Speaking of mini fridges...lol. Aside from the leftovers, your wife sounds like how my father used to be about such things. "Goofy pride thing" sounds about right.

Mini fridge - My neighbors just threw one out a couple nights ago. Of course the trash men won't pick those up, so I figured I would grab it the next day. By the time I got around to going out to get it, I notice they had now torn the door off it! If you know the door needs to be removed, how do you not know the trash guys won't even take it?!