Money Moral Dilemma: Should I drink the milk?

tracy1603

Last year after having milk delivered for over a year I decided to cancel my order as I was not using the supply...daughter had gone to uni hence lack of use. After cancelling the order a few weeks later milk appeared on my doorstep...not even my usual order. I contacted the company who apologised and told me to chuck it! which of course I did (not). A week later the same happened again with the same result, I wrote to the company giving dates of cancellation etc and luckily that was the end of that. My point is that the lady at the company told me they cannot take the milk back, so I dont know if this is relevant or helps but my advice drink it...i mean throw it!

reluctantworkingmum

ooooh what a waste..as my mother used to say. She would be absolutely horrified by the advice to throw it away or leave it outside to go off...Drink it girl - she would say.... look at this dreadfull throw away society.. no respect for money!! (except that lovely martin chappie) she would also have given the milkman a piece of her mind if he dared to ask her for money....no flies on my old ma!!!

Vectra

Just leave it where it is it's nothing to do with you
if people want to leave milk about well let em

John_Pierpoint

Raw milk can be an incredibly polluting dangerous product if it is allowed to go off.
(If ever you see a water company saying "There there dear it is not worse than a glass of milk in a swimming pool" - you know they are extracting the Michael - Talking about urine, drinking that is much safer that drinking rotting milk.)

Take it in and put it in the fridge, phone up the dairy and say come an get it today as it is perishable (It is likely to be dated and say something like "keep refrigerated and drink within x days).

So don't you dare let it go off and then pour it down the drain:

Consider the following BOD values of typical pollutants :

Silage liquor: up to 80,000 mg/litre

Vegetable washings 500-3000 mg/litre

Cattle slurry: up to 20,000 mg/litre

Liquid sewage sludge: 20,000 mg/litre

Pig slurry: up to 30,000 mg/litre

Domestic sewage: 300-400 mg/litre

Milk: 140,000 mg/litre

Treated sewage: 20-60 mg/litre

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Sarahcat

Our milkman retired and do we miss having our milk on the doorstep at 6am!
Not that we ever had 4 litres at any one time!
Glass bottles-brilliant.
Drink the milk and if the milkman should get in touch/deliver more then explain you really do not want a delivery and that any future milk will be drunk as unsolicited produce!
Don't waste it.

samsie

fitshase wrote: »

I would leave it out. It's obviously their mistake. However, make sure it's not on your property as some local burglar could take it as a sign you are away on holiday and you could be woken up one night by them breaking in.

It's similar to the catalogues we get (Avon, Bettaware, etc). They all shove one through the door then knock a week later asking for it back The Avon lady yesterday was extremely rude and impatient while I had to go and hunt for it so I told her that I don't want any more catalogues and if they post it again, it will be put in the recycling as unsolicited mail ;-)

no we dont ALL shove avon books through.i f im given an area i pop a polite note in asking the customer to reply if they want a book.if not i leave them alone.

jamespir

no as its theft unless of course you intend to pay for it

velissaria

The level of confusion here is unbelievable.

Common sense says: if the milk is left on your doorstep or anywhere INSIDE your property, then the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 applies (other members have quoted it previously).

If you find something in the middle of the street that it is not yours and you take it, then technically it is theft in the UK. But if it has been delivered INSIDE your property boundaries and the person who delivered it has not made any claims, e.g. leaving a message asking for payment, then it can be taken as a gift (no contract of services exists). Actually, I would think it is also Trespassing if people step inside our properties and leave stuff.

So, I would call and write to the milkman asking for this not to happen again, and I would either use the milk or throw it away.

Leaving milk rotting on your doorstep is indeed a health hazard as another member pointed out. It attracts cats and vermin as well.

If you are still in doubt maybe you should step in your local police dept. (no phone call, as this is usually for emergencies) and ask for some quick advice over the theft and trespassing laws. Alternatively, I am sure there must be a consumer's help agency where you could also get advice, in case he repeats this in the future.

John_Pierpoint

There is no English law against a single individual trespassing.
All you can do is ask them politely to leave.
You could then try to sue them in a civil court for the damage they had done:rotfl:

rwgray

I'd pour all the milk into a big cardboard box and mail it special delivery back to the Dairy with a little gift card attached. But then I'm mad as a fish.