Work cf stories. Anyone else work cheeky fuckers?

I don't understand this one, sorry

The scenario like yours really baffles me. Do people really lose their minds when something is 'free'? Just buy your family a pizza! I'm sure he could afford it.

Similar, I worked in a school as a TA and whenever we had a field trip, the kitchen would prepare a packed lunch for children who had school lunches. Very basic, a sandwich, fruit and drink.

EXCEPT if a trip was on a Monday. Kitchen wouldn't do it as they would usually prep the night before.

So because we'd planned the trip for a Monday, the school gave us some money instead to go to Lidl and buy the ingredients, and the TAs had to prepare the sandwiches. They were the sorriest things, made by non-professionals with the cheapest ingredients.

When I was taking the orders from the children, the teacher put her hand up saying she was absolutely having a lunch on the school. Pathetic. I didn't even have them. She was a teacher there for years so would have been on a more senior salary, had grown children and lived at home with her working husband. Surely she could have afforded a £3 meal deal.

The treat-denying ones are the worst, aren't they?! Reminds me of when I worked at a travel agent's. It was bought by a guy who owned a mini-mart. He had zero experience of the travel industry so we carried him big-time, plus he was a skinflint. Anyway, at Christmas he made a big deal of us getting hampers, which turned out to be some tins and jars from his shop that were all months out of date! Seriously, how long had those jars of olive paste been sitting in his shop?!

Secondary school teaching department. We are supposedly responsible for different year groups. I plan e.g. Year 10 well in advance, put everything on the system for colleagues to use.

Colleague who is supposed to plan Year 11 and is also head of department, just doesn't do it. Right up to the last minute before I'm supposed to be teaching the topic she still hasn't done it. The night before, I end up doing it myself. She breezes into my classroom. "O... what's that? Don't forget to put everything on the shared drive!" I end up planning everything for both year groups. She's my line manager.

@PizzaFecker Did they make him put the pizza back?

Took his bounty from the warehouse....

Every Christmas (until covid) the big,big boss would send a hamper of goodies for us all to share

We where very good at rationing them out so everyone who wanted a few,got some (I didn't as I don't like them)

One Christmas I saw them being delivered and put in our staff room

About an hour later,I saw the boss (who was an utter twat) carrying large boxes down the stairs and into his car

Didn't think much of it until a rumour started that he'd stolen our Christmas chocolate-he'd filled the large boxes (using our branded boxes) with the smaller boxes of sweets

Apparently,he loved thorntons and thought we wouldn't notice!

Covid kicked in,he left and we've not had any goodies for Christmas again

How could I forget 1 horrid place.

• They had business cards printed with my personal home and mobile number. I didn't have a work phone, didn't WFH nor work out of hours. They also spelt my 4 letter name incorrectly! When I queried why my personal phone numbers were on there, they said 'well the company director has his phone number on there!' They wouldn't re-print them due to the cost!
• They used to offer 'internships' as a prize at swanky events in London. The poor person, usually a girl 16-18, spent every day shredding paperwork on a domestic shredder- because they were too tight to buy an office shredder. On 1 girls last day- she was 'allowed' to open the door to the client and show them to the waiting area!
• I resigned, my final pay was wrong. Apparently I'd take over 1hr at lunch to attend their Christmas party. I pointed out that in fact I had left the office last and locked up, and also returned within the hour because they had booked a client in to see me DURING the Christmas party.

A manager years ago was a stickler for us signing in the book all of our possessions and phone credit /money. Nagged at when wasn't done properly.. He always signed in with NIL.. Until someone queried why he was always eating. Biscuits /boxes of chocolates open on his desk.
Cf was a thief! Didn't even get sacked just demoted!

The work photocopier was going through alot more paper and ink than normal. I came in early to see a staff member with a pile of pages printed off. She taught Sunday School when not working with us. When I pointed out it was stealing, she said she didn't think it mattered because she was doing God's work!