Colleagues keep using my milk!

[Immo8]

I don't want to sound petty as in the grand scheme of things, milk isn't an expensive item and maybe I should leave this be, but it's really starting to grate on me...

Work in an office with around 30-ish staff, the majority are on shift work including weekends so people are in & out a lot. I work standard hours 4 days a week. The company provides tea & coffee but staff bring in their own milk etc. I buy a large filtered milk every month as it lasts and I only have a few cups of tea a day so makes sense.

However, over the last 6 months or so, people will ask me if they can 'borrow' some milk. I would never say no to someone asking but they NEVER bring in their own milk or buy one to replace mine that they've used over the weeks...

Today, I brought in a brand new milk, name on it, placed it at the back of the fridge so hard to find, and I've just gone to make a cuppa and it's been opened without asking, and a 1/4 of it has gone!

How do I word an email to my colleagues (if people think I should) that is polite and doesn't sound too petty?

@SauvignonBlanche and @DalzielOrNoDalzielAndDontPascoe

so I kid you not .. queen bee .. crumbs all over her normally perfect red Chanel lip 👄.. completely ‘breezed’ it out .. like no sheepish looks or bright pink cheeks like I would be ! i said ‘oh .. were the croissants nice? They were for my nephews and nieces who are coming for breakfast (I hadn’t yet had my own dc!) she said ‘ohhh bless you I’m going to get the biggest bag of goodies for them!!’

Of course she never did and didn’t even bat an eyelid or speak of it again .. utterly bizarre .. she fascinating in a kind of way .. like a ‘legend’ in her own mind .. she would describe her current BF as ‘an english george clooney’ or a ‘taller Tom Cruise’ but whenever anything came up they’d go on the ‘missing list’ ..

Wow, thanks very much for satisfying our curiosity, @TreacleTarcleSparkle !!

She sounds very, very strange indeed. But not in a particularly nice way...

@Immo8 did the lock work?

you need to put get a smaller bottle and then leave it past it best before date but just decant new milk into it 😜

get a smaller bottle and write breast milk on it.

write ‘not your fucking milk’ on the bottle and deny it was you.

there’s no good outcome for this but maybe management need to look at providing milk.

get management to bring it up. It’s theft at the end of day.

you can get thermos that will keep liquids cold for 12 hours. It’s just a pain to bring it in every day.

next time someone asks hold out a card reader machine and ask for a donation. Or just say no as you’re fed up of having no milk for yourself.

I'm wondering how your colleagues reacted to the udderlok, I wouldn't be surprised at their level of CF if they took a knife to it

Label with -

'I have swigged straight from the bottle and you don't want to know where my mouth has been ....'

Stuck one of these on your milk carton.

amzn.eu/d/d3Pf5sl

'Trick your friends and family with these realistic box of 10 cockroaches.'

Write GOATS MILK on it.

Keep an old bottle with an out of date label top up with fresh milk. Change the bottle every week just in case someone throws the milk out.

The milk thieves may not want to take milk which looks out of date

Hey @Immo8 ! Did the Udder Lock work?

@Immo8 I have some of these at home for my lactose-intolerant friend when she occasionally comes round for a cuppa. It tastes just like normal milk to me and you don't have to refrigerate it. Might be worth having a stash of these in your handbag:

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/267309503

EDIT: sorry, I missed your update - I hope your udder lock is working well!

Collective email to office:

"Hey, I've noticed my milk keeps going missing from the fridge. It's not communal so please leave it alone, im getting annoyed at going to get milk and its already gone... otherwise I'll assume the yoghurt and sandwiches are also up for grabs!!"

Maybe with a GIF? Depending on office humor.

@Immo8 How is the bottle lock working?
Have the entitled users bought milk now?
Personally I'd not bring milk every week & use theirs for a while....only fair🤣