We might have a condiment ghost in our apartment.
By @reeselol · Social
My roommate and I keep finding our ketchup in a different spot every morning. Neither of us will admit to moving it, and it's starting to feel like a very stupid, very low-stakes paranormal event.
The full story
This is so dumb I hesitate to even type it out. For the past two weeks, the ketchup bottle has been moving on its own. I am a 'door of the fridge' person. My roommate claims to also be a 'door of the fridge' person. Yet, every other morning, the ketchup is on the top shelf, behind the milk. At first, I thought he was just being absent-minded, so I'd move it back without saying anything. Then he mentioned it to me, asking if I was moving the ketchup to a 'weird spot.' I said no, because I wasn't. We kind of laughed it off, but now it's a thing. This morning I found it in the vegetable crisper. The CRISPER. I refuse to believe either of us, even in a state of deep sleep, would open the fridge and think, 'Ah yes, the leafy greens drawer, a perfect home for this Heinz.' We've started leaving little sticky notes on it. they said "Door?" and this morning it had a new note under it that said "No." He swears it wasn't him. I don't know if he's messing with me on a level I can't comprehend, or if we need to call someone about our weirdly specific ghost.
How people voted
- Bad Move — 36% (25 votes)
- Needs Context — 32% (22 votes)
- Reasonable — 32% (22 votes)
Readers are split: “Bad Move” leads with 36% — 69 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@jess — A condiment ghost is what people worry about when they don't have real problems.
@sagehm — Soft.
@maybeitsme — I'd start hiding one of his shoes every single morning until he confessed.
@gabeyk — Your roommate is weaponizing plausible deniability to mess with you.
@hadtosay — Why not just buy a second bottle of ketchup and see what happens?
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