Always looking in the fridge even though you know there’s nothing new in it

….and though you know nobody’s put anything to eat in it since you last looked only ten minutes ago you keep looking.  Justine Jeeps of the Quot White Goods Advisory Council says “ We are well aware of this problem and have been looking into self-loading fridges. These are the ones you see in films and television shows which, although you never see anyone putting anything into them , always seem to have a beer in them. So reliable are they that the actor doesn’t even have to look inside as he reaches into the rack as he just KNOWS there will be one there. The trouble with film and television fridges is that they are mostly full of film equipment and cameramen who like nothing better than to shoot kitchen scene cut-away shots from inside the fridge across the tops of the yoghourt tubs and fruit juice cartons .  For this purpose some of them don’t even have backs.   And never in films do you get those avalanches of frozen goods which cascade out of the freezer section onto your foot , or that thing which is always in the back of the fridge which jams up what you are trying to put in the front (unless it’s a  cameraman) .  In real life of course you’re lucky to find the fridge in the first place as it is often concealed behind snazzy walnut panelling trying to pass itself off as an ordinary cupboard to blend in with the overall kitchen design.  What causes you to keep looking in the fridge in the hope of finding that  something new has magically materialised is that you are always feeling ‘peckish’ , and its failure to address this problem is not a design fault of the appliance.”

(Otis Bleach , Morpeth) - QQQ**