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.

Haha! Sorry to laugh at your expense, OP, but I can just picture it all unfolding. Watch out for your office Gareth Keenan to set up an interrogation room.

‘QUIET PLEASE!’
INVETIGATION IN PROGRESS!

And promptly put their stapler in jelly.

Take the nuggets to the grave. Never mention it again. I would have eaten the nuggets

@kateandme are you??!

Ask whether Miss Marple & Jessica Fletcher have solved it yet, hopefully that'll diffuse it and everyone will move on after the weekend. Otherwise expect to be called in to the break room en masse for a Poirot type reveal!

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

I can't work out what that means.

@kateandme really? What are the initials of the person whose nuggets were eaten then?

😂😂 love it! Just made me laugh reading all this

BTW...Say nothing!

They inspected the bin! I'd probably say nothing at this point.

It depends how long ago this happened and if anyone has directly spoken to you.

I would've just said you tided all the rubbish away and they might be in the bin but that could backfire if they go down the bin and find the box empty.

You have to keep quiet as you'd look so greedy

If you've left money for them, you might as well tell that person that you ate them and the reason why if they asked.
I'm the same when I'm on my period so I would have done the same if I thought they were not going to be eaten lol but I would confess if it was someone else's.

You can never say a word.

This is brilliant! Do not own up, they'll never figure it out, if they had any idea from their 'pool of suspects' then they would be on to you already.

I really want nuggets now...

This is hilarious 😆 don't own up ever!

Did you enjoy them op?

Take secret to grave definitely.

I didn't even need to know the details to know I'd never confess.

Or you could use your last earthly breath to whisper ‘I ate the nuggets’.

I love this.

Following for office nugget based drama. My office is much more boring. 😂

FWIW OP, I would do the hamburlger idea posted above. Maybe write a ransom note about the nuggets. I wouldn’t confess, I’d just style it out.

Or, if you really feel like you must confess, then make it more dramatic than it’s been so far. Call everyone to a meeting. Stand in the middle of the room and pour your heart out. Sob, if you can manage it. Perhaps make a commitment to attend NA for your addiction (Nuggets Anonymous) and ask one of your colleagues be your sponsor. Say you hope you will all be able heal together from this dreadful dark period in the office and that you think a good start would be made by everyone taking turns to share their feelings about the nugget incident so you can personally apologise. Then more sobbing.

@kateandme did OP eat your nuggets?

@Cheby

When I was a lot younger and in my first ever job there was a loaf of bread and some peanut butter on the side. I dont know why but I thought it was for everyone to share so I started making myself sandwiches. After a few days one of my colleagues spoke up in the staff meeting to complain that someone was helping themselves to her bread and peanut butter and how rude it was. I was mortified and way too embarrassed to own up so claimed to have no knowledge. I only fessed up 8 years later on my leaving do that I was the phantom peanut butter thief

You can’t tell them now, never mention this!

No you shouldn’t of eaten them. Even eating what you thought were leftovers is a bit weird who does this when clearing up someone else rubbish?

Seriously next time your on your period, I think the lesson you’ve learnt is don’t deprive yourself of something nice to eat

You gave them £5, so you’ve redeemed yourself. Now take this to your grave........

I can’t get over stealing somebody’s leftovers from a work break room but you can NEVER admit this

A vote for Cheby's suggestions

I don't think you can own up now without it becoming an issue that no-one will let you forget. However I've never heard of a period being used as an excuse to eat other people's discarded food before - is this really a well-known and accepted thing?