People putting food that should be frozen in the fridge

I work in an office building with a community kitchen that has a fridge - no freezer.  People use it to store things that are meant to be frozen - like ice cream and frozen ready meals.

I don't understand this.

When DH and I moved into our rented house, it came with a small fridge and no freezer. We went and bought our own fridge freezer. We use the little fridge that came with the house to store beer.

Do people actually live without freezers and just put everything they buy in the fridge - even if it's supposed to be frozen?

Why would anyone want to eat ice cream that's been defrosting and melting for half the day?

My last office job didn't have a freezer either.  People, including myself, would bring frozen meals and they would sit there for the first half of the day.  I never felt like it tasted any differently, I just cooked it for less time.

I never saw ice cream in there there.  That would be weird. 

That is weird.... I mean I like my ice cream a little soft but....  

The freezers here are so tiny. Can't really have a full shop! But not having a freezer is just unconscionable!!

Do you know for certain people have put ice cream in there, or have they brought their lunch in and it's in an ice-cream container?
As for frozen ready meals, well if they are going to have it for their lunch it will be fine, just take a little less to cook.

Why would anyone put their lunch in a big, round ice cream container? You can buy cheap, reusable plastic containers.

I was also wondering, since my house didn't come with a freezer, if people actually live with fridges and no freezer? Bringing in lunch for the office is different than having to stock your house with food.

Why would anyone put their lunch in a big, round ice cream container? You can buy cheap, reusable plastic containers.

Because they are cheap? My containers of choice are those plastic take away containers and ice cream containers. Reuse and recycle all the way!

Because they are cheap?

Or free - since you've already bought (and eaten) the ice cream!!  I sometimes use old Mackies ice cream containers for lunch, but tend to save them for food storage of things like homemade chicken stock for the freezer.  The new Mackies aren't very good though because the lids are different now.

Why would anyone put their lunch in a big, round ice cream container? You can buy cheap, reusable plastic containers.

I was also wondering, since my house didn't come with a freezer, if people actually live with fridges and no freezer? Bringing in lunch for the office is different than having to stock your house with food.

You seriously have to ask why someone might chose to recycle rather than buy more plastic junk?

Yes, I expect some people don't have freezers. The UK has a lot of refrigerated ready meals  whereas the US is almost always frozen and I always noticed people seemed more comfortable cooking fresh veg rather than frozen over there so unless you stocked up on meat or ice cream, yeah, you *could* do without a freezer. I'd never want to, but it can be done. Just like living without a dryer.

Why would anyone put their lunch in a big, round ice cream container? You can buy cheap, reusable plastic containers.

I was also wondering, since my house didn't come with a freezer, if people actually live with fridges and no freezer? Bringing in lunch for the office is different than having to stock your house with food.

Because people do use them. Ice cream containers come free with ice cream, that's cheap....so you either throw them away or reuse....I often bring my lunch to work in one.....admittedly it's rectangular and not circular.

I lived 3 years in a London bedsit without even a fridge! Looking back now I don't know how I managed it but I did.
Freezers are more commonplace now but I suspect quite a few people don't have one, other than the ice box in the fridge. We were the first house in our street with a freezer (back in the early 1970's), a big chest freezer, because my mum worked as a nurse so it meant she could do a big shop for the freezer once a month. It irked me as a kid that we had a freezer whilst my friends parents were getting colour TV's! Then again, we always had ice cream (and lots of containers to reuse!)

Oh yeah, almost all of our tupperware is actually ice cream containers!  We use them to freeze leftovers or BF takes his lunch to work in them!

You seriously have to ask why someone might chose to recycle rather than buy more plastic junk?

Ice cream containers are cardboard and fall apart, and if food sticks to the side you can't wash it off that easily.

You can buy a plastic container once and use it indefinitely. You can wash it and reuse it.

I suppose a fridge alone works if you have time to shop every few days.

Ice cream containers are cardboard and fall apart, and if food sticks to the side you can't wash it off that easily.

You can buy a plastic container once and use it indefinitely. You can wash it and reuse it.

I suppose a fridge alone works if you have time to shop every few days.

What? Most of the ones we get now are made of plastic and I'm sure that's what everyone else is thinking of.

All my ice cream containers here have been plastic.  I usually get Carte D'or.  They are sort of rectangular, but like Mrs. R I use them for leftover soups and stuff.

Yep, ours are definitely plastic.

The only paper containers I've seen here are Ben&Jerry's and Hagen-Daaz. The rest are plastic and it's quite normal for people to re-use them as cheap 'tupperware'. How long have you been living here sweetpeach? It sometimes seems like you ask questions I would expect of someone who had been here a few months rather than a few years.