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My flatmate does this with kitchen cupboard doors, and, most annoyingly, the microwave. She'll open the microwave to stop it, takes her food out and, just ... l
by Reason077 4y ago
My flatmate does this with kitchen cupboard doors, and, most annoyingly, the microwave. She'll open the microwave to stop it, takes her food out and, just ... leaves it open. Then when I close it later it will start up again with nothing inside. Arrrgh!
- hoseja 4y agoIMO a good thing, lets them ventilate better. Not cancelling the timer is the wrong thing there.
- Reason077 4y agoNot sure about that. It's normal to open a microwave periodically to inspect, stir the food etc to ensure it is heating evenly. Automatically cancelling the timer each time you open it would be very annoying.
- hoseja 4y agoI meant, leaving the microwave open would be fine if they also cancelled the timer after being done with it.
- LinAGKar 4y agoInteresting, I think all microwaves I've had require you to press start to restart them after opening and closing the door.
- bolanyo 4y agoMine doesn't.
- roelschroeven 4y agoMine doesn't even have a start button. It starts whenever the door is closed and there is at least one second left on the timer.
- lukego 4y agoI learned this behaviour for a while when living with a microwave that made an annoyingly loud beep when it finished or was stopped. Workaround: slightly ajar as default idle state for silent operation and intercept immediately before completion.
- shrx 4y agoThe first time I heard the annoying beeping of my microwave I opened it and cut off the piezo beeper. Have been living in blissful silence ever since.
- dfinninger 4y agoEvery microwave I’ve ever owned has had a button to turn off the beeps. Usually, a long-press on 8 or 5.
- yanellena 4y agoWe do this to ventilate it so that it doesn't steam up the inside of the microwave. Seems pretty sensible.
- cubefox 4y agoExactly! If there is any moisture left and it can't dry, it could start to mold. That's actually a problem with my dishwasher, which can't be left slightly open (it always closes shut), and me being a single, so it takes time to get a full machine. If I want to prevent mold I either have to start the dishwasher half empty (which is counterintuitive) or to collect the dirty dishes outside the dishwasher until enough have accumulated to fill it. But then you have all the dirty dishes lying around. Argh!
- OkGoDoIt 4y agoCan you pull open the top rack and use that to stop the door from automatically closing?
- lelanthran 4y ago> My flatmate does this with kitchen cupboard doors, and, most annoyingly, the microwave. She'll open the microwave to stop it, takes her food out and, just ... leaves it open. Then when I close it later it will start up again with nothing inside. Arrrgh! So? Hit the cancel button when you close it - you have to be right there to close it after all. TBH, I do this too, because I hate putting in some milk to warm for cereal and getting out warm milk flavoured with and smelling of the curry we warmed last night. Anytime the microwave oven is used for aromatic food or any meal with flavouring, leave the door open.
- cj 4y agoI’m learning so much from this thread. The idea of warming milk for cereal has never crossed my mind.
- johnchristopher 4y agoOh, here's another one: I eat my oats with hot water, not milk ! Kids cereals I still use (cold) milk though.
- Reason077 4y agoAs a kid I loved hot milk on my Weet-Bix/Weetabix, but it's not something I crave as an adult!