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Old 03-28-2024, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Flawduh
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Do any of you go into the office fridge and just sometimes randomly grab someone else's lunch? Perhaps it looks especially tasty, or you're just extremely hungry?



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I don't do this. But I have noticed over the years, working in various offices, different settings, etc., that at times, items have mysteriously disappeared from my lunch. Is this normal?
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Old 03-28-2024, 10:46 AM
 
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I personally don't because I find that gross and rude. However, I have witnessed people doing that, and just watching, it's hilarious. I mean, the amount of arrogance someone has to just open the fridge and eat someone else's stuff is just bonkers LMAO.
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Old 03-28-2024, 10:47 AM
 
Location: Flawduh
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I personally don't because I find that gross and rude. However, I have witnessed people doing that, and just watching, it's hilarious. I mean, the amount of arrogance someone has to just open the fridge and eat someone else's stuff is just bonkers LMAO.
My exact reaction to this. It's so... odd... Gross, rude, yet hilarious to think about... LOL!!!
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Old 03-28-2024, 10:48 AM
 
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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Back when we had 400 people in the office it happened a lot, and yes, it was just random lunch theft. Really hard to figure why, since we are well paid and back then had a café on the bottom floor. I always brought mine and kept it with an icepack in my office instead of one of the office kitchens.

Now going back to years ago when I was on a smaller project team in leased office space, one co-worker would swipe and eat half the sandwich of one other guy just for laughs, but we would prank him often.
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Old 03-28-2024, 10:57 AM
 
Location: southwestern PA
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Do any of you go into the office fridge and just sometimes randomly grab someone else's lunch? Perhaps it looks especially tasty, or you're just extremely hungry?
never. so so rude!
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Old 03-28-2024, 11:08 AM
 
Location: A Yankee in northeast TN
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No, but every once in a blue moon I look in the freezer and see a frozen box of whatever and wonder "is that mine, did I put this here and forget about it?" If there's no name on it I consider it fair game, especially if it's been there for a month or more. I'm bad about bringing stuff in and forgetting it's there.
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Old 03-28-2024, 11:12 AM
 
Location: North Idaho
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I worked in one place where it happened. Everyone thought that "the lunch bag bandit" was one of the supervisors, and probably just one person in the entire building was stealing, so it is not a common thing to do. Although it seems like every business has at least one thief on the staff.

I learned early to bring something to eat that didn't need refrigeration and I kept my lunch in my locker.

Not only would our lunch bag bandit steal lunches, but he would also throw the container into the trash when he was finished. He didn't care if it was original packaging or expensive Tupperware. Into the trash it went.
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Old 03-28-2024, 11:13 AM
 
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It happened to me regularly a long time ago. I had a 6 foot timber rattler frozen and coiled up in a paper bag, stapled shut and my name on the bag in on of the freezers in the lunch room. The plan was to take him to the taxidermy during lunch. No more disappeared lunches.
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Old 03-28-2024, 11:14 AM
 
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I worked in one place where it happened. Everyone thought that "the lunch bag bandit" was one of the supervisors, and probably just one person in the entire building was stealing, so it is not a common thing to do. Although it seems like every business has at least one thief on the staff.

I learned early to bring something to eat that didn't need refrigeration and I kept my lunch in my locker.

Not only would our lunch bag bandit steal lunches, but he would also throw the container into the trash when he was finished. He didn't care if it was original packaging or expensive Tupperware. Into the trash it went.
LMAO. This bag bandit was on demon time, huh?? Savage LOL
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Old 03-28-2024, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Flawduh
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LOL! I wasn't expecting these responses, but I am laughing at how common this apparently is.
I created this thread because someone this morning decided to go into my lunch box and eat my -- get this -- plain Siggi's yogurt. I always bring some in, and when ready to eat, mix in some blueberries or something. But yeah... Apparently someone thought that this bland, plain, flavorless yogurt would be delicious to eat this morning. I hope they enjoyed it? LOL
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