To think don't keep taking my drink at work?

[openitsoicanseeyousmile]

I'm known to bring a can of drink in everyday for lunch. It's kept in the shared fridge at work - Everyone knowns it's mine as there's a little section box for each person with their name on.

A colleague of mine is pregnant and for the third time has taken my drink and not bothered replacing it. When questioned, she says something along the lines of "Sorry! Bad sickness. This helps. I'll get a new one for you tomorrow".

She always does, it's there the following day. But it means having to go out at lunchtime to get another one. The local shop is only 2 minutes away but it means eating up time I don't have since I have 30 minutes lunch.

I'm really not sure how to go about it. If it was the usual person, I'd tell them to stop the cheek and buy their own to bring in! But she's pregnant and suffering from sickness. I had HG with my son so I feel awful at the thought of telling her she can most certainly never take from me again without asking

I remember the horrendous feeling of needing something sweet and fizzy to curve the sickness and it did often help, so I imagine it's very helpful to her.

Perhaps I should buy a multipack and suggest she goes half's so we can both enjoy them during the week? Or is this too doormat like?

I'm really not sure how to go about it. I don't think she thinks she's being cheeky in the slightest, and is an otherwise lovely colleague.

What would you do? I usually have no issues being assertive but I feel as if the lines have been blurred.

I'm Scottish 😂

Four kids and my hormones have yet to start me compulsively stealing pop from my friends.

• pregnant, law abiding Banana (who also lives in Ireland)

@lynzpynz sadly I only get to be Scottish by association. I've lived here for nearly 20 years, married a Scot and made 3 mini Scots. DH is half Irish too but I wouldn't want to confuse Irish Veterinary Nurse Gill so we'll just call him Scottish and me evil English.

I never had "baby brain" and my brain doesn't seem to be affected by peri-menopause either. Certainly not to start performing acts of random theft.

Irish person here too!who manages not eat other peoples lunches, insult people based on their Nationality and who doesn't use logical fallacies to excuse silly workplace behaviour like leaving people without their lunch-time drink.

not to

so... what happened OP

Nurse here, managing to not sign off every post with my career choice.

I tried to stand up for her based on human biology and no one is on here is thinking straight.

Probably our hormones, innit?

Anyone remember Nurse Nancy from Twinkle?

Yes. Please don't despoil her memory.

52 per cent of you are racist

52 per cent of the English people you have met or 52 per cent of all English people. I'm English but live in Wales, does that make me less racist?

*I rarely come across some sensible people on here because of your limited education system.

It doesn't matter to England that you are racist and stupid and the laughing stock of the world ... because that's all you know and experience*

Well, that escalated quickly...!

Did your degrees in crime social control and restorative justice have modules in Lunchtime Fizzy Drink Theft or did you opt for Fantasy Biology instead?

Not a nurse Burrito

52 per cent of the English population voted for Brexit

52 per cent of the English population treat me like

When I go to Wales or Scotland I am treated like a fellow human

that would have worked anywhere else in the world ... forgot I was dealing with English women

That'll be the 52% who are so racist, right?

racism
/ˈreɪsɪz(ə)m/
noun
prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

Not like you, who makes broad pronouncements about other races/nationalities, then?

ex-librarian Miss

@Fookadook oh sorry, my sincerest apologies in that case!

I just love the precision of 52%. Not 50%, not half of you, not most of you - no it is 52%.

I loved Nurse Nancy

I tried to stand up for her based on human biology and no one is on here is thinking straight
Maybe we’re all just pregnant “Nurse” Gill and we therefore cannot be held responsible for any of our actions.

And I'm used to racism here in England because 52 per cent of you are racist and treat me like shit every day
Maybe it’s more to do with your personality than racism? Just a thought.

But your clinical facts aren't factual Gill? Several posters (who are not all English as you have incorrectly assumed) have all pointed this out to you.

OP is fed up repeatedly having her lunch drink taken by someone who is capable of getting to, and working at, her workplace leaving her with no juice at lunch when she's very short of time. This is pretty selfish behaviour which hormones do not excuse - and repeatedly quoting the words clinical, hormones, biology, pituitary gland and pregnancy do not validate your claim that they do.

You've now descended into racist (and sexist) abuse of other posters - the very thing you claim to be a victim of...

Far from being a defender of the poor innocent pregnant drink-taker you're simply coming across as quite unpleasant...

Dearest Gill, are you sincerely trying to suggest she's NOT cheeky and completely reasonable because of biology?

In Europe we have an intelligent base of the electorate and no politicians lie and treat us as fools ... only in England can politicians treat you like shit

What a shame abortion is so very difficult to obtain for the women of Ireland. Oh well, all is well and good since no politicians of Europe lie