I should be upset but....
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I think this is pretty common in most offices sadly. We have stuff go missing all the time from the kitchen and I even had someone steal my peanut butter cups from my desk. It will be less of a problem in the office itself now because they put cameras in (not because of the food thing, and II for one am glad they finally installed them for other reasons) but I know the kitchen stuff is still going to disappear. Of course, I will bring in stuff I buy and don't like (like tea that isn't what I expected or things like that) and put it in the cabinets knowing that someone will take it. So I guess that is better than throwing it out. And honestly taking food is probably the least of our problems in my office,
But seriously - taking someone's peanut butter cups - that is pretty low1 -
When I worked in a place with a shared refrigerator and brought my lunch no one ever seemed to be stealing food or drinks from others.0
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I had babybel cheese wheels go missing from our shared fridge. I pretty much stopped using the fridge.0
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Carillon_Campanello wrote: »
Depends which ones. The yellow are the best. Red. Meh and the others who knows0 -
I had a co-worker who would put her name on her food and drinks with a sharpie, which is fine but when someone would go out for a group coffee run and bring back the little creams and sugars she would write her name on those too. All of the unused ones she claimed for herself.
It was a little thing, but the rest of the office really ended up with a feeling of ill will towards her.
People would also take turns bringing in coffee supplies. She had no problem using other peoples contributions but when she brought something in she wrote her name on it, would not share.1 -
I just thought about this but...
If one were to steal a lunch from the workplace fridge, where would one eat it? The desk, the lunchroom, a conference room - none of those places sound like a good place to eat a stolen lunch and be potentially spotted.
I'm thinking, hide it in the lapel of your jacket and scarf it down in a toilet stall. Seems like an odd dietary approach for an office worker making an okay paycheck but, the hell with it. I don't understand people anyway.
Cheapskates'll go to, extreme measures to; save anything!0 -
19 years ago when I was pregnant with my first baby someone stole my yogurt out of the fridge.....to this day if I knew who it was I would rain lava down in their head....you don't steal food from a pregnant woman.6
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You all crack me up. love all the responses. So I told a few people around here and many of the people said "maybe they thought it was theirs?" We aren't talking about PB&J in a brown paper bag. How many people saw half eaten drunken noodles and think those might be mine. I do know this people best stay away from my Chicken Parm today! I risked life an limb getting that out of my house this morning Chicken Parm is coveted in my house.2
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SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »is your name Ross Geller?
Nope Red Ross now that the took my lunch.1 -
gamerbabe14 wrote: »Someone stole the chicken out of my lunch. Just the chicken and left the rest of the meal in my Tupperware.
someone must of been lifting hard and was really craving protein. I can understand that.0 -
I just thought about this but...
If one were to steal a lunch from the workplace fridge, where would one eat it? The desk, the lunchroom, a conference room - none of those places sound like a good place to eat a stolen lunch and be potentially spotted.
I'm thinking, hide it in the lapel of your jacket and scarf it down in a toilet stall. Seems like an odd dietary approach for an office worker making an okay paycheck but, the hell with it. I don't understand people anyway.
I thought the same. I was thinking I would be afraid of getting caught while heating it up. We have one break room. I have an office but many of the others are in a cubicles so no idea where they would eat it.1 -
I bring a little container of coffee creamer everyday, enough for one cup, just to avoid putting my creamer in the fridge at work. People will use that *kitten* in a heartbeat and not think twice.
There is a guy who sits close to me, and will run to the kitchen when an email comes out about extra food from a section luncheon. He is a programmer and is probably one of the highest salaries in the IT department. Why are people so cheap like that? And here I am, one of the lowest paid IT people and I bring bagels for my section sometimes. Of course I don't share with the cheap guy, he's not on my team. LOL!3 -
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I just thought about this but...
If one were to steal a lunch from the workplace fridge, where would one eat it? The desk, the lunchroom, a conference room - none of those places sound like a good place to eat a stolen lunch and be potentially spotted.
I'm thinking, hide it in the lapel of your jacket and scarf it down in a toilet stall. Seems like an odd dietary approach for an office worker making an okay paycheck but, the hell with it. I don't understand people anyway.
I thought the same. I was thinking I would be afraid of getting caught while heating it up. We have one break room. I have an office but many of the others are in a cubicles so no idea where they would eat it.
Unless it's frozen if, they take it when; work begins & put it in their desk drawer, refrigerator food'll be room temperature by; lunchtime & thus tastes okay, if not; microwaved!
Also they, possibly won't risk microwaving it; because you might, smell it; somewhere else & if, it's frozen or if they'll only consume it, heated they; possibly brought their own lunch &'re taking, your's home for; dinner instead!0 -
_har_T_Swallow wrote: »browneyedgirl749 wrote: »I bring a little container of coffee creamer everyday, enough for one cup, just to avoid putting my creamer in the fridge at work. People will use that *kitten* in a heartbeat and not think twice.
There is a guy who sits close to me, and will run to the kitchen when an email comes out about extra food from a section luncheon. He is a programmer and is probably one of the highest salaries in the IT department. Why are people so cheap like that? And here I am, one of the lowest paid IT people and I bring bagels for my section sometimes. Of course I don't share with the cheap guy, he's not on my team. LOL!
tbf though, you don't get rich by spending money.
my grandpa is like this. dude made bank off insurance and investments and what not and could live anywhere he wants and do whatever he wants. he's like 80 now and lives in the same old place he's been in for 30 years now, buys used cars, rarely ever goes out to eat, et cetera et cetera.
I can understand this. It just bugs me when people are first in line to get free food because someone is kind enough to bring in extra, but never does the same for us. It's gotten to where I'll bring in just a little extra and share with people who have shared things with me. That's how I feel like I'm "paying them back."
For the younger people, I understand being careful on spending because you want to make sure you'll be financially stable when you retire. Let's face it, SS may not be around when a lot of us retire. But we also work to live. Money is supposed to be spent. Make memories.2 -
_har_T_Swallow wrote: »browneyedgirl749 wrote: »I bring a little container of coffee creamer everyday, enough for one cup, just to avoid putting my creamer in the fridge at work. People will use that *kitten* in a heartbeat and not think twice.
There is a guy who sits close to me, and will run to the kitchen when an email comes out about extra food from a section luncheon. He is a programmer and is probably one of the highest salaries in the IT department. Why are people so cheap like that? And here I am, one of the lowest paid IT people and I bring bagels for my section sometimes. Of course I don't share with the cheap guy, he's not on my team. LOL!
tbf though, you don't get rich by spending money.
my grandpa is like this. dude made bank off insurance and investments and what not and could live anywhere he wants and do whatever he wants. he's like 80 now and lives in the same old place he's been in for 30 years now, buys used cars, rarely ever goes out to eat, et cetera et cetera.
Is your grandpa Warren Buffet? Lol
My son stole one of my Quest bars out of my "secret stash", took one bite out of it, then threw it in the trash! I'm not sure if I was more mad at him for getting into my stash or for taking a bite out of a $2.29 protein bar, then throwing it away!3 -
browneyedgirl749 wrote: »I bring a little container of coffee creamer everyday, enough for one cup, just to avoid putting my creamer in the fridge at work. People will use that *kitten* in a heartbeat and not think twice.
There is a guy who sits close to me, and will run to the kitchen when an email comes out about extra food from a section luncheon. He is a programmer and is probably one of the highest salaries in the IT department. Why are people so cheap like that? And here I am, one of the lowest paid IT people and I bring bagels for my section sometimes. Of course I don't share with the cheap guy, he's not on my team. LOL!
IMO I think coffee creamer would be up for grabs. Stuff like milk and condiments are typically shared where I work otherwise we would have 100 different bottles of creamer in the fridge. I don't drink coffee so I don't use it but it seems as though people share that stuff.
As far as the other guy goes running for the food. I know a lawyer who packages it up to bring home lol. people go in and grab a slice or a bowl what ever and he is pulling out the Tupperware containers hahaha0 -
DeficitDuchess wrote: »I just thought about this but...
If one were to steal a lunch from the workplace fridge, where would one eat it? The desk, the lunchroom, a conference room - none of those places sound like a good place to eat a stolen lunch and be potentially spotted.
I'm thinking, hide it in the lapel of your jacket and scarf it down in a toilet stall. Seems like an odd dietary approach for an office worker making an okay paycheck but, the hell with it. I don't understand people anyway.
Cheapskates'll go to, extreme measures to; save anything!
"You gonna eat that?"
"Well - I kind of haven't started it.... but yeah"1
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