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“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson We had an employee who stole food & drinks all the time. Let's call her Erica since that's her name.

She had a habit of stealing my single-serve yogurts from the fridge. I used a syringe to inject ghost chili oil into a strawberry "fruit on the bottom" cup. What she thought was strawberry "juice" instead made her mouth burn, her eyes water, and made her vomit.

I stayed late at the office that evening, fished the offending yogurt cup out of her trash, and deposited it in her top drawer so that she knew that "someone" was watching her.

Spin_Me , taro96b / flickr Report

Final score:

168points

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Jihana 2 months ago

That's evil! I love it!

79points

Ryno5150 , Brigitte Tohm / pexels Report

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson More than 25 years ago, I worked at a factory and about a few weeks prior, I started to notice a snack missing from my lunch. Some days it was just my potato chips, but it had started to become the cookie every day. Just one, as my wife would normally pack me two. I asked around and of course nobody knew anything.

The only out of the ordinary thing going on at the place was a very rotund and arrogant young man that had started about a month earlier, about the same time that I noticed bits of my lunch had gone missing. He had also said that it wasn’t him.

So I came up with a devilish idea. I made a big batch of chocolate chips cookies and brought them in for everyone to enjoy, except for two larger cookies that had an entire box of chocolate exlax baked face down into into them, which remained in my lunchbox.

It was the Wednesday before thanksgiving and my shift started at 11pm that night. I passed out the regular cookies to everyone at work to set the trap. 1am, nothing. Both cookies were still in my lunchbox. Oh well, I keep working.

3am rolls around and one of the cookies is missing. I joyfully go around telling everyone what I had done and to keep an eye on the restroom for the perpetrator. He should be easy to spot since he will likely be sprinting.

4am, I return to my workstation to realize the 2nd cookie was now missing. Uh, yeah I didn’t expect that they would take both cookies. It was usually just one. Whoever the suspect is now had enough exlax to propel the to the stratosphere.

5am, nothing yet but everyone’s eyes are on the restroom.

6:15am, this streak of safety gear wearing a hard hat comes bolting from the corner of the plant, screaming in agony and busts through the restroom door. It was indeed the young rotund probationary employee.

Everyone had a good laugh and a couple of coworkers decided to stand outside of the stall door and harass this poor young man. “I’ll bet you’ll never steal anyone’s lunch again kiddo”. “Now you’ll be spending Thanksgiving on the can. Your mama can slide your dinner under the door for you”.

The kid still denied it was him. Nobody believes it though, but my lunch was never messed with again.

Final score:

136points

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Papa 2 months ago

In case anyone is reading this and thinking of doing something similar, depending on your location you may be subject to criminal charges for it.

81points

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I still remember a story told by one of my Aunts when I was a kid. Her lunch kept disappearing from the refrigerator at work. She made a nice looking sandwich with good bread, lettuce, tomato etc, and a good layer of canned dog food in the middle of all that. Found the thief when they started barfing mid-sandwich. You don't mess with Aunt Shirley, or her lunch.

adoptagreyhound , Taz / flickr Report

Final score:

131points

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WindySwede 2 months ago

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28points

gimpers420 , gurmit singh / flickr Report

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I like spicy food, really spicy food, like I regularly put scorpion pepper on a lot of my dishes.

I started making breakfast sandwiches and this guy at work kept eating them. I asked him to stop, told him those were not communal (because we do share coffee/creamer and stuff like that), but told him I’d be happy to prep him some since that’s something I do. Next day he comes in and heats one up and I said nothing. That night I made 2 burritos and put 1/2 of a scorpion pepper in each one, put my homemade habenaro pepper salsa on them, and used a Carolina reaper pepper hotsauce as well.

After 30 minutes in the bathroom he never ate my food again. Little B***h.

Final score:

129points

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Glasofruix 2 months ago

Oh that's a combo, scorpion peppers hit hard AND almost immediately, while the reaper takes some time to build the heat up but it never stops. And some habaneros for flavor. Love it.

55points

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I made a blindingly hot curry.

The funny part is that he had me dragged into the facility manager's office for 'booby trapping' my lunch.

I ate a forkful like it was no big deal and then pointed out to the manager that, if he was okay with stealing from his coworkers, then he'd definitely be okay with stealing from the company.

They started doing random bag checks after that and that guy always got his back checked when it happened.

anon , Divya Kudua / flickr Report

Final score:

129points

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Vasana Phong 2 months ago (edited)

I still do not understand why the boss would even give him the time of day in this case, like all those people stealing lunches and you put a ghost pepper extract or have allergies, and have the balls to make a complaint?

73points

samedamtrix , cottonbro studio / pexels Report

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson Interesting the amount of payback, but little questioning as to why someone may be stealing food. We had that happen at a company I worked for about 8 years ago. Rather than accusing or getting angry, we sent a company wide email and told the person that if they were dealing with food insecurity there was help. Invited them to reach out for help and provided additional resources. Unsure who it was or if they got the help they needed, but no food was stolen after.

Final score:

126points

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SewingStaffy 2 months ago

I'd like to think the person did reach out for help. Rather than just being a d**k and stealing food

53points

Ok-Cheetah-9125 , Sora Shimazaki / pexels Report

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I never got revenge but I did get him to stop. It was baby sister's idea actually.

I placed a clean, still in the wrapper, tampon on the top of the food in the paper bag. He never touched my stuff again.

Final score:

113points

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Kirsten Kerkhof 2 months ago

Tampons and pads (even clean and still wrapped) are better at repelling many men than water cannons.

177points

Jonathan 2 months ago

I would venture this to be true for men who arent married or havent been married for long... now days its "Ok ill grab that when i go"

7points

Vinny DaPooh 2 months ago

Truth. Rare exceptions are the ones destined to be girl dads. I always remembered which box my wife and daughters used. Made sure to have spares hidden everywhere

6points

Pyla 2 months ago

LMAO!!!!

6points

The Other Guest 2 months ago (edited)

So true. I attended a wedding on a harbor cruise, and we all had our bags checked before boarding. The guy checking them asked what was in it before he started looking inside, and I said, "Wallet, keys, little bit of cash..." "Anything else?" "Tampons." He could not get that bag back into my hands fast enough, LOL! (Edited because apparently "them" should have four letters, not just three...)

5points

Stannous Flouride 2 months ago

For years I've kept a stash of emergency women's menstrual supplies in my medicine chest and I cannot tell you how often it has brought me compliments. But, for full disclosure, I must admit that the first time was because an old flame left them behind. Since then I've always replenished them as needed.

3points

Seadog 2 months ago (edited)

Feminine hygiene products separate the men from the boys. They're just part of life, if you can't handle buying them or taking one to someone in need then you're likely the type to not be caught dead holding your wife or girls purse. That's spelled W U S S.

1point

Ephemera Image 2 months ago

🤣🤣🤣

0points

ThisIsMe 2 months ago

This was how we use to sneak airplane-sized bottles of alcohol into college football games. Bottles in the bottom of the purse, 2-3 tampons laying across the top of them. Security would NEVER move those tampons to look further LOL

7points

InfiniteZeek 2 months ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣As a man I find this hilarious.

5points

Lace Neil 2 months ago

I used to use an empty tampon box to hide things from my brothers. Worked a treat.

5points

The Other Guest 2 months ago

You should have wrapped up their Christmas gifts (if you celebrate that particular holiday) inside one of them.

2points

Javelina Poppers 2 months ago

As a guy, I'd take the tampon because they're dynamite at cleaning and oiling shotgun barrels and I love shooting skeet.

2points

Be_ Heard 2 months ago

Omg thats genius. I'm a girl but i still think thats a great use for them.

0points

BigCityLady 2 months ago

That’s bloody brilliant!!!

2points

catastrophegirl 2 months ago

i used to use (unused) period products to sneak snacks into the movie theatre when they did bag checks (back in the 90s). a couple of wrapped pads or tampons on top of my stuff in my purse and your average american teenaged male hands your bag back posthaste and sends you to the theatre

0points

similarly 2 months ago

This one is good too.

0points

BagelwithQueefcheese , Viktoria Slowikowska / pexels Report

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I followed an example from OITNB. I took a tampon and dipped in food coloring. Slipped it into a decoy sandwich (I kept my actual lunch in my office that day). Right before lunchtime I stood in the alcove near the lunchroom and watched a student slink into the lunchroom and come out with my little brown bag. He went into the student dining area and I followed at a safe distance. The look on his face when he bit into the sandwich and pulled a tampon out of his mouth was f*****g priceless. I never left my food in there again but I bet he never stole anything from there again, either.

Edit: I keep snacks and food items in my office specifically for students. They all know they can get food from me if they need it, theh just have to come by. Zero questions asked. Idc about the food, it’s the theft that pisses me off.

Final score:

112points

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Pyla 2 months ago

God, this is actually brutal. Hope it worked.

30points

Scared_Ad2563 , Stephanie Young Merzel / flickr Report

#10

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I am a creature of habit and will often eat the same foods for a while before I get tired of them and switch to something else. It was usually a fruit or vegetable, so I kept it in the fridge until I wanted to eat it.

One busybody coworker would "help" by cleaning the fridge, but not tell anyone or give warning. Multiple times, she'd throw my snack away (clearly labeled) because, "It's been there for days!" No amount of explaining that I just brought the same snack daily and, indeed, ate it daily would help. I even started putting the date on the bag next to my name and she still kept throwing out my snacks.

She also was a perpetual dish leaver in the break room sink. Maybe she used the same bowl every day and kept adding more bowls daily, but it really seemed like she would leave her dishes in the sink all week before cleaning them on Fridays before leaving for the weekend.

So I started throwing her dishes in the trash can on Thursday.

Final score:

103points

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SuperChicken 2 months ago

Throw it everyday, why wait until Thursday?

39points

#11

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I had a coworker steal a mango smoothie from the fridge. Long story short, I knew without a doubt that she was the one who stole it, yet she denied it regardless. It was probably a $5 smoothie, and I couldn’t have actually cared less about the smoothie itself, but was annoyed by the blatant lying about it. After she left work at the end of the day. I stole the M, A, N, G, and O keys off of her keyboard. I placed them in the fridge where my mango smoothie previously resided, strategically to spell out MANGO upon opening the fridge. I don’t think she found it particularly funny the next day when she arrived to the office with an incomplete keyboard, but to me, it was the perfect, humerous revenge.

3oh3kkco , Pixabay / pexels Report

Final score:

103points

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Aidan Pite 2 months ago

I know that we all know what they meant, but still: Humerus: an arm bone, Humourous/Humorous: something funny, Humerous: not an actual word.

28points

#12

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson The one who stole my food would loudly tell everyone about their peanut allergy any time sharing food was involved. She stole my lunch so many times shamelessly, so one day I put some peanut butter cookies in my lunch. She stopped stealing my lunch after that.

anon , robinmcnicoll / flickr Report

Final score:

101points

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Nina 2 months ago

Why would you steal food when you have an allergy like that? It's like playing Russian roulette

112points

MattyFromTheUK , Armin Rimoldi / pexels Report

#13

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson A guy at my old job was stealing food from fridges, and was caught nicking food from the kitchens too (we were a food manufacturer company)

Our Facilities Manager locked down his pass key so he couldn't access certain places without a chaperone. Toilet and in-out the building was fine, but the kitchen and canteen he needed to be let in. He left soon after.

Final score:

99points

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Ace 2 months ago

I think getting caught stealing would be grounds for instant dismissal at most places.

57points

loztriforce , Jakub Zerdzicki / pexels Report

#14

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I worked for a family business many years ago, used to have this huge office area, I’d keep Costco boxes of snacks in a drawer.
Noticed they were being taken, talked to the owners and convinced them to allow me to setup a hidden camera.
Caught a cleaner guy on video coming to eat my snacks, then as he’s eating he’s looking at my pictures, picks his nose and possibly wipes it on my chair.
I showed the video to the owners and the guy was fired within a few minutes.

Final score:

98points

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King's Flatulist 2 months ago

Finally, actual justice

49points

#15

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson Revenge isn't gonna keep my food safe. I bought a stainless steel box that took up a bunch of fridge space and kept my things under lock and key. HR tried calling me on it once but since I wasn't about to start an escalating prank war of capsaicin, chemical bittering agents, or food poisoning they elected not to argue with "Someone was stealing from me. Now they can't".

Sloloem , Bruno Thethe / pexels Report

Final score:

96points

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Regina Holt 2 months ago

I wonder if the theif is the one who complained to HR

47points

#16

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson At my former job, we had a fridge bandit. This person would pick the tidbits out of your food. Example the shrimp out of your Chinese. However their biggest trait was taking sandwiches out of lunch boxes. After dealing with multiple employee complaints, and being a telecom, communications company I asked for cameras in the break room. My request was denied. So, vigilante action came into play. I spoke with three of the food victims and instructed them to meet me in my office the next day fifteen mins before their shift. When they showed up I had a loaf of bread and two cans of wet cat food. We made some new sandwiches to replace the ones in their lunch boxes. I had them remove the real sandwiches to store in my office refrigerator.

The culprit took the bait, and one of the sandwiches was stolen. We never saw who, but after that day, there wasn’t another theft before I moved on to another company and promotion. Petty and gross, but I love thinking about the big first bite they took and the reaction that followed. Lesson learned !

blindambition00 , Bored Panda Report

Final score:

90points

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BrownEyedPanda 2 months ago

Meow! 😈

24points

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#17

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I got tired of having sandwiches stolen so made a turkey sandwich and let it sit on the counter for a couple days before taking it in. Sure enough, it disappeared and someone had to leave early that day because they got sick. Never owned up to stealing it and thefts did seem to stop.

Jumpy-Author-4985 , The Marmot / flickr Report

Final score:

86points

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Doofnuts 2 months ago

Nope, a thief is one of the low of the low. A little extra bacteria might make a believer out of them.

5points

iptvrocketbox , Bill Smith / flickr Report

#18

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson Back in the day, someone kept stealing my Diet Cokes out of the office fridge. So I took a Mentos and put a needle and thread thru it, and carefully strung up the Mentos in the cap of a soda bottle. Sure enough it got stolen and when the thief opened it, the Mento fell in the Diet Coke and the whole thing exploded all over him, his desk, keyboard, monitor etc. There was a big commotion around his cubicle and I went over to see what was going on, knowing full well what had happened.

I went back to his desk about an hour later and I whispered to him "if you ever steal my soda again, I'll break your f*****g legs and then I'll get you fired."

Problem solved

Final score:

82points

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Jaymi Leigh 2 months ago

This one's made up too.

47points

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#19

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I put a hidden camera in the fridge… caught him redhanded on camera diggin through everyones lunches. Then i sent a mass email to everyone in the office with the title found the office rat! He quit a few days later because everyone hated him and treated him bad after… karmas a b***h louie

Heythere23856 , Nicola Barts / pexels Report

Final score:

80points

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Ace 2 months ago

Not Karma, not even in the sense that it's often (mis-)used these days. No more than any thief being caught and punished is karma.

9points

#20

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson Not revenge, per se, but defense…

I kept an entire Costco box full of Häagen Dazs ice cream bars in the freezer for over a month, untouched, in a covered 9X13 casserole pan labeled “Enchiladas” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Nobody likes old soggy enchiladas.

rawwwse , Blue Arauz / pexels Report

Final score:

78points

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BrownEyedPanda 2 months ago

Clever!

15points

Hecate100 , HazelthePikachu / flickr Report

#21

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I kept a cup with candy in my office for myself and others, but someone was emptying the whole thing when I was at lunch. So I bought some hot Warheads and filled my cup with them, and warned my regular visitors about it. Came back from lunch, empty cup. About an hour later, there is an incoherent yell of pain and shock, and the freaking PARTNER OF THE LAW FIRM storms into my office and demands to know what kind of candy they were and complaining that they were horrible. Never mind she made (at least) 5x my salary and stealing all my candy, it was me who was in the wrong. But...she never took my candy again.

Final score:

77points

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Aidan Pite 2 months ago

"If you had asked me for a piece like everybody else did, I would have warned you, like I warned everybody else..."

43points

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#22

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I was having this type of issue and I like spicey food. So I made a roast beef sandwich with lettuce, tomato etc and I slathered on horse radish sauce. Just the way I like it.

The whole office actually heard the lunch thief scream after eating some of my lunch.

My boss was upset with me for the spicey sandwich. So I asked "Why are you supporting stealing from employees by another employee?"

Stealing of lunches stopped. Plus, whenever anyone saw the lunch their in the lunch room, he was watched like he was still stealing.

Melodic_Calendar_133 , PowerRabbit / flickr Report

Final score:

72points

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TheStormIRide 2 months ago

horseraddish is yummy!

20points

cookster212 , Green Mountain Girls Farm / flickr Report

#23

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson Not me but my StepDad.

He used to LOVE to make pickled eggs and bring them into the mill to share with his friends. He would have them in a huge jar, and he would make around 100 eggs at a time. They were stored in a communal fridge. He started to see massive amounts disappearing, so he started to put notes on the jar like, "Please ask before you take an egg." Still, tones of eggs were disappearing. He heard who was doing it, and the culprit was taking them home.

So, he pi*sed in the jar. Gross, but the eggs were still being taken by this one dude. So, he waited until they were all gone, stood up in the lunchroom, and told the crew what he had done. Tones of laughs while the guy ran to the bathroom to puke.

Gross as hell, but no one touched his eggs ever again.

Final score:

72points

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tameson 2 months ago (edited)

That last sentence could be taken more than one way.

22points

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#24

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson This happened to a friend of mine. She would leave her sandwich in the communal fridge. Every day it got taken.
Finally she got a plastic bag printed with mold on it.
Nobody touched that sandwich again.

moheagirl , Thomas Bresson / flickr Report

Final score:

70points

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Regina Holt 2 months ago

Do they actually make those? They sound disgustingly awesome!

35points

fusiondust , Rachel Tayse / flickr Report

#25

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson Mixed a ton of red food coloring into a small amount of ketchup and spread on sandwich. Caught red toothed. May not work with people who brush their teeth.

Final score:

68points

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similarly 2 months ago

Red food coloring in your own food is not against the law. It is a food item.

17points

GothPenguin , drazenphoto / envatoelements Report

#26

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson Informed them that my medication was mixed in with my food, told them that I wasn’t exactly sure what my seizure medication would do to someone who didn’t have seizures and that they may need to visit the ER.

Basically I lied. I was on meds and they were the kind that you sprinkled over something soft that you didn’t chew to take them but they were in my purse waiting for me to take them with yogurt. The thief had taken my clearly labeled sandwich but left my yogurt alone.

Final score:

67points

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WindySwede 2 months ago

Best way, no tampering but they still knew you took meds presumably!

16points

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#27

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson Made a tomato based sauce with lots of fresh basil and mixed a tablespoon of Da Bomb hotsauce to it. The dude suffered bad.

wabudo , Lauren Topor / flickr Report

Final score:

67points

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Jihana 2 months ago

A tablespoon?! 😶

9points

Lori_Ashton94 , Richard Elzey / flickr Report

#28

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson A classic. Ghost pepper dust in the burger. This was about 9 years ago, I was working at Walmart and pregnant. I would often get Jr. Chicken or big mac before my shift, and leave it in the fridge for lunch. I started to notice it going missing, so I started leaving a note on it. It still happened. Management did nothing, wouldn't even check the cameras. Ordered some dried ground ghost peppers online, and put a butt ton of it under the patty on the jr chicken. Heard from a few co-workers some girl we worked with who everyone disliked, ran out of the lunch room bawling and was seen in the bathroom with her mouth under the faucet.

Final score:

67points

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greenideas 2 months ago

Stealing food from a pregnant woman is pretty low.

61points

SweetSarah3 , primagefactory / envatoelements Report

#29

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson Laced my lunch with ghost pepper—watched the thief turn redder than our company’s budget report!

Final score:

60points

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SuperChicken 2 months ago

🤣😂🤣😂 I'd hate to see their company's budget report.

21points

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#30

“He Never Stole Food Again”: 30 Times People Taught Food Thieves At Work A Lesson I left 2 pieces of pizza in the fridge. I removed the cheese layer carefully and dumped a ton of salt on top of the sauce and put the cheese back on top.

xs-murdoc , Rachel Bush / flickr Report

Final score:

55points

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WindySwede 2 months ago

And the outcome?....

11points

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How would you likely respond if a coworker stole your food multiple times?

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arthbach 2 months ago

Just a warning, don't add things to food that could be classed as poison. Don't mess around with giving someone food poisoning. You can be sent to prison for this as it's a premeditated crime.

20points

similarly 2 months ago

True. Even if it's your OWN food, don't put anything YOU couldn't eat if asked, and no non-food items, no exlax, no pet food, etc. They can get you for felony food tampering, assault, poisoning, etc.

4points

Mia Black 2 months ago

I just can't wrap my head around the think that people take someone else's food (or other stuff).... especially in a work space where everyone gets paid.... If it's not mine I don't take it... For me it seems so easy and natural but way too often I see that people can be such a******s...I can't understand it. It would make it lives so much better if we all were honest and friendly in my opinion...

13points

Comment Deleted 2 months ago

I worked in the service dept at a major newspaper. Our dept was not apart of the office or news rooms. We broke down offices , removed chairs and set up conference rooms. We had to clean out office fridges as well once a week. The amount of people who worked there that got their lunches stolen was mind boggling. Signs everywhere telling people to stop stealing coffee creamer and salad dressing. Lunches clearly marked with signs saying to stop stealing it. These were reporters and office staff who were paid very well. I just do not get it.

7points

greenideas 2 months ago

The only way to win is to not play the game. Keep a locked cooler at your desk. Communal fridges are gross.

11points

geezeronthehill 2 months ago

Factory worker. Lunchbox at my workstation. Never a problem.

6points

Regina Holt 2 months ago

I have no sympathy for food thieves. If a thief gets sick? No sympathy, they brought in on themselves.

9points

Daisy1355 2 months ago

Yeah I'm so tired of this attitude. But what about their allergies? If someone has food allergies and they're stupid enough to steal and eat random food, that's just Darwinism at work.

4points

WindySwede 2 months ago

*forgets about food and eats it myself*

6points

Roberta Surprenant 2 months ago

All this is why I have carried ice packs in a thermal lunch bag for the last 24 years at this job, just keep it at my desk.

5points

Alyssa Phillips 2 months ago

If you are going to do laxatives or anything medical, get a doctor's note before. That can CYA if the perp decides you are trying to poison them.

5points

Lace Neil 2 months ago

If you're a spice fiend, hot sauce is always the best. There's a case on Ask A Manager where the guy dosed his food like that to catch a lunch thief.

3points

hannahbahngswife 2 months ago

So many made up things, and the powered milk one is completely psychopath and overexaggerating if real

3points

Fellfromthemoon 2 months ago (edited)

Exlax is NOT harmless, at least, in high doses. Can cause hypokalaemia (leading to muscle weakness, arrhythmia or even cardiac death) and severe colorectal bleeding (that can be also life-threatening). Especially when the sick person doesn't know that they ingested it. I don't pity office magpies and food thief, but I don't think corporal punishment causing illness or even death is an appropiate punishment for small, non-violent crimes. Mainly when the aforementioned corporal punishment is dished out vigilanti-style.

2points

Ovata Acronicta 2 months ago

I'd probably go a hot sauce route too. We got some nice locally made hot sauces in recently, one of them is ghost pepper. Granted, it's the most polite ghost pepper sauce I've ever had, but I know it'd put someone off. Had a spoonful of it after tasting because it made my face happy...

2points

Rae Reyn 2 months ago

I solve this problem by being the only person to eat healthy at my shop. No one wants to steal the lunch or snacks of the lady who brings salad, fruit and yogurt. target the guy with chips and BBQ.

2points

Natalie Westby 2 months ago

Many years ago, I worked in a call center. It was a fast-paced and stressful job, but it paid well. Our office was open from 8 to 8 so we had a lunch and dinner thief! Well, one day, he stole some milk, except this time it was breast milk! One of my coworkers recently had a beautiful baby girl, and she was pumping her breast milk for her baby. Dude stole her breast milk and put it in his cereal! Needless to say, he never stole anything else again.

2points

deletemyaccount 2 months ago

Since I like spicy food my plan is to just make my lunch extra spicy should i be dealing with a lunch theif.

2points

Mimi M 2 months ago

Just get a lockbox and spare the drama.

1point

Jaime Borris 2 months ago

i loved subway as a teen ate at least a half foot everyday (they had stamps so half the time it was free). when i first started going they thought i was pulling a prank on someone based on the amount of hot peppers i put on it. the looks on their faces when id sit down to eat it lol. after about a month when they saw me come in, whether there was a line up or not, they'd go 6 or 12. and when i gave my answer they'd just start making it lol. i never had a thief steal my food but im sure the would regret it pretty fast. hell even my brother double checked what he was taking form the fridge... i would make homemade bbq sauce- my batch then everyone else's, they looked the exact same but my was beyond spicy. he put some on his food and nearly 'died' from the flames lol. he always made sure to grab the right one after that

1point

Sirio Romagnoli 1 week ago

During a summer holiday with different international group, a bottle of Martini disappeared from the communal fridge. We bought another one and put laxative in it. We weren't sure who took the second one as well, but the georgian group didn't show up for the activities the next day.

0points

Seadog 2 months ago

Some of these solutions could kill someone. I wonder what HR and management would do when that happens as an investigation would turn up that in most cases they were notified and elected to do nothing about it. Can you just see a bunch of HR, managers and C level being charged with accessory to murder?

0points

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arthbach 2 months ago

Just a warning, don't add things to food that could be classed as poison. Don't mess around with giving someone food poisoning. You can be sent to prison for this as it's a premeditated crime.

20points

similarly 2 months ago

True. Even if it's your OWN food, don't put anything YOU couldn't eat if asked, and no non-food items, no exlax, no pet food, etc. They can get you for felony food tampering, assault, poisoning, etc.

4points

Mia Black 2 months ago

13points

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7points

greenideas 2 months ago

The only way to win is to not play the game. Keep a locked cooler at your desk. Communal fridges are gross.

11points

geezeronthehill 2 months ago

Factory worker. Lunchbox at my workstation. Never a problem.

6points

Regina Holt 2 months ago

I have no sympathy for food thieves. If a thief gets sick? No sympathy, they brought in on themselves.

9points

Daisy1355 2 months ago

Yeah I'm so tired of this attitude. But what about their allergies? If someone has food allergies and they're stupid enough to steal and eat random food, that's just Darwinism at work.

4points