Items you never finish but continously buy? (1 Viewer)

[comfortably numb]

Pretty sure in the thousands of pens I have used in my life I have never gotten to the end of one.

I don't eat mustard but my family does. Seems like every 4 months we are throwing out a half consumed jar and replacing with another.

Probably bought 10 chaptstic tubes my whole life. I'd be shocked if I used any 1 tube more than 4 times.

 

[shadyridr]

Cereal

 

[Captain Cranks]

Bottles of lemon juice. 

The chapstick one is pretty good.  They're often found in the washer.   

 

[urbanhack]

Vape carts

 

[JaxBill]

guac

never totally finish the container. then when I'm doing tacos again i just buy a fresh container 

 

[D-Day]

Condoms.  But here's hoping some day.  

 

[Cjw_55106]

I wouldn’t say never, but I throw out a lot of sour cream containers that aren’t empty. 
 

 

[DallasDMac]

Things used in recipes. Like worcestershire sauce, etc.

 

[shuke]

I don't eat mustard but my family does. Seems like every 4 months we are throwing out a half consumed jar and replacing with another.

Must should last like a decade.  

 

[badmojo1006]

Yogurt. By 3-4 at the store, eat one and then throw the rest away in a month

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Lifetime memberships.

 

[In The Zone]

Milk. It's just the wife and I. We buy a whole gallon and we usually don't quite finish all of it before it goes bad bur if we buy a half gallon it's gone in 3 or 4 days so we usually just get a gallon. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Milk. It's just the wife and I. We buy a whole gallon and we usually don't quite finish all of it before it goes bad bur if we buy a half gallon it's gone in 3 or 4 days so we usually just get a gallon. 

Maybe you should just buy a cow.

 

[MAC_32]

I'll buy my wife a few plums once per year knowing she won't finish them even though she always asks for them then before throwing them out a week later I'm always sire to say to her- maybe next year!

 

[NREC34]

I keep watching certain kinds of movies, they are super interesting for awhile but then the story lines get boring for some reason and I never finish them. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I keep watching certain kinds of movies, they are super interesting for awhile but then the story lines get boring for some reason and I never finish them. 

Hollywood seems to be full of screenwriters who are good for the first half but just can't finish well.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Books.

I have dozens around the house that I haven't started or got 100 pages in and stopped.  

 

[KarmaPolice]

Hollywood seems to be full of screenwriters who are good for the first half but just can't finish well.

Stephen King writes movies? 

 

[KCitons]

Bread. We never seem to get to the end of a loaf before it molds. 

But, we buy a new loaf every week or so. 

 

[Angry Beavers]

Strawberries....... wife loves them - gets a container - eats part of em' inevitably they don't all get finished before turning fuzzy

 

[grateful zed]

bic lighters.

i cant ever remember owning one thru its entire life cycle.

but, then again, i hardly ever have to buy one either.

 

[James Bond]

Toothpaste. Eventually, you get tired of trying to get the last bit out. But it's still there.

 

[Mister CIA]

Guavacodos.  Too much work.

 

[ChiefD]

Radishes.

 

[Brony]

Not a direct answer, but this is a fine place to vent that my wife will spare some 3 or 4 day old meat or bread from waste by putting in our freezer.  I know that once it goes in the freezer, 99% of it will be in the garbage in 7 to 12 months, but for household harmony, I suck it up. 

 

[AAABatteries]

https://www.amazon.com/Passion-Lubes-Natural-Water-Based-Lubricant/dp/B005MR3IVO

 

[Major]

Strawberries....... wife loves them - gets a container - eats part of em' inevitably they don't all get finished before turning fuzzy

Yeah, I used to have the same problem.  Shark move is to throw them in the freezer before they mold.  Frozen fruit goes great with smoothies.  

 

[skol asylum]

Books.

I have dozens around the house that I haven't started or got 100 pages in and stopped.  

I have 748 ebooks. I keep buying authors/genres I like when they are on sale for 1.99-3.99 etc. I've probably only read 60-70 of them. And I keep buying them.

 

[E Street Brat]

I keep watching certain kinds of movies, they are super interesting for awhile but then the story lines get boring for some reason and I never finish them. 

 

[Zow]

Cologne

 

[Hov34]

I have 748 ebooks. I keep buying authors/genres I like when they are on sale for 1.99-3.99 etc. I've probably only read 60-70 of them. And I keep buying them.

Just think, when the apocalypse happens you'll have plenty of time to read them all.

oh, wait.

 

[mr. furley]

I wouldn’t say never, but I throw out a lot of sour cream containers that aren’t empty. 
 

these are single use for me. tub of it is 99 cents. buy one for taco night and throw out whatever doesn't get used.

 

[Drunken knight]

Chipotle in adodo

tomato paste

occasionally tomato sauce

salsa, if i don't make it

 

[Wingnut]

I don't eat mustard but my family does. Seems like every 4 months we are throwing out a half consumed jar and replacing with another.

Ive never thrown mustard away, it never lasts long enough to go bad.

Bottles of lemon juice.   

I go through those plastic squeeze bottles (both lemon and lime juice) about once every other month just casually using them in cooking.

guac

never totally finish the container. then when I'm doing tacos again i just buy a fresh container 

You...buy guac? As in premade? It's so easy (and cheaper) to make fresh.

Milk. It's just the wife and I. We buy a whole gallon and we usually don't quite finish all of it before it goes bad bur if we buy a half gallon it's gone in 3 or 4 days so we usually just get a gallon. 

I'm the only one in my house that drinks milk, and I drink a gallon every 4 to 6 days...sometimes I buy 2 gallons at a time and can't remember the last time any made it to the best is used by date.

these are single use for me. tub of it is 99 cents. buy one for taco night and throw out whatever doesn't get used.

For me, I'd say cilantro and parsley. I always just need a little and end up throwing away 75% of it. Also rice. I'll buy some for a recipe and then have to toss it a year later due to bugs.

 

[cosjobs]

gym memberships

 

[rockaction]

Water. I've so got it over on the idiots who don't know they need it, at least. Just bottle after bottle of refreshing water, made to sustain life. 

 

[CurlyNight]

My luck is once I find my perfect something it gets reformulated or discontinued. So I don't let stock dwindle down. My room is a storage place mainly for this reason. The new and improved never has been for me.

 

[Courtjester]

Video games. The newest one comes out--I buy into the hype and I never finish them.

Just started Witcher 3---this is like a 50 hour time sink coming..

 

[Judge Smails]

Pron double features 

 

[cosjobs]

Pron double features 

five minute porn clips

 

[AAABatteries]

Pron double features 

So, you’re the guy!

 

[-OZ-]

Avocados

Grapes - not always but way too often

All sorts of sauces or condiments. Except ketchup, we always finish the ketchup

 

[Juxtatarot]

Bread. We never seem to get to the end of a loaf before it molds. 

But, we buy a new loaf every week or so. 

Keep it in the refrigerator and it will be fine for several weeks.

 

[hagmania]

I have 748 ebooks. I keep buying authors/genres I like when they are on sale for 1.99-3.99 etc. I've probably only read 60-70 of them. And I keep buying them.

My Steam library feels personally attacked by this thread.

 

[KCitons]

Keep it in the refrigerator and it will be fine for several weeks.

It's in the cabinet next to the refrigerator. Isn't that close enough?

 

[Juxtatarot]

It's in the cabinet next to the refrigerator. Isn't that close enough?

Nope.  Seriously though, if you have room in your fridge, try it.  I have converted several people on this over the years.  

 

[Ranethe]

I’m always throwing away half cans of that “Great Stuff” foam sealant. Buy a can for a specific purpose then the rest gets hard before I need it again. End up buying 4-5 a year.

 

[Gally]

Super Glue.  Don't need a lot of it and then when you go back to use it again it is all dried out and hard to get to.  Maybe get a second use if you are able to get it flowing again.

 

[Gally]

Things used in recipes. Like worcestershire sauce, etc.

I don't think this stuff goes bad....Although I use a lot of it so maybe it does and I have never had to get to that point. 

 

[Bull Dozier]

Way too much meat goes bad and gets thrown out in our house.  My wife will buy meat for 2 or 3 nights of real home made meals per week.  Without fail, on one or two of those nights we'll have something come up that prevents us from making those meals.  The meat sits until it goes bad because no one ever does anything with it.

If it was something easy like chicken breasts or burger patties, I could grill them quick and eat them over the next day or two.  But she always gets roasts, or some strange cut I'm not familiar with and can't cook quickly.