Weird question 001
 

Iimmediately after you close it, why is the refrigerator door very difficult to open?

(a) It has acquired a habit which Newton called Inertia. Thus it wants to remain closed.

(b) It sucks.

(c) Refrigerator door is not a cabinet door that tends to stay open.

(d) None of the above.

RE: Weird question 001
 

Is it any easier after 1 year?

RE: Weird question 001
 

No....happens on new and old alike. didn't u know?

RE: Weird question 001
 

Nope. Never notice it.
Only ice is much harder to get, when you have hangover.

RE: Weird question 001
 

What about whether the light stays on when you close the door? Since you're asking this other question, I assume you've solved this conundrum to your satisfaction?

As to the door being harder to open just after closing it, I think there's a leprechaun in the fridge that holds onto the door whenever it's closed. He just gets tired after a few and lets go. Or, it has to do with a pressure difference between cold and warm air, until the fridge equalizes it.

Furthermore, why is fridge spelled with a D and refrigerator isn't?

RE: Weird question 001
 

During my grandfather's time, they were called Iceboxes, not refrigerators. A company called Fridgedaire made tons and tons of them back then. I guess, that's how iceboxes got the name fridge.

"Fridge" works well to serve as short form for both Frigedaire and Refrigerator.

How's my story telling? Hehe.

RE: Weird question 001
 

How come we don't call them refridgedaires?

RE: Weird question 001
 

I still have ice box on my boat. Opens hard no matter how long you wait.
I guess for security reasons?

RE: Weird question 001
 

Probably safety reasons. You don't want it to pop open when the boat is moving.

RE: Weird question 001
 

Actually I do. Too bad the ice box is 4 steps down from captain's chair.
You obviously know it is legal to drink alcohol and drive the boat?