Rant: Workplace fridge item theft

[StL Dan]

Someone stole my blueberry toast strudels out of the freezer and a few months later, stole my plum jelly from the fridge.

Pisses me off.

[Molly]

My workplace refrigerator rant is the fact that I was the only one who would clean it out. That stopped a couple of months ago. Someone mentioned the other day that something in there smelled bad and my comment was whatever it is isn't mine. He responded that he thought I cleaned it out. I told him I used to until it became obvious that I was the only one doing it. Still hasn't been cleaned out to the best of my knowledge.

[wart57]

I place my lunch in roughly the same spot on the top shelf of the 3rd fridge every day. I went to get my lunch the other day, and it was gone. So just in case, I checked the other fridges, and found my lunch in fridge number 4 in the door. I assumed someone grabbed my lunch in error, or it was one of those [expletive] Cubs fans on my floor [expletive] with me.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

My company provides snacks and sodas for either 25 or 50 cents. If you take it, you mark it on a piece of paper and at the end of the month, you pay your tab. I'm convinced everyone steals every now and then which is fine by me.

[jim]

Stealing your entire lunch is wrong. I steal stuff that can't be detected easily - like mustard. We have locker rooms at work for an afternoon jog, and I'll break into a locker to get some shampoo. They can't tell stuff like that. I mean they suspect stuff, by putting crazy stuff around the shampoo thinking I can't remember how to put it back.

But other than that I just don't thing that's right.

[33anda3rd]

Stealing your entire lunch is wrong. I steal stuff that can't be detected easily - like mustard. We have locker rooms at work for an afternoon jog, and I'll break into a locker to get some shampoo. They can't tell stuff like that. I mean they suspect stuff, by putting crazy stuff around the shampoo thinking I can't remember how to put it back.

But other than that I just don't thing that's right.

This sounds like the basis for a really funny Seinfeld or Curb story arc.

[jim]

Actually I stopped stealing mustard. "We" ran out a couple of weeks ago and I had to break down and buy my own. I keep it locked up in my office, you don't need to refrigerate mustard. Besides, only an idiot puts mustard in a community refrigerator.

[StL Dan]

Confession: In the past, I've used butter, on occassion, that someone put in the fridge door, for my pop tarts. But, just a modest amount once or twice. Didn't take the last serving or anything. Eating pop tarts w/o butter is pointless, afterall.

[lukethedrifter]

Maybe you should consider a kitty to pay for condiments and butter etc

[mikechamp]

I'm fortunate. My work fridge is my home fridge.