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

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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.

Yet you had enough time to give your opinion on a thread about it.

She could be the managing director and it would still be unacceptable for her to tamper with food or drink. Nothing to do with being ‘just a cleaner’.

I’d take her to one side and warn her that if she doesn’t stop her bullshit you will make it your mission to get her disciplined and fired. That’s her chance to pipe down, if she doesn’t, then go to town on her and insist she is removed.

If she really did that, she’s a psycho. Mention it to management, otherwise they are wasting money on low fat milk. Obviously it’s got zero nothing to do with her.

That could be amoosing, as long as someone didn’t grass you up , butter make sure you do it when the office is empty.

WTAF? be petty? why would you waste energy with this?

You simply EXPLAIN to the cleaner that YOU made the request, checked with management and it's authorised.

Tell her that you drink low fat milk, and others do too, if it runs out it runs out, and perhaps more can be ordered in future, but she needs to leave the milk alone.

All this 'oh i don't like confrontation bollocks, how utterly WET! woman up FFS! you are old enough to get a job, you are old enough to ask about getting different milk you are plenty old enough to explain the situation to the cleaner.

LOL at milkgate! Can’t believe this is real!!

two choices….

1. bring your own milk
2. all out milk war and battle it out

Yes! Oat milk, soya milk, almond milk on different days. Just a small amount though in case she chucks it away

That would be a perfectly feasible idea if she hasn’t freaked out at the thought of skimmed milk going into the fridge. As set out in the OP

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This.

High fat milk does cause blood sugar issues/high blood glucose for diabetics, so if anyone has diabetes in your office, don't give their name but like another poster says you could use dietary requirements as a reason to justify having a lower fat milk.

I understand diabetes because I have been T1D since childhood.

There is only one reason why a cleaner would interfere with your milk and that is if they have personal reasons to, such as she does not like the skimmed or semi skimmed milks. It is likey because she is using full fat milk herself so the issue is potentially selfish actions of the cleaner.

What your oganisation does about this is up to them, I think someone with direct no nonsense approach such as a manager who does not mince their words should speak to her because if she is helping herself she's a cheeky so and so.

Apart from her actions being utterly bat shit, what would she do if someone had some sort of allergy and needed a different kind of milk? Put them in danger of becoming ill?

Hmmm.....as it's a factory....

Is your cleaner Greggggg Wallace?

He's always lurking around a factory.

Also what does your factory make? Please say milk cartons.

There is a taboo, for a reason, around messing with other people's food. I wouldn't like this behaviour, at all.

I would say something... we had a guy in my office who was drinki milk straight out of the bottle and then put the bottle back to the fridge!!!

It’s not taboo. It’s a crime.

But that's theft and she should not be doing that.

It is contrary to health and safety responsibilities which all people at work have. Talk to your safety rep if you have one.

Batshit! I’d be furious, I don’t react well to full fat milk. Can’t you just speak to her and tell her to stop fucking messing? Why is she going near the milk?

It's not ok to interfere with other people's food and drink.

You need to speak to a manager - she is out of order (and also sounds a bit bonkers but that's neither here nor there!)

Shame you can't work due to the crippling gall bladder pain triggered by accidentally consuming a high fat product...

What do you mean by this? Why do you think she needs to remember to do anything with the milk? 😕

Ah, sorry. I think I misunderstood and thought that the cleaner was having to deal with all of the milk bottles - it sounds like she should have nothing to do with the milk?

Eh?
High fat milk is supposed to be better for diabetics because the fat causes the carbohydrates to be absorbed more slowly. Low fat milk has the fat removed, not the sugar.