Who's eating my lunch????

Top_Girl

I'd put laxatives in the dog food. But I'm doubly evil :cool:

StumpyPumpy

Can I suggest restraint when considering any notions of revenge, despite the temptation? Even if it is your own food, adding noxious substances can get you into serious trouble - the DC here got away with it because malicious intent wasn't proven, but I imagine the case and subsequent publicity will prove to be a "career limiting move" for him.

On the other hand, if the contents were food, say wasabi filled chicken, that is surely just a question of taste rather than maliciousness?

SP

Horace

Ask the direct question about who has been stealing food.

Maybe stick a note on your lunchbox to say that the food contained within it contains essential medication and that you can only take this medication if it is mixed with food and without it you will die.

Or you could put a note on the box saying that it contains medical samples - that will put them off.

AnnieO1234

Be very careful OP with what some of the PPs are suggesting, however tempting it might be.


Yes, there's some element of the thief taking the risk on themselves, but if you lace the salad with naga chilli's for example then it's clear that this isn't something that any normal person would eat.


How big is your office? Could you make something extremely smelly? I know how anti-social this might sound, but at least you might be able to find the culprit easily.


It does seem very odd if it is only your lunch that is being targeted. Could there be any other reason? I'm not saying it's right but could it be that you're perceived as having enough cash to go out and buy some yourself; could it be that someone is playing a joke or even worse being deliberately vindictive?


I wouldn't recommend sending an email or leaving a note, this could make matters worse especially if this is being doing vindictively.


Take it as a compliment that someone enjoys your cooking!


xxx

FatVonD

I had this problem with someone stealing my butter so I left a little note inside the butter saying 'stop using my ****ing butter' and it stopped. Nobody else was offended as the only person that would see it was the one using my butter.

On a lighter note there is a card up on the wall at work that says 'Strange craze going round the office, everyone is naming the food. Today I had a tuna sandwich called Kevin'

tyllwyd

How about using parcel tape to seal up your lunchbox - if someone is secretly sneaking into it, having to get it out of the fridge and start peeling off sticky tape might be enough to put them off.

ariba10

Horace wrote: »

Ask the direct question about who has been stealing food.

Maybe stick a note on your lunchbox to say that the food contained within it contains essential medication and that you can only take this medication if it is mixed with food and without it you will die.

Or you could put a note on the box saying that it contains medical samples - that will put them off.

Had a mate that put a note on his pint in the pub when he went to the toilet (To stop anyone having a drink out of it)… "I have spit in this glass”
When he came back someone had added "So have we"

System

tyllwyd wrote: »

How about using parcel tape to seal up your lunchbox - if someone is secretly sneaking into it, having to get it out of the fridge and start peeling off sticky tape might be enough to put them off.

Yes, I think making it difficult for the thief to get into the lunchbox might be the way to go.

There doesn't seem to be such a thing as a proper lockable lunchbox, unfortunately. I think if someone were to make one it would do very well. I get the impression workplace lunch thieves are not as rare as we'd like to hope.

moneyistooshorttomention

I would veer more towards the "doing something to the food that would identify the thief" attitude. That way I would know exactly who they are.

The best solution involves making them ill AND positively identifying them.

I would ignore comments about people wondering if it would "come back on them" personally. If a thief found themselves ill from having nicked my food and then tried to complain that I had made them ill then I'm sure the standard reaction would amount to "Cheek of the Devil. First they want to steal OP's food, then they want to complain about being punished for it:eek:". It wouldn't do their job/career any good whatsoever to be seen as someone who was both a thief and a complainer when they got their just deserts.

There is a very very easy remedy for Complaining Thief Syndrome. That is, go to the boss and explain exactly why Thief is ill in the first place.

yvonne13_2

suejb2 wrote: »

Apparently the Ghost Chilli is the hottest one,mingle some into a pasta salad or sandwich.

I'm going to make some jerk chicken from scratch Monday coming, so I'll leave it in my cool bag in the car.