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The Cleaner in work is pouring full fat milk into the low fat milk.

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AwayWithTheFairiesX · 17/10/2024 10:07

I work in an office of a factory. We get 8 litres of full fat milk a day delivered . I asked around to see if I changed 1 of the bottles to low fat milk if anyone one would mind. They all said ok so I was given permission by the accountant to change it. The cleaner seen the low fat milk in the fridge and freaked out . interrogating everyone to find out who changed. she demanded I change it back even though i don't answer to her. She is feer mongering anyone who drinks saying ' I can't believe your drinking' 'that's the last bottle of that you will see' . Hiding in the back of the fridge and refuses to put it inth same section as the other milk.. But the worst of it happened this morning when i realised she poured over half a litre of full fat milk into the carton of low fat milk. What the hell do i do in this situation because i know if i go to management they will laugh at its ridiculousness and wont take it seriously. I don't like confrontation so i dont know how to best approach.

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ForPearlViper · 17/10/2024 14:23

"As it's a factory I assume people need the extra calories from full fat milk."

This thread is the gift that keeps giving.

Factory or not, I can think of no professional environment I've worked in where if this was raised the eyes of HR or management would not swivel so far back in their heads they'd never return.

Just politely tell her! If she seriously wanted to make your lives unpleasant by food tampering she could do this much more effectively than just mixing skimmed and full fat.

80smonster · 17/10/2024 14:23

Bring my own or have her fired, something has to give…

Escaperoom · 17/10/2024 14:26

When my DD was an Uni and milk kept disappearing from the fridge one of her friends put green food colouring into her carton of milk and put a note on it saying 'science experiment please do not touch'. It still tasted the same apparently. Would something like this work?

HideousKinky · 17/10/2024 14:34

I know this isn't the point of the thread, but why does she care if some people drink semi-skimmed milk?

justasking111 · 17/10/2024 14:36

DustyAmuseAlien · 17/10/2024 10:19

My guess is that she's in the habit of taking the leftovers home. If she's a cleaner she's probably not well-paid. 8 litres is a lot of milk and I guess that it's enough that she can usually take a pint or two home each day but if it goes down to 7 litres of full-fat plus one that she wouldn't touch she's likely to be worried that she won't be able to do this any more

That sounds accurate.

GoldenPheasant · 17/10/2024 14:38

What the hell do i do in this situation because i know if i go to management they will laugh at its ridiculousness and wont take it seriously

Take the bull by the horns on that. Go to management or HR and say something to the effect of "The cleaner is doing this ridiculous thing, she is deliberately sabotaging milk that the company orders and pays for, and it may well be just the tip of the iceberg. What are you going to do to stop it?"

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AwayWithTheFairiesX · 17/10/2024 14:39

ginasevern · 17/10/2024 14:18

As it's a factory I assume people need the extra calories from full fat milk. That aside, she has no business tampering with food in the fridge. That would put me right off. Also, because it is a factory (I've worked in a few) management are indeed highly likely to laugh their bloody socks off about this. They don't usually have a "sensitive" HR department, in fact you're lucky if they've got anything resembling HR.

They must all be the same so. We outsource HR so we can't contact them unless its a huge matter.

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ForPearlViper · 17/10/2024 14:44

HideousKinky · 17/10/2024 14:34

I know this isn't the point of the thread, but why does she care if some people drink semi-skimmed milk?

At what point has it been established that she does?

diddl · 17/10/2024 14:44

So she is a bully trying to force everyone to do as she wants?

Why is she mixing the milks together if she seems to think that it's so toxic?

What about the other staff who are using it-what do they think?

skyeisthelimit · 17/10/2024 14:44

Management do need to speak to her and find out what her problem is and ask her to leave the milk alone.

You could buy a fridge safe and put your milk into there and then she wouldn't be able to touch it? but only after speaking to management so that they are on board with it.

diddl · 17/10/2024 14:47

ForPearlViper · 17/10/2024 14:44

At what point has it been established that she does?

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Perhaps this?

The cleaner seen the low fat milk in the fridge and freaked out . interrogating everyone to find out who changed. she demanded I change it back even though i don't answer to her. She is feer mongering anyone who drinks saying ' I can't believe your drinking' 'that's the last bottle of that you will see' . Hiding in the back of the fridge and refuses to put it inth same section as the other milk..

drspouse · 17/10/2024 14:51

yeaitsmeagain · 17/10/2024 11:45

How does that work, I thought semi was basically watered down full fat

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If it was watered down to have half the fat, it would have to be 50/50 milk and water.
Skimmed means just that - the fat is skimmed off the top.
Carbs are not the enemy and fat is not very good for you so anyone who thinks full fat milk is better "because it's lower carb" is a) daft because carbs are not the enemy and b) not very good at sums - full fat milk is 4.7% carbs and skimmed is 5%.

BigBoysDontCry · 17/10/2024 14:52

Bumcake · 17/10/2024 14:22

She sounds unhinged, why does she care? I thought the only people who drank full fat milk were under the age of 12 to be honest.

I do but it's because I'm a diabetic in remission on a lowish carb diet that needs as many calories as I can (borderline underweight) whilst eating low carb and no sugar. The calorie to carb ratio is better in full fat products I think.

Having said that, if I forgot to bring in my own full fat, I'd just use the semi skimmed.

LastNight1Dreamt1WentToManderleyAgain · 17/10/2024 14:59

AwayWithTheFairiesX · 17/10/2024 14:39

They must all be the same so. We outsource HR so we can't contact them unless its a huge matter.

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Food tampering is a huge matter...

Ramblomatic · 17/10/2024 15:00

JustAnotherThursday · 17/10/2024 12:30

Get back to scrubbing the bogs? Do you think cleaners are beneath you? The cleaner is out of line, but there is no need to speak about her like she is dirt.

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Do you think cleaners are beneath you?

Sometimes literally, if they're doing the floors.

Joking aside, no, of course not. But I think people who act the cunt deserve to be treated like one :-)

CecilyP · 17/10/2024 15:00

I do but it's because I'm a diabetic in remission on a lowish carb diet that needs as many calories as I can (borderline underweight) whilst eating low carb and no sugar. The calorie to carb ratio is better in full fat products I think.

And that would be fine as the factory has 4 litres of each! Someone could similarly jeopardise your diet by pouring the low fat into the full fat. But pouring milk from one container to another is just wrong; especially as the milk is not hers but shared between a large number of workers.

OP shouldn’t have to bring her own milk from home. Loads of people prefer semi skimmed. I think OP should say something to management.

OopsyDaisie · 17/10/2024 15:01

The more I read these threads the more I'm starting to dislike people! What is her problem with a bottle of low fat milk??
I agree have someone speak to her, not yourself, is there an office admin person?

Dottiespotty · 17/10/2024 15:03

Say you have gallstones and have to have low fat.

CocoapuffPuff · 17/10/2024 15:08

Is it definitely the cleaner? You've actually seen her do it?
I'd be very careful to know for sure before you start anything. It sounds like a lot of people have access to the fridge so unless you catch the person actually in the act, it's quite possible it's someone else messing with things, not the cleaner. Are you guessing based on what she has said, or do you actually know?

MissMoneyFairy · 17/10/2024 15:10

OopsyDaisie · 17/10/2024 15:01

The more I read these threads the more I'm starting to dislike people! What is her problem with a bottle of low fat milk??
I agree have someone speak to her, not yourself, is there an office admin person?

Maybe she wasn't made Milk Monitor at school and is making up for it now, it needs dealing with. Bizarre behaviour.

BigBoysDontCry · 17/10/2024 15:11

CecilyP · 17/10/2024 15:00

I do but it's because I'm a diabetic in remission on a lowish carb diet that needs as many calories as I can (borderline underweight) whilst eating low carb and no sugar. The calorie to carb ratio is better in full fat products I think.

And that would be fine as the factory has 4 litres of each! Someone could similarly jeopardise your diet by pouring the low fat into the full fat. But pouring milk from one container to another is just wrong; especially as the milk is not hers but shared between a large number of workers.

OP shouldn’t have to bring her own milk from home. Loads of people prefer semi skimmed. I think OP should say something to management.

I totally agree that it's wrong and should be dealt with. I posted earlier and explained that I bring my own as my company supply semi skimmed and oat/soy milk etc and that I'm happy to bring my own due to the layout/number of fridges/flexible location that would make it impractical or wasteful to also supply full fat if it wasn't popular (though i suspect that many don't even look, they just grab whatever is open).

No-one should be interfering in other peoples food whether it is their own or company supplied and labelled. Essentially she could be opening up the company to issues if they are supplying a labelled item that isn't effectively "as labelled" as someone has mixed it.

I was replying to someone saying they didn't think anyone over 12 drank full fat. As I say, I do for reasons but it's not a deal breaker and it wont make me ill for all the amount that I use. It's essentially a preference not a requirement for me.

EmoIsntDead · 17/10/2024 15:19

I have IBS and can only have small amounts of skimmed milk for tea/coffee. Using full fat would make me very unwell and if I found out someone was tampering with my milk I would 100% be taking it up with management.

Ebeneser · 17/10/2024 15:24

ForPearlViper · 17/10/2024 14:23

"As it's a factory I assume people need the extra calories from full fat milk."

This thread is the gift that keeps giving.

Factory or not, I can think of no professional environment I've worked in where if this was raised the eyes of HR or management would not swivel so far back in their heads they'd never return.

Just politely tell her! If she seriously wanted to make your lives unpleasant by food tampering she could do this much more effectively than just mixing skimmed and full fat.

You must work in very unprofessional environments. HR should and would be all over this. Imagine the absolute shit show they’d be in with HSE if someone died or was hospitalised as a direct result of someone deliberately contaminating a food product, milk or otherwise.

DoIWantTo · 17/10/2024 15:25

Sorry she’s a cleaner? And thinks she has any say over what the factory workers eat or drink? I’d be reminding her she’s just a cleaner. Give her a head pat and tell her if she fucks with other peoples stuff again you’ll fuck with her.

RedRoss86 · 17/10/2024 15:27

At the end of the day, when everyone is gone, she likes to finish off all the biscuits that are left over, gobbling them all down while guzzling 5l of leftover milk.
But the one thing The Cleaner can't stand, low fat milk.
She loaaaates low fat milk & god help the person that brought low fat milk into her space... HERR SPAAACCEEE.
They. Must. Learn.

Anyway, her mixing milk sounds absolutely nutty. I'd just say it to her.

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