If it's in a work fridge, unlabeled, and sits there for an unnecessary length of time, I feel like it's fair game. Weird that she "remembered" it right after you drank it, and not at all in the two months it's been there.
2026-08-22 18:49:33
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Miran-duhhhhhh :
nta. I once had a coworker open my energy drink in the work fridge and pour it down the drain because it had "been there for three days". it hadn't - I just consistently buy the same flavor and put it on the same shelf bc that's where there's space for it
2026-08-22 16:57:33
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Amethyst :
In most places your personal property is considered abandoned after 30 days. Leaving an unlabeled, unopened drink for over 2 months is abandonment. She's lucky their employer doesn't do weekly/monthly fridge cleaning because it would have been trashed long ago.
2026-08-24 14:45:06
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motherof.ferals :
As a 6 a day drinker, I wouldn’t care at all after 2 months. The next day? Sure, but 60 days? No. That’s ridiculous
2026-08-22 16:22:28
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ritzleshneff :
she's ta for leaving it in the fridge for 2 months
2026-08-22 16:08:26
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RWBY Fan :
NTA. It was in there for 2 months.
2026-08-25 01:47:05
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Kim :
Right thing would have been to bring a replacement in. She probably kept it there for when she really needed it just like you really needed it. It isn't about arbitration it's about how to keep the peace. Drinks don't expire in a few months so she probably did stash it counting on it. As much as you're saying you really needed it that day, she had the same need the day it wasn't there for her.
2026-08-24 20:03:16
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Kimberly (Smudge) H :
NTA, but I'd offer to replace it since that was an honest mistake
2026-08-23 01:12:49
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Kal :
NTA. if you leave it 2 months I assume it abandoned based on the fact that this person barely ever comes there, and if there is an issue with taking it, paying the money for it is totally OK. I would never expect anything I left in a work fridge to still be there after so long
2026-08-22 17:24:06
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TOЯ! 🍲 🥪 :
nta. personally I don't think she had the right to store things in the fridge since it isn't her office. using it for the day that she's there, fine. but keeping it there for months is wild.
2026-08-24 17:19:38
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🪶 *stares indigenously* :
I'm an HR Exec. people like the lady all upsettispaghetti over her several months old drink are EXHAUSTING and huge problems in many other ways every single time.
2026-08-24 15:31:24
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Angela 🇨🇴🇬🇧 :
If someone grabes your stuff, yes you'd be upset. But... But... If something is left there for so long like this case a few months, I think it shouldn't be so much drama, specially si ce the owner is rarely in the office
2026-08-23 17:41:02
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Kyla✨ :
no the lady is crazy and If i left anything in a work fridge over a week I wouldve assumed it got trashed. as usually, that sort of space gets cleaned out presumably
2026-08-22 16:54:57
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Heatherly🇨🇦 :
NTA, People need to label their stuff
2026-08-22 16:05:12
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Jill Hollanopoulos :
I work at a hospital with a full sized fridge and freezer. Recently I brought in a frozen meal for lunch, on a break I went to the little break room to grab it and it was gone, I turned around to say something to my coworker who was on her break when I saw what she was eating. Her face when I was like " Hey did you take my lunch" ...She explained she often buys the same frozen meals and forgot whe lunch so she came to check to freezer to see if she still had any of her "back up frozen meals" in the freezer, saw it ans thought it was her. I didnt get mad in fact I still think it was so funny and now whenever she complains I get to say " At least no one stole your lunch"
2026-08-22 20:51:51
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shaniaarnold332 :
Its been months and she just now wanted it? Nah, she only remembered when she noticed it was gone. Label your things next time, especially when you aren't going to use them right away
2026-08-22 19:43:27
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walmart brand aizawa :
nta since a) theres usually stuff from marketers thats up for grabs and b) it was in there for weeks
2026-08-22 16:10:33
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bundle of cigarettes 🏳️🌈 :
Nobody is the AH like yeah she's definitely should have labeled it as hers but also from the sounds of it she's not in the office often which isn't her fault but OP and yea redbull provides more caffeine but from the sounds of it there were more options 🤷♂️
2026-08-22 17:01:54
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DonnerDinnerParty :
Idk. My office cleans the fridges every month so her drink would be gone anyway,
2026-08-22 16:44:54
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tofu :
I mean. kind of ta, but also it's an honest mistake, and you kinda have to expect it after that long a time, and they immediately owned up and apologized so also not really ta
2026-08-22 16:21:45
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no name :
NTA
from the context that is given it seems that the "other employee" put something in a shared fridge, whitout communicating it to anyone or at least labeling it as their own.
There's literally no way for OP or the other colleagues to know it was theirs personally.
2026-08-22 16:08:57
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Squidneyy💕 :
I mean kinda, but you apologized and offered to pay to replace it so not really. She seems like she just wanted something to complain about because why say no if you really wanted it?? 🤔
2026-08-22 16:34:20
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Izzy :
NTA but they should buy a replacement to be polite
2026-08-23 01:10:53
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Kat Maher 🍉 :
I feel like if it’s been in there two months, the person who bought it forgot all about it and it’s fair game now
2026-08-22 17:03:37
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vampirechick15 :
since there's stuff left in that fridge regularly that's up for grabs. I'd honestly say, everything personal should have a label stating who's it is. no label, OP asked the office if it belonged to anyone, and from the sounds of it this person isn't even part of their office, they just come in once in awhile. it's weird to assuming anything you'd leave behind for 2 months+ would still be there
2026-08-23 15:28:54
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