Lunch thieves...

[metallicat]

You got one of those in your office? Ordered four pizzas yesterday, and we ate about two of them. Left them in the fridge for 16 hours, came back in to work last night, and the pizza was eaten. Not such a big deal in the big picture, but man was/am I pissed off.

Or maybe you ARE one of those lunch thieves, rather than a victim.

[notoepik]

Happens all the time at my office, unless you put your name on it.


No name, for the taking

Your Name on it, it is sacred and won't be touched

[GreenTeaFrapp]

I don't like the urine idea. Too gross. I'd never want to put any food in a fridge if I knew there had been human waste in it.

What I've wanted to do is lace some food with a hot sauce that is so hot that it requires a waiver in order to purchase. When the offender goes to eat the stolen food, he or she will probably scream bloody murder and go running for a liquid ASAP. You've not only identified the offender, you've also taught them a lesson.

[ken0042]

As for pizza, I have never had an issue if I put my name on the box. Otherwise some people assume it was leftovers from a meeting.

But yeah, I hate lunch thieves.

[Addick]

Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp

What I've wanted to do is put lace some food with a hot sauce that is so hot that it requires a waiver in order to purchase. When the offender goes to eat the stolen food, he or she will probably scream bloody murder and go running for a liquid ASAP. You've not only identified the offender, you've also taught them a lesson.

While I think it would be an awesome and quite humorous lesson to teach lunch thieves, I believe it would be even funnier if the person forgot that they had put hot sauce on the food and began to consume it themselves. The individual's genuine surprise and realization of error is a truly gut-busting combination for the spectator!

[Byrns]

Exlax. A lot of it.

Unless you ordered Pizza 73, then it comes with it already.

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by Byrns

Exlax. A lot of it.
/snip

Ding, ding, ding ... we have a winner. A chocolate/Exlax cake is just what the doctor ordered.

[metallicat]

I agree that I screwed up by not putting a name on the boxes. That may or may not have helped, but it still doesn't excuse the act of lunch thievery. Where I work, the leftover pizza would not have been construed as an up-for-grabs snack.

[fredr123]

Our contract IT guy eats people's lunches. He also helps himself to all the birthday cake and sneaks stuff out of the catering we get for lunch meetings. Dude's not even an employee and is only here a couple days a week but sure makes the most of his time at our office.

[Buff]

The funniest of all lunch thieveries happened to my friend. He was pulling a double shift so he packed himself two lunches. During his first lunch break he went to the lunch room, grabbed his 1st lunch and began to eat it. A female co-worker came in to the lunch room and said "Tell me if anybody comes in". She proceeded to grab his 2nd lunch and came to the table he was sitting at.

He sat their for a moment, wondering what the heck she was doing. She then began to unwrap the sandwich and was about to take a bite when he asked that in the h-e-double hockeysticks she was doing. LOL Busted!!!

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

Ding, ding, ding ... we have a winner. A chocolate/Exlax cake is just what the doctor ordered.

If you do that, you have to take it to the next level and remove every square of TP from the washrooms.

[Tron_fdc]

Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp

If you do that, you have to take it to the next level and remove every square of TP from the washrooms.

Or urinate on it. I'm a part time lunch thief. I work with a lot of family though, so I'm usually stealing from one of them. Totally OK if you swipe your dad's lunch (or a portion thereof) and combine it with your bro's leftovers.

[foofighter15]

Sweeet That Reminds Me Of My Pizza!!! Breakfast Time!

[if.away]

Originally Posted by foofighter15

Sweeet That Reminds Me Of My Pizza!!! Breakfast Time!

QTF. I still have an old slice in the fridge. Great success!

[The Fonz]

We have those people where I work. So I took my mars bar I was saving and hollowed out the bottom, I filled it with salt and coffee grounds, then I put the bottom back on and glue the wrapper shut again. And someone kept stealing my brownies, so again, I hollowed out the bottom, but this time filled it with mustard. Donuts are also popular with the lunch thieves, so I licked all the sugar off of my sugar donut, then I sprinkled water on it and rolled it in salt.

If you do anything like this, you'll know who the lunch thief is because they snap when they bite into the surprise donut/brownie/mars bar. But be careful after, when I got the guy with the mars bar he hawked a loogie in my coffee cup, what a prick.

[ricosuave]

^ LOL! sounds like there is much more to that story!

[4X4]

I've never really worked in an office environment, so this is barely relevant... For a year I ran a hostel in Rome. We did not have lockers, just put your backpack under your bed. We did have a kitchen with a common fridge.
In that whole time, not once did anything get stolen. Food, ipod, camera, money, passport, toothpaste... Nothing.
Amazing that strangers have more respect for each other than people that work together every day.

[The Fonz]

Originally Posted by ricosuave

^ LOL! sounds like there is much more to that story!

Basically just a couple dickweeds kept stealing my desserts when I wasn't around. Nobody touches my food anymore!

[4X4]

Originally Posted by The Fonz

Basically just a couple dickweeds kept stealing my desserts when I wasn't around. Nobody touches my food anymore!

Or do they...

[Russic]

"well it was in there . . . if it's in there it's fair game."

According to the rules of Tenacious D the fridge is neutral so you are technically in the wrong, however I do believe you are allowed to throw a karate chop towards the guilty party. Goes for both pizza and schnitzel.