Biscuit police -AIBU?

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There is no rule on buying biscuits, if the team are gifted any we put them out in the staff room and all enjoy them.

One woman at work had taken it upon herself to monitor and ration the biscuits/sweets as she sees fit.

Yesterday we were given a box of chocolates. I was looking forward to having one but they were not in the staffroom. I was told X had put them away because we already had some biscuits out (they were the dregs of a Christmas box that no-one wanted to eat.)

She will often appear at random times with a new box of sweets/chocolates that were donated and she was keeping 'safe.'

I also noticed that at the end of our break last week she took the whole box of biscuits with her to stop anyone eating them when it wasn't our collective break time (we don't all have breaks together everyday so feel this is unfair as when we are in the staffroom there is often nothing to eat at all.) she has not bought any of these herself so has no more 'claim' on them than anyone else.

Aibu to think it should not be up to her what we eat and when?

We had dreadful problems with mice in one of my old workplaces, caused entirely by people stashing food in weird places around the office. Maybe you could start dropping hints about scrabbling noises...

Chocolate hobnobs which are the most superior and beautiful of the biscuits known to the human race

I have to confess that this is true Ginky.

Glad somone sees my biscuit wisdom happy high fives to us

Our version of the biscuit police is out in force again, I've posted before about her many batshit Office Martyr ways. We have cake on Fridays and staff take it in turns to bring in cake.

It's her turn today and she's counted the number of people in the office and cut the cake into exactly the right number of pieces so that there is one each and no more (all the same size of course) and kept the rest near her desk.

Everyone else just plonks the cake, knife and a roll of kitchen paper in the staff room and shouts Cake Friday! help yourself to cake.

No doubt if I go back and look now, if there is any cake leftover because not everyone had a piece, she will have collected it all up to put back in the tin.

I'm very glad this thread is still running because when I heard about today's cake rules I remembered the Biscuit Police thread straight away.

Barbara - I would be very tempted to cut myself an extra piece as I take my allotted portion.

In the interests of Science, obviously. Not greed at all. Or passive-aggression.

No.

Science.

I know this is expensive but it is enormous and you could add tongs! Like a coffee shop. It would look amazing in your staff room.

www.globalfse.co.uk/biscotti-jar-extra-large-6-2-litre?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=CK7T0dj689ECFcS37QodwkoKyw

So another week goes by and neither you nor your colleagues have sorted this woman out which regrettably leaves only one explanation - that you are all sado-masochists who are turned on by her having control over your biscuits.

Tut tut OP

I love the batshit food control police on mumsnet, best threads ever. Never knew these people existed!

Should this thread go into mumsnet classics?

Would love this to be in classics! How does it work?

The thing is left to their own devices some people will scoff the lot and if these are truly supposed to be team gifts it eventually affects morale. I think your colleague is trying to be fair and doing a good job at being proactive about managing this. She's doing all this work so everyone gets their share - that's commendable

I would be having words with her. Tell her that you are adults, not kids, and can monitor your own biscuit consumption. If you bring a box of biscuits in, tell said lady, they are for everybody, and they are not to be 'kept safe'.

I'd buy myself a box of biscuits and sit at my desk munching them. Bet her head would erupt

We need to borrow her for a bit. Every time someone brings in treats there's one guy who literally hovers over it all taking all the best ones. I watched him lay claim to and stockpile the best flavour chocolates out of a box of Roses just before Christmas. You literally have to run over and get something and save it for later before he scoffs it all.

Capricorn I would have to take a tub of chocolates in, but remove all of his favourite flavour first and see what he does, or open them and wrap back up around tin foil or something

I think you should put a job advert for a biscuit monitor up and see if she applies?

In my old job (school) it was usually expected that on your birthday you took treats in for everyone else. My birthday was in the middle of a long school holiday and I didn't really think about it.
I was pulled aside by a senior staff member and told very seriously that it had been noticed and was a little unfair that I hadn't brought anything in when we returned, and that maybe I could make it up to everyone that week?

rainbow did you ask her who would be signing your expenses form?

No I should have!
The tea and coffee collection was also ridiculous..someone worked our many hours/days each of worked, roughly how many drinks we would have in that time and came round without fail at the start of each term with a tick list of who had or hadnt paid!
If you took your own teabags in you couldn't use the school milk-oh no!