to not own up to eating the nuggets?

[NuggieThief]

The other day a couple of my workmates got McDonald’s for lunch. They were in the break room whilst I was but finished before me and left all their rubbish on the table. I got up to clear it up and noticed a box of 6 nuggets had been left amongst the mess. I got a bit greedy and demolished them I was due my period and trying really really hard not to eat junk food but I couldn’t resist them. I thought they were not wanted.

Anyway about an hour later my other colleague came back from an appointment and one of the colleagues who had been to McDonald’s said “your nuggets are in the break room”. I then realised they weren’t leftovers at all and I’d eaten my workmates nugs!

I felt really bad but was too scared to say anything and it’s turned into a bit of a witch hunt round the office. The thing is so many people had been into the break room it’s almost impossible to pin it on me. I managed to get into work early the other day, slip £5 into my colleagues desk to cover the nuggets then went out for a coffee and came back to the office at normal starting time.

But people are still going on about who the nugget thief is and the longer it goes on the more worried I am about saying it was me.

Sorry this is funny OP Just say you binned them. Did they check the bins?
Leaving the fiver was your mistake... You should have said sorry I must have thrown them in the bin and given the money.

Once I ate a colleague's emergency crisps, felt guilty and replaced them with two packets.

Did you throw the box away too, or did you just eat the nuggets and leave the box where it was? If the former, you can get away with the 'I chucked them away'excuse but otherwise you're stuck with keeping quiet until some other office scandal erupts. Lesson learned though!

BykerBykerOh is an evil genius!

The 'pool of suspects' people are bonkers though. Clearly don't have enough to do.

Do not say anything! You will look mad and it will blow over soon enough

I can't get over them all just leaving their rubbish for someone else to clean up! CFs

I'd leave it now though, unless someone gets falsely blamed.

Butterymuffin ; most offices thrive on this type of stuff. We have had emails about missing coffee mugs, missing sandwiches and once, a missing spoon (complete with description).

But some nuggets, let them dry out then leave them down behind the bin or something. Then solve the mystery by finding them!

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My friend used to go to McDonald’s half way through a night out and get a box of nugs to keep her going for the rest of the night. She’d usually sneak them back in to the club and surreptitiously eat them on the dance floor while people would look really confused at the nuggy smell.

I chucked all the rubbish in the bin after I committed the nugget crime and one of the ladies who made the “pool of suspects” comment actually went digging into the break room bin and took all the rubbish out and discovered the empty nugget box in the paper bag and then announced to the office that a mystery person had eaten them.

So everyone knows they weren’t swept into the bin and that they were eaten.

I’m hoping over the weekend they will all calm down and stop going on about it, and they might actually get on with some work as some people seem way too invested in solving the mystery.

I might just own up to my colleague directly, she’s really nice and I don’t think she’d tell anyone else.

And yes there are two women in particular that are playing detective, one of them even asked everybody what time they entered and left the break room that day shock and the other one said it was a good idea so they could narrow down the “pool of suspects” confused

This is exactly the kind of thing that would happen in my work. In the absence of any other drama, this kind of stuff becomes VERY exciting.

Say nothing.

OR buy loads of nuggets for the break room add a sign that says ‘help yourself’ bonus points for not getting caught doing it.

Or put up pictures of the ham burgler holding nuggets all round the office.

^id do that last one.

Owning up to your colleague directly and privately is a good idea, hopefully she can then get the 'detectives' to back off and shut up.

Deny deny deny hahahaha

Don't own up to it......Ever.

If you do own up please don't use the period explanation 🙄

FFS say nothing OP. They will eventually give up. It may take a day or so but they will find something or someone else to move on to

Lol, I don't think I'd own up to it now. If it makes you feel any better, I've found myself in situations like this several times. Stupid things that turn awkward.

DON'T OWN UP!!!!! She will definitely tell people.

For goodness sake, I'd have eaten those nuggets same as you, but it's a secret I'd take to my grave you've already told MN, that's oversharing already. Please don't tell anyone else!!

I hope of the detectives is on mn and is so excited to know there is a culprit! She will be teaching menstrual cycles to narrow it down

You can’t own up.
You just can’t.
You’ll have to take this dirty secret to the grave.
Or you could use your last earthly breath to whisper ‘I ate the nuggets’.

But you can’t tell, they’ll all think you’re rank for basically stealing food, and it’s even worse that you thought it was food that was left in rubbish.

I don’t judge you personally but I can see how this could become a thing.
Just deny and it’ll blow over.

Ok lol I won’t say anything and just hope everyone calms down and things are back to normal on Monday!

hi op.im your workmate...