Exactly.

This is so low on my risk radar that it is just about inconceivable.

Maybe I just think too much like an engineer. There are risks with everything...being able to recognize the severity of the risk is key.

I also don't think breast milk is gross. It's milk...big deal.

[Grampa]

Placenta in the fridge.... now that's something to be cranky over.