Have you ever stolen coworkers lunches?

[Scouzer]

I meant to make this a pole. But it's a thread now.

 

[Alone]

Fuck no, not cool man.

 

[jlee]

Fuck no, not cool man.

This.

 

[BoomerD]

No. It's a real dick move.

On one job, we had a member of the crew who would rifle through lunchboxes and eat stuff. I had my wife make a plate of Ex-Lax brownies...I put them in my lunch box...then talked about how good they were...and how I couldn't wait for lunch to eat them...Sure enough...they were gone by lunch...and a few hours later, he went home sick...and didn't come back for a few days.

When he finally did come back, he tried to "start shit" because of it..."I know you put something in those brownies. You poisoned me!", he said...I told him that he was welcome to speak to the superintendent about it, (I was his foreman) but that he'd have to admit to stealing food from our lunches...and that he'd be fired on the spot.
Nothing more was said...and no one's lunch was raided for the rest of the job.

 

[gophins72]

yeah it's not cool and besides, my coworkers have extremely poor and unhealthy taste in food. even if it were an option, it would be a bad choice.

 

[TecHNooB]

No. It's a real dick move.

On one job, we had a member of the crew who would rifle through lunchboxes and eat stuff. I had my wife make a plate of Ex-Lax brownies...I put them in my lunch box...then talked about how good they were...and how I couldn't wait for lunch to eat them...Sure enough...they were gone by lunch...and a few hours later, he went home sick...and didn't come back for a few days.

When he finally did come back, he tried to "start shit" because of it..."I know you put something in those brownies. You poisoned me!", he said...I told him that he was welcome to speak to the superintendent about it, (I was his foreman) but that he'd have to admit to stealing food from our lunches...and that he'd be fired on the spot.
Nothing more was said...and no one's lunch was raided for the rest of the job.

lmao

 

[speedy2]

I've never really had to bring my lunch anywhere, except for when I was in the Navy and stationed at NAS Pensacola for 2 years. And, no, never stole anyone's lunch. And I don't quite remember anyone stealing lunches either. But, I know people would throw out things if it wasn't labeled or anything. lol. We did that to prevent clutter.

 

[Xcobra]

No but when I started at my current job, someone stole some left over lunch I had in the fridge. What dicks!!

 

[nublikescake]

No. It's a real dick move.

On one job, we had a member of the crew who would rifle through lunchboxes and eat stuff. I had my wife make a plate of Ex-Lax brownies...I put them in my lunch box...then talked about how good they were...and how I couldn't wait for lunch to eat them...Sure enough...they were gone by lunch...and a few hours later, he went home sick...and didn't come back for a few days.

When he finally did come back, he tried to "start shit" because of it..."I know you put something in those brownies. You poisoned me!", he said...I told him that he was welcome to speak to the superintendent about it, (I was his foreman) but that he'd have to admit to stealing food from our lunches...and that he'd be fired on the spot.
Nothing more was said...and no one's lunch was raided for the rest of the job.

I doff my imaginary hat for you sir! Well done!

 

[PingSpike]

People who do this should have both their hands cut off. Some one once removed my costco chicken bake from the toaster oven early at work (didn't steal it, just set it aside...it was fine) and I wanted to murder them. Its totally irrational because I'm hardly starving to death but when some one fucks with my lunch I kind of go off the deep end. I mean, you only have that food you brought and all morning long you're kind of looking forward to it.

Conversely, I once accidentally opened one of my Boss's yogurts (I had the same brand, different flavor) and I felt like an SS officer that was in charge of the gas chambers or something.

 

[nageov3t]

yes, but there were extenuating circumstances.

a couple years back, I was stuck in my office for like 30 hours due to a blizzard (state of emergency, all roads were closed). I got pretty damn hungry, didn't have singles for the vending machine, and all the stores/restaurants around the office were closed due to the blizzard.

stole some frozen dinners/hotpockets from the communal fridge; replaced them a few days later.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

I have before. Had to work an 15 hour shift, went in for work at 8am, left at 11pm. Some customer was looking at buying a car, and I wasn't allowed to leave till the last customer left. It was about 9 and I was hungry, so I went into the breakroom and someone had some frozen burritos. No names on them or anything, but one of the guys who worked there always ate em. I replaced it the next day.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I have trashed my coworkers' lunches in the past after they have stayed in the fridge for months without being eaten and have spoiled.

 

[HeXen]

only partially, once...i had the jitters, needed to eat something as i felt half sick. ate a minimal amount of some kind of home baked dessert from my coworker, felt much better, it was well after lunch break anyway and i reason it to being an act of survival

 

[Perknose]

only partially, once...i had the jitters, needed to eat something as i felt half sick. ate a minimal amount of some kind of home baked dessert from my coworker, felt much better, it was well after lunch break anyway and i reason it to being an act of survival

The jitters? You delicate little Nancy! Survival my ass, you are a fucking thief. If it had been mine and I had caught you, you wouldn't have "survived."

Your English is as defective as your ethics.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

After a long day at work when I thought I would be leaving by 8 - I broke down and ate a Lean Cuisine from some EA. Ended up working till damn near midnight that night.

Only done it once in over 15yrs of work.

 

[Vette73]

No. It's a real dick move.

On one job, we had a member of the crew who would rifle through lunchboxes and eat stuff. I had my wife make a plate of Ex-Lax brownies...I put them in my lunch box...then talked about how good they were...and how I couldn't wait for lunch to eat them...Sure enough...they were gone by lunch...and a few hours later, he went home sick...and didn't come back for a few days.

When he finally did come back, he tried to "start shit" because of it..."I know you put something in those brownies. You poisoned me!", he said...I told him that he was welcome to speak to the superintendent about it, (I was his foreman) but that he'd have to admit to stealing food from our lunches...and that he'd be fired on the spot.
Nothing more was said...and no one's lunch was raided for the rest of the job.

:thumbsup:

You and I think a like.

I had a roommate that would take my food, fabric softner, and anything else he wanted.
So I mixed a lot of weird stuff in a old fabric softner bottle (motoroil, bleach, and other not good for your clothes stuff) and made some cornbread muffins with exlax pills crushed up. Never did take/use anything of mine after that. But still went after my other roommate every now and then.

 

[nageov3t]

in my old office, people used to steal my drinks from the fridge all the time (why, idk... there's a free vending machine 10' away. I only brought my own drinks in because I don't drink soda).

to get them to stop, I started breaking the protective seal on the bottle and taking a swig before putting it into the fridge.

 

[HeXen]

The jitters? You delicate little Nancy! Survival my ass, you are a fucking thief. If it had been mine and I had caught you, you wouldn't have "survived."

Your English is as defective as your ethics.

its called diabetes you fu*** jackas
plus like i said, it was AFTER lunch, i ate only a portion and i could not ask cause he wasnt anywhere near...SO FU!!!
wow one time in my whole life...wow

 

[BoomerD]

its called diabetes you fu*** jackas
plus like i said, it was AFTER lunch, i ate only a portion and i could not ask cause he wasnt anywhere near...SO FU!!!
wow one time in my whole life...wow

Your health issues are YOUR problem...not your co-workers'. It's up to you to keep emergency rations in case of...emergency, it shouldn't be up to your co-workers to feed you when you're crashing.
Thief...


It's actually fairly understandable in your case, although, I hope you explained to your "victim" why you stole his/her food.

 

[TridenT]

No. It's a real dick move.

On one job, we had a member of the crew who would rifle through lunchboxes and eat stuff. I had my wife make a plate of Ex-Lax brownies...I put them in my lunch box...then talked about how good they were...and how I couldn't wait for lunch to eat them...Sure enough...they were gone by lunch...and a few hours later, he went home sick...and didn't come back for a few days.

When he finally did come back, he tried to "start shit" because of it..."I know you put something in those brownies. You poisoned me!", he said...I told him that he was welcome to speak to the superintendent about it, (I was his foreman) but that he'd have to admit to stealing food from our lunches...and that he'd be fired on the spot.
Nothing more was said...and no one's lunch was raided for the rest of the job.

Good idea. I'm definitely doing that if this ever happens.

 

[Bignate603]

only partially, once...i had the jitters, needed to eat something as i felt half sick. ate a minimal amount of some kind of home baked dessert from my coworker, felt much better, it was well after lunch break anyway and i reason it to being an act of survival

What the heck are "jitters"? Being hungry and feeling lousy because you didn't think ahead to keep a few snacks at your desk is not an emergency.

Loki being trapped in his office for 30 hours does sound like a case where eating something from the fridge is reasonable. On top of that, he replaced them when he could.

Edit: Just read you're diabetic. That's more understandable, but you really do need to plan those things ahead. Keep a stash of stuff at your desk, or maybe ASK people when you're having a problem.

 

[bfdd]

no

 

[Venix]

its called diabetes you fu*** jackas
plus like i said, it was AFTER lunch, i ate only a portion and i could not ask cause he wasnt anywhere near...SO FU!!!
wow one time in my whole life...wow

Did you apologize and explain the situation to him afterwards? Did you reimburse him? If you didn't know whose it was, did you leave a note?

Of course you didn't, because you're a lowlife thief. Perknose may or may not be a "fucking jackass," but at least he's not a fucking thief who rationalizes his larceny with the ridiculous excuse that he "ate only a portion."

 

[BoomerD]

Good idea. I'm definitely doing that if this ever happens.

Please do...I foresee GREAT fail..

"Oh damn...those look better than I thought. Maybe if I only eat one....."