My colleague has twat me over the head with a courgette..

Woohooo found you,

Shamelessly etc etc - it took me eons to find this new thread......

If you need a human skull I'm your goth

BYO that is a genius idea!

I'm not sure if this has been suggested but could you set up an Instagram account for the fridge

This would be the reason I finally joined instagram.

Could you arrange a load of "communal" items? Butter, milk,whatever, clearly labeled "IT dept", "Admin" etc, not exactly personal items then...

Ooh yes bcc the boss then she replies asserting her right to use the entire fridge as she sees fit and boss sees that! (Boss also hopefully sees she's not working the hours she's paid for so definitely ref her late starts/early leaving!)

I'm not sure if this has been suggested but could you set up an Instagram account for the fridge

Then post a photo of the contents everyday

courgette cock cake

To DIY:

Buy a pre-made cake from the supermarket and make the photo upthread as a cake topper/edible topper.

Also, send an email and blind copy in the boss.....asking like a pp said to limit food/drink to four items each.

Viva la revolution

Crapola. I have missed something about a cheque runs off to investigate

Did we miss anything on op's name change posts? Don't have the patience to trawl through.

The boss is actually chickenshit.

Have you submitted the evidentiary photographs, OP? I'm sure I remember your saying you'd taken photos of the fridge full of her daily shopping. Tomorrow will be business as usual so you need to be ready to snap again.

Ambiguity intentional.

Maybe you could buy a courgette cock cake to put in the fridge

Can you slap her in the face with the courgette?
Or
Send daily photo emails to the boss of what the fridge looks like with her crap food

Maybe you could put a human skull in the fridge. But do cancel the cheque.

So did the email directly come from her then? Is it named as coming from her or has it come from HR at her bequest?
The reply really ought to have addressed it head-on namely:
Dear HR
The fridge is communal therefore I would suggest personal items should be limited to no more than four* per person in any case, so that everyone can fit in their lunch/snack/can or bottle, particularly in view of the warm weather coming up.
The fridge should not be full to the brim of one person's personal items at the start of each and every shift. Such selfishness means that it is never available for everyone's use, regardless of whether it is empty at the close of day or not.

• personal does not mean an uncooked family chicken ** excludes courgettes which are of course unlimited

But op you must cancel the cheque.

But .... would she take out a big, beautifully decorated birthday cake (perhaps with fresh cream so it had to be refrigerated) that had been left in overnight and chuck it to fit in her shopping??

So she is basically saying "take your shit out at night so I can load the whole fridge with my shopping"

I feel so much RAGE for you!!!

. MrTCakes.

So does she usually make sure that she leaves the fridge free for "all those lovely cakes"?

How many will there be that staff lunches and drinks won't fit in??

"How on board is anyone else?"

Certainly early on in ops posts her colleagues were wimping out on the whole thing (aside from itbitch ).

I think an email (cc-ing the boss) re the hot weather meaning people will want cool drinks and food is a good idea.

Perhaps including something like 'hydration and keeping cool being important for health & safety and concentration levels' so if she rails back SHE can explain why production affected!!

OP - can you cancel the cheque?

Good to see we are still on the winning team, the death blow has to be struck now OP so prepare to do final battle!

Some notes:

Firstly I trust that HQ will see fit to add this to classics; Fridge Wars - The Saga Continues etc.

Secondly I adore ITBitch and have come to the very definite conclusion that he alone is responsible for Franz Ferdinanding OP's original sushi in a complex fridge reclamation scheme Machiavelli would have been proud of. ITBitch clearly needs more work to do, something slightly more challenging at least in case he gets bored enough to accidentally hack something american and get deported.

Thirdly, I agree fridge should not be emptied as per anon email request. Possesion is nine tenths of the law and all that. Either reply "Why" and wait or reply "Terribly sorry but that option is unworkable due to the lack of space left for employees by keyholder's personal belongings first thing every morning. Please inform staff how we can help management reach a working solution. Our current suggestions are;

• to ensure all staff are aware that fridge space is communal therefore shared equally and not open to monopolisation (possibly punishable by removal of fridge priviledges?)
• to increase available fridge space as necessary

Staff also request the nomination of second and third key holders immediately to negate the daily issues surrounding opening time management since this inconveniences everyone. Please let us know if we can be of further assistance blah blah "

I will leave the proof reading and edits to the MNMassive. Hold tight OP, keep that fridge filled with treats for all and remember any casual chat from management must be verbally responded to with "but it is very hard to fire people isn't it?"