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Irate host asks if he should 'padlock his fridge' to stop friends stealing food

A young university student has asked for advice after regularly finding his kitchen raided by friends staying at his apartment.

Taking to Reddit he asked if it would be too much to put a padlock on the fridge for when he isn’t there to supervise, explaining that he only recently got his own place and sometimes finds it hard to make ends meet financially.

“When my friend comes, she usually brings one or two of her friends to crash for the night but they almost always end up staying longer,” the 18-year-old explained in the post.

“This is fine by me most of the time because I enjoy the company. I try to be a good host and offer to cook meals and some small snacks. However, they usually go over board while raiding my kitchen when I’m not there.”

Hungry young woman taking a delicious dessert from the fridge and having a snack, diet fail concept
A man's friend has been stealing his food from the kitchen. Photo: Getty

He says while he knows that he is allowing them to stay as his guests, and they need to be able to eat and drink, he doesn’t want them eating all the food he stocks up on to get him through a semester.

“My kitchen is full of food, drinks, snacks, beer. All things appetising to a college-age person,” he continued.

“Last night my friend texted me and asked if she could crash at my place tomorrow (tonight) because there’s a party tonight, and I said yes as long as they bring their own food and alcohol, etc. However, I would not put it above these friends to steal my beer and some snacks.”

He said he had told them multiple times before not to eat all of his food, but asked, “would I be an a**hole for putting a padlock on my fridge and locking it up while I can’t directly watch what they might take?”

Close-up Of Person Trying To Open Fridge Locked With Chain And Padlock
He thinks he might have to padlock the fridge. Photo: Getty

Most people agreed he wouldn’t be in the wrong for taking those extreme measure to save his food, but also said he should simply stop inviting them to stay if they don’t respect his request.

“Your place isn't their parents house. I would have a conversation stating 'house rules'. If they break them and still eat your food and drinks then kick them out and don't invite them back,” one person said.

“They are NOT your roommates. Your friend may have been, but that doesn't count as a pass for her friends to go all ‘what's yours is mine’ on your kitchen,” another agreed.

A few told the guy to “grow a spin” and stop letting his friends use his house as a hotel.

“This is the perfect age to start learning how to stand up for yourself,” one said. “The insanity of putting a padlock on your own fridge because your deadbeat ex-roommate and her deadbeat friends can take advantage of you?”

“[You’re the a**hole] if you do that. Just tell them they can’t stay going forward,” another suggested.

And it seems the young man took that advice and promptly uninvited the friend.

“After reading all of your comments, though I couldn’t reply to all of them, and taking them into careful consideration I have uninvited my ‘friends’,” he added in an edit.

“I will not let them come over in the future and will keep a watchful eye for people that attempt to do the same thing.”

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