Maybe it's not them, it's me?

[bobmac]

I was speaking to a neighbour a few years ago and he was complaining about his girlfriend who had recently moved in.
''When she puts the shopping away, she puts it in any old kitchen cupboard and I can never find stuff''
I started to feel sorry for him.
He continued....
''Before she moved in, it was great....I used to put everything away alphabetically so I always knew where everything was''
I stopped feeling sorry for him. They've only got 4 cupboards.

But...recently, I have been revaluating things and I'm starting to think maybe it's me that's wrong and storing kitchen supplies alphabetically makes sense.
Is it me?
She moved out last year.

Does anyone else have any crazy/clever* system?

*Delete as necessary

 

[Neilds]

We have pantry, fridge and freezer for storing food in the kitchen so not an issue. Things in the pantry are grouped together - tins, sauces, flour etc, but nothing as precise as alphabetical. That sounds slight serial killer to me!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I suspect the problem is that what might make absolute sense to one person is daft to another. What is clever to one may be normal to someone else. It depends how your mind works.

I group things together, so probably like most people. Nothing overly clever happening there,...............or is it?

 

[Backache]

Mmmm Did I file my pasta under penne, pasta wholemeal pasta? or perhaps it was Fusilli, problems problems.

 

[BrianM]

I like everything lined up and main label facing forward

 

[larmen]

The rest is entertainment podcast this week committed a huge chunk of time about how people sort their books.

Alphabetically, by colour, by size, …

 

[Imurg]

I buy it, I use it, I chuck it wherever, I'll find it when I need it.....

 

[bobmac]

Mmmm Did I file my pasta under penne, pasta wholemeal pasta? or perhaps it was Fusilli, problems problems.

It's the same with Baked Beans, do you put them under B for baked or
Never mind

 

[AmandaJR]

I like everything lined up and main label facing forward

Is there any other way?!

 

[bobmac]

Is there any other way?!

Aunt or Bessie?

 

[Neilds]

I like everything lined up and main label facing forward

Do you hide the budget brand stuff at the back in case guests check out your cupboards?

 

[Billysboots]

Life is too short to be arranging cupboard contents alphabetically. I’m borderline OCD about some things, but even that is a step too far.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

stuff just goes into the cupboard approx where it belongs

 

[Neilds]

stuff just goes into the cupboard approx where it belongs

But how do you work out where it belongs?

 

[Arthur Wedge]

But how do you work out where it belongs?

It works itself out

 

[Backache]

It's the same with Baked Beans, do you put them under B for baked or
Never mind

Nah, It's pretty obvious, TL for tinned Legume.

 

[rudebhoy]

Back in the day, I had a good few hundred CDs and I stored them alphabetically. It used to drive me mad if someone put one back out of order.

I've still got loads, they are still in alphabetical order, but no-one including me has touched them since the advent of streaming services.

 

[Orikoru]

No, I've not heard of alphabeticising kitchen cupboards before. Maybe the spices but that's about it.

For us you just put similar things together. Like, cereals, biscuits, crisps are broadly similar, they can all go in one cupboard. Pastas and rice together, all the various sauces together. All the sauces, condiments, cooking ingredients together. That sort of thing.

 

[Robster59]

I put stuff wherever my good lady tells me too. Then if she can't find anything, it's not my fault.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I put stuff wherever my good lady tells me too. Then if she can't find anything, it's not my fault.

Please don’t tell me that works