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Why? Just close the door properly. Ajust the feet so the fridge stands on a slight angle, so the door swings shut on it's own. What help is a temperature alarm

by beAbU 3y ago

Why? Just close the door properly. Ajust the feet so the fridge stands on a slight angle, so the door swings shut on it's own. What help is a temperature alarm if you are away. A fridge is used daily, surely you'll notice if the temperature is not what it's supposed to be.

navbaker 3y ago
Have you ever been around kids? They have a complete lack of situational awareness that leads to things like not noticing they’ve not pushed the fridge door shut and sealed all the way after grabbing cheese and running back to play. I can’t tell you how many times the chime on our LG has let us know to push the door closed.
- arter4 3y ago
  I admit I don't have kids, but AFAIK kids can do all kind of stuff, like putting crayons in the dishwasher or accidentally breaking things. You usually don't have sensors for all kinds of scenario (what if my kid breaks a glass? what if she starts drawing on the wall?). You either don't care and fix the thing later on, or you try to prevent that from happening, or a combination of the two. Sensors and notifications are not a reasonable solution to everything.
  - BoxFour 3y ago
    If you made, say, a dishwasher that notified you when something meltable was put into it you would probably find quite a few buyers. Your examples aren’t really great for that reason.
sokoloff 3y ago
Are you sure you would notice if the fridge was 45°F instead of 37°F? And sure that you’d notice before anyone consumed unsafe food?
darreninthenet 3y ago
I really have no idea how to reply to this without sounding like an ass so apologies in advance. Well yeah duh if the door was shut properly every time fridges wouldn't need door or temperature alarms at all (most have an audible one already). But it's called an alarm for a reason, sometimes shit goes wrong and it's handy to know before all the food has been at room temperature all day. We had a freezer door pop open overnight once, because one of the drawers wasn't quite shut properly... in 40+ years of interacting with a fridge/freezer, yes occasionally mistakes are made I also have friends and family and at least one will be aware and be willing to go to the house if necessary when we are away (only happened once when our intruder alarm went off for no apparent reason) and my neighbours would also pop in if I was at work. Seriously your response showed such a lack of thinking of real world situations and usage I can only assume you work for the Google UI team or something
- jventura 3y ago
  My dumb LG freezer plays a “ping ping ping” tune whenever the door is not properly closed after a few seconds. No need to send a smartphone notification!
  - darreninthenet 3y ago
    If you're home or not upstairs asleep I guess it's sufficient
    - beAbU 3y ago
      And what do you do if you are not home?
      - midasuni 3y ago
        So the fridge just opened itself? Ok, I’ll bite. What do you do? Your phone has just told you the fridge door is open. Now what? You aren’t at home, so you can’t close it.

by beAbU 3y ago

navbaker 3y ago

Have you ever been around kids? They have a complete lack of situational awareness that leads to things like not noticing they’ve not pushed the fridge door shut and sealed all the way after grabbing cheese and running back to play. I can’t tell you how many times the chime on our LG has let us know to push the door closed.

arter4 3y ago
I admit I don't have kids, but AFAIK kids can do all kind of stuff, like putting crayons in the dishwasher or accidentally breaking things. You usually don't have sensors for all kinds of scenario (what if my kid breaks a glass? what if she starts drawing on the wall?). You either don't care and fix the thing later on, or you try to prevent that from happening, or a combination of the two. Sensors and notifications are not a reasonable solution to everything.
- BoxFour 3y ago
  If you made, say, a dishwasher that notified you when something meltable was put into it you would probably find quite a few buyers. Your examples aren’t really great for that reason.

sokoloff 3y ago

Are you sure you would notice if the fridge was 45°F instead of 37°F? And sure that you’d notice before anyone consumed unsafe food?

darreninthenet 3y ago

I really have no idea how to reply to this without sounding like an ass so apologies in advance. Well yeah duh if the door was shut properly every time fridges wouldn't need door or temperature alarms at all (most have an audible one already). But it's called an alarm for a reason, sometimes shit goes wrong and it's handy to know before all the food has been at room temperature all day. We had a freezer door pop open overnight once, because one of the drawers wasn't quite shut properly... in 40+ years of interacting with a fridge/freezer, yes occasionally mistakes are made I also have friends and family and at least one will be aware and be willing to go to the house if necessary when we are away (only happened once when our intruder alarm went off for no apparent reason) and my neighbours would also pop in if I was at work. Seriously your response showed such a lack of thinking of real world situations and usage I can only assume you work for the Google UI team or something

jventura 3y ago
My dumb LG freezer plays a “ping ping ping” tune whenever the door is not properly closed after a few seconds. No need to send a smartphone notification!
- darreninthenet 3y ago
  If you're home or not upstairs asleep I guess it's sufficient
  - beAbU 3y ago
    And what do you do if you are not home?
    - midasuni 3y ago
      So the fridge just opened itself? Ok, I’ll bite. What do you do? Your phone has just told you the fridge door is open. Now what? You aren’t at home, so you can’t close it.