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AIBU?

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to think that my food is my food

31 replies

Hotpotpie · 08/02/2012 23:13

Its petty but Im hormonal!

I work in an office with about 12 other people, Im 30 weeks pregnant just so as to set the story out

Some of the people in my office enjoy making cakes and now and again bring them in for us, one of the girls loves sweets and often brings big packets of them in, Im just a hungry pregnant bird so I often fetch in cakes or sweets or biscuits depending on what I fancy, The boss likes to bring cakes in once a month or so just to be nice- you get the idea

Apart from three people, who eat everything and bring nothing, which is a bit tight but if you sit a bag of something on the counter and invite people to tuck in then in my book its fair game

So anyway, I left fruit on my desk the other day, not for other people, for me the next day, came in and someone had eaten it, I left cracker breads on Friday, came back in today and again liberated from my desk empty packet left, there was a bit of chocolate stashed between my computer and the wall, Bloody gone as well and I had some cup a soups also gone, as is my cereal (cant lock it away I dont have the space in my midget cupboard)

AIBU to think that food that I bring in for myself and dont offer around should stay on my desk so that I can eat it? Im on a budget and Im pregnant and starving half of the time. It wouldnt be so bad if I came in to a note - Ive eaten it i'll replace it but someone is just sneaking it away. Have mentioned it in the office and those who bring nothing cant see my problem 'its just a bit of food'

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SevenAgainstThebes · 09/02/2012 09:42

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thedogwalker · 09/02/2012 09:52

The people in your office are not 'borrowing' your food they are plain and simple stealing it. They are a thief and thieves should not be tolerated. I would leave notes on my food and openly comment on stealing and thieves. Nobody wants to be labelled a thief, but call a spade a spade. I wish you luck.

thedogwalker · 09/02/2012 09:55

The people in your office are not 'borrowing' your food they are plain and simple stealing it. They are a thief and thieves should not be tolerated. I would leave notes on my food and openly comment on stealing and thieves. Nobody wants to be labelled a thief, but call a spade a spade. I wish you luck.

Hotpotpie · 09/02/2012 10:28

Ive just woken up sorry, still quite surprised I didnt get even one reply about being a tight sod! my OH and I have giggled like kids and I think we are starting with the bottle of wee business it had us in stitches last night

I will also invest in a box file, at least that way for the last 6 weeks I have in work I can scoff in peace hopefully

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RachelWalsh · 09/02/2012 11:06

May I suggest www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ for ideas for notes?

SausageSmuggler · 09/02/2012 11:13

I can't be the only one who read this and thought of Ross having his sandwich eaten in Friends, can I?

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