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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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Original poster
Nicpem1982 · 26/04/2017 07:14

I haven't laced my lunch with anything today! I have just popped an ice block in the bag and I'll keep it on my desk :) thanks all drama over until some one steals my coffee cup 😂

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Tanith · 26/04/2017 09:11

Not quite the same thing, but we stopped people raiding our group's biscuit tin at the community centre by labelling it "Rat Poison".

schokolade · 26/04/2017 09:53

I am honestly astounded that this seems to be such a widespread problem - I've worked in loads of places all over the world and not once has anything of mine gone from the communal fridge. Who the hell has the balls to visibly root through the fridge at work and then walk off holding someone else's lunch?! Do they then have to eat it in secret in the bathroom as well? I suppose not if they're bold enough to do the stealing in the first place.

I could understand a few one off occurrences if someone is really struggling. But... so many? blows my mind.

Jaysis · 26/04/2017 10:00

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.

Don't be daft. That's like saying you shouldn't have a dog in your house in case it bites a burglar. If the thief refrains from taking what doesn't belong to them they would not be harming themselves. If someone wants to ingest something that isn't labelled or dated and get the shits as a result then it's on them, not me. I may happen to suffer from hard stools so need a small amount of laxative in my lunch from time to time.

It's not like two similar sandwiches in the fridge and someone takes the wrong one by accident. A home made salad in a tupperware box in a lunch bag that's obviously not yours means you know you are taking someone's lunch. You've no idea if that's the only food they have for the day. I've a home made lunch in today. If someone steals it, then I have to buy a replacement or starve. And the only money I have is enough petrol money to get me home 1.5 hrs away. So I'd either starve or be stranded here without dinner.
Thankfully though, I don't work with thieving cunts.

ILookedintheWater · 26/04/2017 10:06

I use battery operated magnet door/window alarms to make sure that Brownies don't go where they shouldn't in the night on sleepovers.
They are small enough that you could put them in a lunch box, and it would go off when opened. Now a permanent fix obviously, but just to identify the culprit as a one off....
this sort of thing

ILookedintheWater · 26/04/2017 10:06

not a permanent fix

baconandmushrooms · 26/04/2017 11:10

Had this at my old job (hospital huge amount of staff using staff room) it was so bad I used to have to keep my food in my locker. Lots of tinned soup etc but I don't eat meat so
Just didn't use the fridge.

I missed my cold drinks but I preferred a warm carton to it being stolen.

Horrible cunt who stole your pasta - they must of had to eat it in the toilet to avoid you walking in and catching them.

problembottom · 26/04/2017 11:52

Is there any CCTV? My old line manager went nuts when someone nicked some cheese she'd brought in. Emails went round to no avail, she wouldn't let it drop and in the end security checked the CCTV footage. Everyone was stunned to discover it was one of the company bosses! He made up some shit excuse and bought her more cheese.

Roomba · 26/04/2017 12:05

Someone once stole my dinner from the office fridge. I was working a late shift so there were no shops open anywhere, no vending machines or anything and my dinner break wasn't long enough to drive 15 miles to a 24hr supermarket and back. So I had to go from 1pm when I'd eaten lunch until 2am when I got home and made something else.

I'm still raging about it 16 years later!

CoraPirbright · 26/04/2017 13:32

I would have gone around and had a nosey in everyone's waste paper bins to see if I could see my pot, thereby exposing the thieving scumbag and then reporting them to HR

Why WHy WHY do people think this is ok????

Andylion · 26/04/2017 16:10

I am honestly astounded that this seems to be such a widespread problem - I've worked in loads of places all over the world and not once has anything of mine gone from the communal fridge. Who the hell has the balls to visibly root through the fridge at work and then walk off holding someone else's lunch?!

I've never known there to be a problem with lunch theft at my work, but someone did walk off with the staff microwave!

Original poster
Nicpem1982 · 26/04/2017 17:28

Cora - were not allowed bins and have some centralised ones

It's not ok although my lunch was safe today!

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biggles50 · 26/04/2017 18:38

Stick a note on lunch bag "have spat/farted/sneezed in my lunch to deter thieves"

CoraPirbright · 26/04/2017 19:04

Oh damn! Glad your lunch was safe today though!

user1489261248 · 26/04/2017 19:20

Defo would go for putting laxatives in it. And a load too!

vanrecovered · 26/04/2017 20:43

A friend of mine adds food colouring to her milk, the brighter the better (purple and green are favourites). Has definitely stopped the milk stealing problem!

Carriecakes80 · 26/04/2017 21:57

Or don't do anything to it in case they don't take it, however, if they DO take it, tape a note to the fridge (or anywhere where the thief will def see it!) and say 'TO THE TWADGE BISCUIT WHO KEEPS PILFERING MY SALAD, I WIPED MY LETTUCE AROUND THE MENS URINAL (WEARING GLOVES OBVIOUSLY!) ENJOY!'

lol Of course, you might not really want to put wee wee food in the fridge, but the mere thought might be enough to scare would be twonks away! xxxx

EllebellyBeeblebrox · 26/04/2017 22:11

That sucks. I would write an extremely sweary and abusive note.

YouTheCat · 26/04/2017 22:53

I have an idea that doesn't involve laxatives... just the suggestion of them.

Put your pasta in the usual lunchbox and in the bottom under the food (in plastic/clingfilm) put a note which says 'Enjoy the laxatives'.

That way, if your lunch doesn't get stolen, you can still eat it. Also, you aren't risking poisoning someone and, with any luck, there'll be a placebo effect. Grin

expatinscotland · 26/04/2017 23:29

I've always brought my lunch in a cool bag and kept it at my desk. I temped for a number of years and worked in several places where items were nicked from communal areas regularly. I would lock up my lunch with my handbag.

Sammyislost · 27/04/2017 12:37

Yup, I agree, laxative!!! Or make a sandwich with catfood?

user1491572121 · 27/04/2017 13:05

Starving intern?

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