Who's been eating my porridge?

[xxxxxxrich]

All,
I wonder if anyone has successfully dealt with this before? My food has gone missing from the company fridge… again! Not the crime of the century but I remember a member of the public got arrested in a police station after eating a PC’s sandwich while he was taking part in an ID parade.

Let me explain a little more.. Back in September I had food taken, I had a cake in it’s box, in a carrier bag with the handles tied, someone had cut a slice out of it. I complained to my manager who replied saying yes we are aware that it is going on and they are trying to take steps to stop it.
This morning at work, 2AM I was hungry and I had bought two nights ago a large (10” approx) Chocolate cheesecake, I had eaten two quarters from it. Again it was in it’s original box and in a carrier with the handles tied. GONE, NOT THERE! It’s not empty the old rubbish out of the fridge day and there was other food in there. I presume it was stolen, there seems no other reason why it should not be there. I have again informed my manager but feel that nothing will be done. I did go over his head and CC his boss too (as I had no satisfaction from before) which I feel has antagonised him. The company I work in is a 24HR place and we hot swap seats/PC’s/Desks so apart from a locker in the Gents there is nowhere to lock your stuff away. Taking it home every night/morning kind of defeats the object of having a fridge there.

Just wondered if anyone has had success in dealing with this and would the BiB take it seriously if I reported it to them (Not going to because they should have better things to do)?

Rich

[PetrolTed]

Just put a note on your food saying "This food may contain the owner's spittle. Steal at your own risk."

Might help if you put thumb prints in your cheesecake before you take it to work.

Or get a lockable lunchbox.

[andygo]

I used to be General Manager for a company that had over 90 staff. This stealing of food thing used to happen every now and again.

The point is, and use this in talks with your bosses, is that if omeone can steal food from a workmate, how much are they stealing from the company??

If they say it does not matter etc., ask if they are condoning theft.

In my experience, if someone steals from a workmate, then they will for sure be stealing big time from the company.

It IS a big deal.

[Wacky Racer]

xxxxxxrich said:

All, I wonder if anyone has successfully dealt with this before? My food has gone missing from the company fridge… again! Not the crime of the century but I remember a member of the public got arrested in a police station after eating a PC’s sandwich

What was on it?....

Trunchon meat.......

[medicineman]

This used to happen to a friend of mine who was a theatre nurse. She decided one day to bake a pie, I'm not saying what she put in it but thief ate it anyway.

[xxxxxxrich]

medicineman said:

This used to happen to a friend of mine who was a theatre nurse. She decided one day to bake a pie, I'm not saying what she put in it but thief ate it anyway.

That is everyones first reaction but if I did such a thing and got caught it would be me that is the criminal. You can't win!

andygo said:

The point is, and use this in talks with your bosses, is that if omeone can steal food from a workmate, how much are they stealing from the company?? If they say it does not matter etc., ask if they are condoning theft. In my experience, if someone steals from a workmate, then they will for sure be stealing big time from the company. It IS a big deal.

Yes I will thanks for that.

If I reported it to the BiB would I get a crime number anyone?

[SGirl]

A cleaner at the office where I used to work used to raid the chocolate stash in the drawer of my desk. Until the day I left a to-the-point note in there saying I knew what she was up to and if she valued her job she'd better not try it again.

[Griffy99]

[quote=PetrolTed]Just put a note on your food saying "This food may contain the owner's spittle. Steal at your own risk."

I find bringing odd food that no-one has ever tried before (peanut butter and jam sandwiches with ginger, honey and mango fruit juice anyone) normally does the trick.............

>> Edited by Griffy99 on Friday 12th November 23:44

[parrot of doom]

Fill the next cake with Laxative. LOTS OF IT.

Its quick acting stuff, within 1-2 hours whoever is doing it will be on the toilet for the rest of the day.

[Mad Moggie]

Think Wildy's chocolate, marmite and gherkin sandwiches would have done the trick

But suggest you try it - tasty looking snack - disgusting taste.

(Have no idea how she could even eat that.... baby seems to have developed fine despite the odd behaviour.)

[wolves_wanderer]

I was cooking a roast once at uni and some rsole nicked the bloody chicken out of the oven

[8Pack]

Oi!!!.... YOU!.... Copper!!.... You theivin' ...................

[cortinaman]

make a heavily loaded 'space cake' (dump a 1/4 into a small chocolate cake and use ex-lax in the filling),leave it in the fridge and then keep an eye-out for the person who either falls asleep or falls asleep and shits themselves......hey presto,you have the culprit.....then you can shave their eyebrow off! (or ask your governor to do a random pish test on the staff,starting with thieving git!)

>> Edited by cortinaman on Saturday 13th November 04:15