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She stole my croissant.

249 replies

sparkyspark · 13/02/2024 21:05

Lighthearted but quietly seething.

Had my lunch break and colleague joined me as she “wanted to get some fresh air”, I said I’m going to this cafe as I’m craving a croissant and she said she’d come with me.

Very busy inside cafe with one table left (no one behind us in the queue) and so I said I’ll go sit at the table and you order your food. When she sat down I got up and ordered mine and was told “the last croissant has just gone”

As I sat back down I told her “so annoying the last croissant has just gone” and she said - yes I know I ordered it.

😠😠😠 (the word croissant has lost all meaning)

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SummerDays2020 · 13/02/2024 22:29

Wictc · 13/02/2024 21:44

Who puts butter on a croissant? I’m glad she took the last one 😂

Everyone?

SummerDays2020 · 13/02/2024 22:30

Topofthemountain · 13/02/2024 21:47

Is that why they look at me like I'm some weird thing when I ask for butter with mine?

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No! It's completely normal to put butter on a croissant.

sparkyspark · 13/02/2024 22:31

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SummerDays2020 · 13/02/2024 22:31

sparkyspark · 13/02/2024 21:53

What?! Who doesn’t put butter on a croissant?! Is this not normal? Even the croissant stealer put butter on it.

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It's completely normal to put butter on a croissant! You are not the weirdo...

FakeSucculent · 13/02/2024 22:33

coldcallerbaiter · 13/02/2024 22:08

Yes and they normally go and get another tray. It’s a business. That is not hard to understand.

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If there was another tray, OP's stolen croissant wouldn't have been the last one and she would not have returned to her table sans- croissant. How is that difficult to understand?

Cheeseflakes · 13/02/2024 22:33

MaybeBabynotsure · 13/02/2024 21:16

a similar thing happened to me years ago when I was pregnant with dc1. I’d waited 5.5 years and had ivf and had HG. At a family party I suddenly realised that I fancied a piece of cheesecake and I literally hadn’t eaten properly in weeks I said to dsis ‘im just going to grab that as it looks lovely’ she swept in and took the last bit ?? I thought she was going to pass it to me but she smugly smirked and started eating it with a fork and I don’t know what came over me but I grabbed it and just ate it in about 5 mouthfuls whilst she stood there mouth open

I am SO happy you did that!

Lion400 · 13/02/2024 22:34

Croissant stealer is everything that’s wrong with this world. Sorry you had to put up with that op.

We get extra buttery croissants, then put extra butter on them. Then jam. So good. They have to be warm. Cappuccino yes!

SummerDays2020 · 13/02/2024 22:35

HedonistHuntress · 13/02/2024 22:07

Only po-faced, joyless freaks think a croissant already has enough butter. It’s like saying a cake doesn’t need icing because it has sugar in it.

Exactly! Just because a croissant is made with butter doesn't mean you don't put butter on it.

merrymelodies · 13/02/2024 22:37

Croissant notwithstanding, it was a dick move. Watch your back.

SummerDays2020 · 13/02/2024 22:37

coldcallerbaiter · 13/02/2024 22:08

Yes and they normally go and get another tray. It’s a business. That is not hard to understand.

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Well, not really. If it's lunchtime, they're not likely to be getting more breakfast food out.

Totallywingingitmum · 13/02/2024 22:39

OP if I was your friend knowing you wanted a croissant I would have bought two pastries - one butter croissant and another (e.g pain au choc) then offered you whichever you would prefer and I would eat the other.

yanbu
That was bad pastry etiquette and something I’d be seeething about quietly

ASimpleLampoon · 13/02/2024 22:40

MaybeBabynotsure · 13/02/2024 21:16

a similar thing happened to me years ago when I was pregnant with dc1. I’d waited 5.5 years and had ivf and had HG. At a family party I suddenly realised that I fancied a piece of cheesecake and I literally hadn’t eaten properly in weeks I said to dsis ‘im just going to grab that as it looks lovely’ she swept in and took the last bit ?? I thought she was going to pass it to me but she smugly smirked and started eating it with a fork and I don’t know what came over me but I grabbed it and just ate it in about 5 mouthfuls whilst she stood there mouth open

Good for you!

I d have loved to have seen the look on her face. DH tried to take a trifle off me when I was pregnant because it contained alcohol and I actually growled at him!

Boomboomshakeshaketheroom · 13/02/2024 22:40

FakeSucculent · 13/02/2024 22:33

If there was another tray, OP's stolen croissant wouldn't have been the last one and she would not have returned to her table sans- croissant. How is that difficult to understand?

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Right, and colleague wouldn't have said 'I know' when told the last one was gone. She would have said something along the lines of 'sorry, I thought they'd have more out the back'.

Honestly, some people try SO hard to be difficult on here.

Musntapplecrumble · 13/02/2024 22:42

@Isitbedtimeyet3
LTB
😂😂😂😂

@sparkyspark
"fresh air", indeed...How very dare! CS is a CF!

MandyMotherOfBrian · 13/02/2024 22:47

I’m sorry this happened to you OP. Maybe thinking of her in this way will help….
(courtesy of a recent trip to Transylvania, knew it would come in handy one day….)

She stole my croissant.
Sometimeswinning · 13/02/2024 22:47

coldcallerbaiter · 13/02/2024 22:25

Not my comment. Another poster got savaged by you! You’ve decided something must happened in their life…comments like that on a ‘lighthearted “ thread aren’t normal.

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“Savaged” 😂😂

mondaytosunday · 13/02/2024 22:49

Wow. What kind of person does that?!?

Clafoutie · 13/02/2024 22:50

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 13/02/2024 21:27

I see we have an amateur grudge-bearer in our midst. I'd still be quietly fuming about this 30 years hence.

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Ha, Love this comment! And yes, I’d be thinking about it years later too. I can’t believe she did this OP, it is terrible!

Somethingsnappy · 13/02/2024 22:54

Sometimeswinning · 13/02/2024 22:47

“Savaged” 😂😂

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Well, I hope you did actually savage your colleague OP! Did you? I'm dying to know. While I do empathise with catching someone else's craving, I'd never actually go so far as to commit that particular crime. Please tell us you put her in her place!

stoptheasshat · 13/02/2024 22:54

Surely the only appropriate reaction is to stab the croissant thief with a fork?

Wink
Clafoutie · 13/02/2024 22:56

MandyMotherOfBrian · 13/02/2024 22:47

I’m sorry this happened to you OP. Maybe thinking of her in this way will help….
(courtesy of a recent trip to Transylvania, knew it would come in handy one day….)

I love it when something like this suddenly finds its purpose 😆

Jaffaexplodingmouse · 13/02/2024 22:56

stoptheasshat · 13/02/2024 22:54

Surely the only appropriate reaction is to stab the croissant thief with a fork?

Wink

Totally justified to do that IMO

Mitsky · 13/02/2024 22:57

The only two things that matter are

  1. croissants are way way superior to pain au chocolats
  2. of course you put butter on them
Redglitter · 13/02/2024 22:58

Morechocmorechoc · 13/02/2024 21:10

You didn't tell her you wanted a croissant....so you can't be mad

Did you actually read the OP? The whole reason they went out was because the OP said she wanted a croissant