The Fridge That Orders Too Much

Timo bought a new smart fridge last month. The fridge tracked food and ordered more automatically. It worked well for the first few weeks. He never ran out of eggs or butter.

Timo membeli kulkas pintar baru bulan lalu. Kulkas itu melacak makanan dan memesan lebih banyak secara otomatis. Kulkas itu bekerja dengan baik selama beberapa minggu pertama. Ia tidak pernah kehabisan telur atau mentega.

One Monday, a delivery truck stopped outside. The driver carried box after box inside. Timo counted twelve cartons of milk in total.

Pada suatu hari Senin, sebuah truk pengantar berhenti di depan rumah. Pengemudinya membawa kardus demi kardus ke dalam. Timo menghitung dua belas karton susu seluruhnya.

"I did not order this much milk," Timo said. He checked the fridge's small screen carefully.

"Saya tidak memesan susu sebanyak ini," kata Timo. Ia memeriksa layar kecil kulkas itu dengan cermat.

The screen showed a strange order history. The fridge ordered milk every single day that week.

Layar itu menampilkan riwayat pesanan yang aneh. Kulkas itu memesan susu setiap hari pada minggu itu.

Timo called the store to ask about it. "Your fridge sent us daily milk orders," the clerk said. "Something in your settings went wrong," she added.

Timo menelepon toko untuk menanyakannya. "Kulkas Anda mengirim pesanan susu setiap hari kepada kami," kata pegawai toko. "Ada yang salah di pengaturan Anda," tambahnya.

Timo thanked her and hung up the phone. He opened the fridge's small app again.

Timo berterima kasih kepadanya dan menutup telepon. Ia membuka lagi aplikasi kecil kulkas itu.

He found a toggle called "Auto-Restock: Milk." The toggle was on, set to order daily.

Ia menemukan sebuah tombol bertuliskan "Auto-Restock: Milk." Tombol itu menyala, diatur untuk memesan setiap hari.

Timo turned the toggle off right away. He also set a weekly limit for orders.

Timo langsung mematikan tombol itu. Ia juga menetapkan batas pesanan mingguan.

Then Timo faced his kitchen counter with twelve cartons. He gave three cartons to his neighbor next door. He donated the rest to the food pantry nearby.

Lalu Timo menghadapi meja dapurnya yang dipenuhi dua belas karton. Ia memberikan tiga karton kepada tetangga sebelah. Sisanya ia sumbangkan ke bank makanan di dekat rumah.

The next week, only one carton of milk arrived. Timo smiled and put it straight in the fridge. He checked the app one more time that morning. Everything on the screen looked calm and normal.

Minggu berikutnya, hanya satu karton susu yang datang. Timo tersenyum dan langsung memasukkannya ke kulkas. Pagi itu ia memeriksa aplikasinya sekali lagi. Semua yang ada di layar tampak tenang dan normal.