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AIBU?

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To be annoyed that some one stole my lunch

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Nicpem1982 · 25/04/2017 16:56

I prepared a lovely pasta salad for work and some one has stolen it out of the communal fridge.

They've gone into my lunch bag, by passed the yoghurt and apple and stole my pasta.

So I've had to buy myself another lunch today which was over priced and crap.

Aibu to think that if you're that broke or have forgotten your lunch you just ask a colleague to help you out and not steal some ones lunch?

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WinkyisbackontheButterBeer · 25/04/2017 18:26

I once stole someone's lunch

In my defence I was 20 weeks pregnant and my brain had turned to mush. I happily tucked into my pre-packaged tuna sandwich feeling quite pleased that the all day sickness was beginning to ease while my colleague emptied the fridge complaining loudly that her lunch had disappeared.
It was only as I popped the last bit into my mouth that I realised that the tuna sandwich had been yesterday's lunch and that I had brought the stuff for beans on toast today.

Luckily my colleague was lovely about it and happily ate my beans on toast instead. I bought her chocolate the next day to apologise but it's still a running joke at work.

madmare77 · 25/04/2017 18:44

I'm OCD with my food and hate the thought of someone having access and being able to tamper with my lunch so I don't leave it in the communal fridge. I take an insulated sandwich bag and add an ice pack then leave it by my desk.
Could be an option OP?

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Nicpem1982 · 25/04/2017 18:52

Just to update you all - my lunch was not at home when I get back.

I'm going to have to invest in an ice pack.

Genuinely if some one was struggling etc like the pps have stated they could have my lunch if they'd asked.

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Crowdblundering · 25/04/2017 18:54

Did they nick your lunch box too OP?

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Nicpem1982 · 25/04/2017 18:55

Yes- they went into my lunch bag and took it out

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Foslady · 25/04/2017 18:55

Fake box with a trigger alarm so that when you take the lid off it pulls the pin and blasts the alarm off......?

SaucyJack · 25/04/2017 18:58

Make a salad dressing with a tablespoon of proper HOT capsaicin extract chilli sauce.

They won't do it again.

Rach6l · 25/04/2017 19:07

Outrageous

Thread reminds me how much I hate Ross

Toysaurus · 25/04/2017 19:08

I temped in a place once that had a sign on the fridge saying that if anyone was caught stealing someone else's lunch it would be
Treated as a criminal offence and the police would be called.

CatsRidingRollercoasters · 25/04/2017 19:16

My dad used to work in a big office where there was a roving mystery sandwich biting thief. This lunatic would take single bites out of several sandwiches and was never caught.

Dad got fed up and started pre biting his own sandwiches. Problem solved!

RortyCrankle · 25/04/2017 19:24

iklboo
Someone did something similar where my dad worked. When he came to get his lunch someone had scribbled underneath 'SO HAVE I' shock

OMG that is beyond gross. Ok OP ignore my message - back to the laxatives

mumonashoestring · 25/04/2017 19:31

Grab a small thermal lunch bag and an ice block - you can pick them up quite cheap in B&M. Then knock up another pasta salad to leave in your lunch box in the work fridge. Add a hefty dollop of Naga chilli sauce - or pureed scotch bonnet chillies. Unless your colleague has an asbestos mouth that'll put them off, & the screaming, drooling and frantic running their tongue under a cold tap should help narrow down your culprit.

FunSpunge · 25/04/2017 19:43

I would blend a couple of scotch bonnets or naga chillis and add them to tomorrow's lunch. They wouldn't be able to hide that reaction

Starlighter · 25/04/2017 19:55

What saucy jack said! Loads of chilli powder in the next lunch!!

ButtermilkPancakes · 25/04/2017 20:11

A family friend solved a similar problem by packing in his lunch box 2 slices of bread and a plastic container containing chunky pâté, as if intending to make a sandwich with it .

Then, after it had been predictably stolen, loudly announced to the whole floor that not only had his bread gone missing, but so had the dog food he had brought in for a colleague's dog.

The culprit was the one going visibly green. It was the end of lunches going missing.

ButtermilkPancakes · 25/04/2017 20:14

To anyone suggesting laxatives though, I am pretty sure it's illegal and classed as intentional poisoning. Not sure about chillies or hot sauce, these might be OK as they are food items.

Crapuccino · 25/04/2017 20:14

There's a story urban legend? of someone who used to bring crispy chicken wings into work as a Friday lunchtime treat and they started going missing, so he made his next batch with lots of that insanely hot chilli in the batter - ghost chilli? Perhaps your next salad could have some extremely, er, enthusiastic dressing on it...?

One I have done in just the past few weeks when my jar of pickles started to go down one by one was to stick a note on the jar saying, "To whoever is taking these, you do realise you're stealing food from a pregnant woman?" It stopped that same day. Don't NOBODY fuck around with a pregnant woman's pickles.

Spadequeen · 25/04/2017 20:19

I'd definitely go with extra hot chillies, laxatives whilst funny, you won't get to see the results (hopefully!) but the chillies you will and you'll be able to tell them to never touch your lunch again. Just don't forget and eat it yourself!!!

ellenanora5 · 25/04/2017 20:22

Stick a note on it tomorrow saying " go on I dare you, you don't know what I know" and then a winky smiley face with "hope you felt ok after yesterday"

ThouShallNotPass · 25/04/2017 20:25

@ButtermilkPancakes I don't think you can get into any trouble for lacing your OWN food with laxatives. Someone else's sure, it's poisoning but not your own. If someone steals it, it's their bad luck stealing something that's been "medicated".

TheEmojiFormerlyKnownAsPrince · 25/04/2017 20:31

I was at school in the olden days when we had desks. We used to leave our packed lunch in the desk.

My friend went to open hers and the sandwiches and cake had gone, and were replaced by a note saying the sarnies were ok, but could they have chocolate cake the next time.

The next day they did it again but left 59p as payment!

OpalMoon · 25/04/2017 20:36

I'm not a fan of work fridges as I dread to think how many people use it who don't wash their hands and pick and poke at various body parts like it's an Olympic event. That's before the warning signs about fodd thieves.

I have one of these a Packit lunch bag
It's brilliant. Shove in the freezer overnight and it stays cold all day and no ice block means no condensation so no soggy bits. Wish I'd bought it sooner.

VoldemortsOffspring · 26/04/2017 00:26

You need the following:

An IT bitch
About 20 courgettes.

TheMaddHugger · 26/04/2017 03:10

Don't know about laxatives, but Syrup of ipecac in your lunch would tell you who pretty quickly

Sample1936 · 26/04/2017 04:36

Some people are so irresponsible with their advice.
Laxatives used with the knowledge and intention of harming the person who steals them could get you in trouble if they get seriously ill as a consequence. Two wrongs don't make a fucking right.
Luckily op you've more sense than to do that.

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