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Aibu for being frustrated with a colleague

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ForOliveShaker · 03/09/2024 12:07

So, we had lunch delivered yesterday and it’s a rare treat for us at work to get this. It was sushi and wraps and cakes.

A colleague of mine, who is somewhat greedy I feel. Took one of the boxes that things were delivered in and says to me “I’m going to take some of this home for tea” she took 12 wraps so 6 full ones, 10 sushi and a few cakes.

I ended up telling my team leader but didn’t want to be horrible about it but it was sort of greedy in my opinion to take that much when it was supposed to be for our spread today. I would understand if it was a case of food poverty or something, but the issue is she goes for regular dinners that are pricey and gets regular take outs.

AIBU for being annoyed here.

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Hakunatomato · 07/09/2024 11:45

ForOliveShaker · 03/09/2024 12:15

I told my team leader in the morning bc she left and was packing the box when everyone has gone home and didn’t realise I was still there.

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She was packing the box when everyone had gone home? Well done to her for not wasting food. The wraps would not have been nice over a day old.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 07/09/2024 11:45

Was it left overs at the end of the week so wouldn’t be good to eat by Monday anyway? If so then fair dos, as preventing waste. Maybe you should have all shared it out to prevent waste.

Monkeysatonthewall · 07/09/2024 11:20

😮😮 wow...

Hankunamatata · 07/09/2024 11:12

She took left overs. Wise up op

ranchdressing · 07/09/2024 11:11

Our office manager practically begs us to take leftover home food when its ordered in for meetings. This is quite common I think.

ranchdressing · 07/09/2024 11:10

If she did this after lunch at the end of the work day then this is totally fair game. It'll only get binned otherwise - who wants day old sushi and wraps??

SummerFade · 07/09/2024 10:57

So basically took the leftovers?
Nothing wrong with that and better than throwing it in the bin.

You sound like you’ve got issues around food calling someone greedy. That’s a very judgmental and unpleasant trait.

hepsitemiz · 07/09/2024 10:51

YABU, OP.

She prevented food waste. By the sounds of your OP and updates, the food would have been binned.

Good on your colleague, I say.

PrincessScarlett · 07/09/2024 10:38

So was it leftovers then? Not a problem at all taking leftovers.

SoTired12 · 07/09/2024 10:36

Reported for taking home leftovers 😭 good luck in the office with that one OP

MountainChalet · 07/09/2024 10:36

This doesn't make any sense.
If it was leftovers, don't see the problem. You can't keep sushi for the next day.

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 07/09/2024 10:32

She took the leftovers - after everyone had gone?

If it see what the problem is?

graceinspace999 · 07/09/2024 10:29

Doesn’t everyone share leftovers rather than waste them?

Telling tales on her brought shame on you OP

NonsuchCastle · 07/09/2024 10:24

You told your team leader? What an immature, spiteful thing to do.

FinallyYouSaid · 07/09/2024 10:18

It sounds like she was taking leftovers after everyone else had gone.

What on earth is there to be annoyed about?

Butchyrestingface · 07/09/2024 10:15

ForOliveShaker · 03/09/2024 12:15

I told my team leader in the morning bc she left and was packing the box when everyone has gone home and didn’t realise I was still there.

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It sounds like she was hoovering the leftovers up after everyone had finished and left, in which case, she's just preventing waste.

Did YOU pack a doggy bag for later? Are you just narked you didn't have the same idea?

Butchyrestingface · 07/09/2024 10:15

ForOliveShaker · 03/09/2024 12:15

I told my team leader in the morning bc she left and was packing the box when everyone has gone home and didn’t realise I was still there.

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It sounds like she was hoovering the leftovers up after everyone had finished and left, in which case, she's just preventing waste.

Did YOU pack a doggy bag for later? Are you just narked you didn't have the same idea?

TooTired2024 · 07/09/2024 10:13

Timing's everything! If she was packing it up at the end of the day, I'd be fine with it, esp sushi as it doesn't last well. Was anyone else going to take it that day? No? Then she'd be welcome to it. I'd have more problems with the cakes, as they'd still be OK for the next day, but if everyone had had some then I'd find it difficult to get het up about it tbh

Gettingbysomehow · 07/09/2024 10:04

She's got a damned nerve. I'd have said there are other people here you know.
This is the problem with work, you are forced to work with people you wouldn't ever want to be with outside work.

reluctantbrit · 07/09/2024 10:03

We get lunch every Thursday and it's always the case that leftovers are free to be taken home. During the last couple of months we always had sandwiches/wraps and they don't really last well into the next day so they would be binned.

I often take a bit of cake or biscuits home for DD to enjoy as well - at the end of the day when it's clear that they are left behind, not before everyone else had their chance to eat them obviously.

CasaBianca · 07/09/2024 09:59

I can’t believe you have reported a colleague for taking leftovers after people have left the office - clearly not intending on taking these themselves.
What do you think should have happen with the food remaining?

GiveMeSomeWaterItsHot · 07/09/2024 09:59

ForOliveShaker · 03/09/2024 12:15

I told my team leader in the morning bc she left and was packing the box when everyone has gone home and didn’t realise I was still there.

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Your post is really confusing, this makes it sound as though your colleague took home leftovers after everyone had gone home. If so, she’s definitely not a CF. She’s only cheeky if she had first dibs and there wasn’t enough to go round.

DontCallAnyoneAnIdiotOrYouWillBeBannedAgain · 07/09/2024 09:58

AhBiscuits · 07/09/2024 09:47

We're never going to find out if it was leftovers are we 😞

I am going to hazard a wild guess that the only leftover sushi was in @ForOliveShaker 's imagination.

But as school term has started now hopefully they are back in lessons and not making up rubbish on MN.

If you ARE still here then next time @ForOliveShaker get your "facts" right - in the first post she told you she was taking it home as she was packing it up, in your last post you said she "didn't realise" you were still there

AhBiscuits · 07/09/2024 09:47

We're never going to find out if it was leftovers are we 😞

ClairDeLaLune · 07/09/2024 09:46

So it was leftovers left out on a desk to go off overnight? That’s good she took it so it wouldn’t go to waste, especially if she tough everyone had gone home.

You’re a grass OP!

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