What would you do in this situation?

Thesnipergecko · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:39

I've accepted a parcel on behalf of my neighbor, on the box it says refrigerate as soon as possible perishable goods inside. The box is around 3' square so it won't fit in my fridge as it stands.

I know my neighbor won't be home for another several hours.

I currently have the box in my conservatory as its the coldest part of the house.

Mynight · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:40

Chuck it outside its cold enough. Just keep an eye out for rain.

paradigm · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:40

Is it colder outside?

Outside (securely), placed in a bin bag to keep the weather off.

Thesnipergecko · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:42

Current outdoor temperature is 9c and raining.

paradigm · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:43

9ºc must still be colder than your conservatory though, surely?

tom_e · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:43

They should be packaged to survive a decent time out of the fridge, another 7 hours shouldn't make any difference.

Bennie-Mac · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:43

It will be packed in a cool box so I would just leave it where you have it. It could have been sitting in an unrefrigerated delivery truck until 8pm before it gets delivered so they have to make allowances for that.

JBuk · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:44

3" square wont fit in your fridge? You must have a ram packed fridge or the smallest one on the planet

Cosimo · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:45

JBuk said:
3" square wont fit in your fridge? You must have a ram packed fridge or the smallest one on the planet

Just going to say the same.

RaohNS · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:45

Open up and put pictures of the baby mammoth on the internets

antijoke · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:45

Was it delivered on a refrigerated van? And did it go through a refrigrated delivery network?

I suspect not, a few more hours in the conservatory shouldn't make a difference.

jsmoke · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:49

Phone a friend.

beachBOYken · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:52

Most likely a gift hamper which has some salmon in it, had a few gift hampers from the RNLI over the years which say the same thing on the box.

mrk · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:56

Bit windy these days, chuck it on their roof so the slipstream keeps it cool. Leave a note for them so they know "sorry, top off your roof".

Thesnipergecko · 3 Dec 2015 at 11:01

JBuk said:
3" square wont fit in your fridge? You must have a ram packed fridge or the smallest one on the planet

ha

3' sorry

Pho · 3 Dec 2015 at 11:04

Is it waterproof? You could maybe put it in a big bucket / your bath filled with cold water and/or ice and swap it for fresh cold water every hour or something.

beachBOYken · 3 Dec 2015 at 11:05

mrk said:
Bit windy these days, chuck it on their roof so the slipstream keeps it cool. Leave a note for them so they know "sorry, top off your roof".

I only just noticed that story about "parcel on roof" from Hermes driver. seems thats happened a few times?

Tom0 · 3 Dec 2015 at 11:06

Pho said:
Is it waterproof? You could maybe put it in a big bucket / your bath filled with cold water and/or ice and swap it for fresh cold water every hour or something.

Wow that's effort.

Will you be my neighbour?

tom_e · 3 Dec 2015 at 11:08

Open it, eat it, claim you've never seen it. Problem solved.

neoboy · 3 Dec 2015 at 11:10

If it's perishable goods that were posted, another few hours won't make a huge difference.