What to do. Work Issue

So I go to take my lunchbox out of the shared fridge at work today and notice that it is unzipped. Looking in I see that someone took my berkleying turkey sammich. I get pissed, but dont confront anyone. I work in a factory and 100's of people could have done this. About two hours later, a worker in my section goes home sick and I hop on his forklift to move it. Tucked in beside the seat-belt is my sandwich bag. It was a specific type bag because I ran out of the cheap ones I usually use.

Now I have options. I dont want to go tell the boss and get the guy fired, but I do want to have some fun and make him learn a lesson (without getting in trouble too). You guys got any good ideas?

Went home sick?

Did he save you from your own food prep?

Find some (non-toxic) green paint or marker and mark the bag to look like it has mold growing on it.

ransom wrote: Went home sick? Did he save you from your own food prep?

If that sandwich made his vision blurry and got dizzy from it, then yes.

Put a note in the next sandwich.

"I rubbed my dong all over this, enjoy herpes"

Bet it'll stop.

My dad has stories about people taking his lunch in school/work.

..I guess that white lithium grease looks just like mayonnaise

..You can layer a whole bunch of pepper between meats or cheese

..Too much salt can make something really nasty too

Either way, sucks that somebody stole your lunch, but good thing you didn't get sick from it yourself..sounds like some instant karma ;)

I heard one of a guy using his infants poo as peanut butter to get revenge

I bet it wasn't eaten for enjoyment or satiety.

I put exlax in my food once because it was getting stolen...by my service manage. He nearly shat himself, I made a veiled comment so he'd "know" it was me and that I knew it was him.
It stopped.

putting E36 M3 on a sandwich in your lunchbox to catch the theif is all well and good, until they dont steal it and all you have for lunch is a E36 M3 sandwich.

failboat wrote: putting E36 M3 on a sandwich in your lunchbox to catch the theif is all well and good, until they dont steal it and all you have for lunch is a E36 M3 sandwich.

the more bread you have.. the less E36 M3 you have to eat.

Seriously though, I honestly hope that was a case of insta-karma

I am a bit particular about bringing sandwiches to work. I prefer to assemble it right before I eat, not at home and throw it in a baggie.

I guess I waste more baggies, but maybe its like driving a manual transmission car. The potential theif may realize that they have to do the work, and give up and walk away?

If it's a one time thing, assume the guy has no money, no ethics and was hungry. Let it go.

If others are missing food often, then there's a problem. Confront him as a group, rat him to Management or booby trap a lunch box. Your call.

We had one in our shops once, you'd open your lunch and find a bite out of your sandwich. Worse than just stealing!

Dan

Plan B:

Buy a lunch bag with a small blue ice thingie in it and keep it in your tool box or desk.

Dan

914Driver wrote: If it's a one time thing, assume the guy has no money, no ethics and was hungry. Let it go. If others are missing food often, then there's a problem. Confront him as a group, rat him to Management or booby trap a lunch box. Your call. We had one in our shops once, you'd open your lunch and find a bite out of your sandwich. Worse than just stealing! Dan

Flash bang in the lunchbag?

I know my softsided lunchbag has two zippers. A small suitcase padlock might fit

A guy was stealing my juice boxes once in high school. I pulled up the flap on a corner, inserted a different straw and drank it, then went to the bathroom and carefully filled it with piss and glued the flap back down. He knew something was off with the temperature and pressure of it and didn't drink it, but he did stop taking my drinks. We actually became friends after that

In reply to GameboyRMH:

That's probably criminal.

I'd bring a 2nd lunch with you next time, walk up, hand it to him in front of the whole crew and say "Now you have your own - touch mine again and I'll break your berkeleying nose."

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I'd bring a 2nd lunch with you next time, walk up, hand it to him in front of the whole crew and say "Now you have your own - touch mine again and I'll break your berkeleying nose."

That's a threat, be careful.

914Driver wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I'd bring a 2nd lunch with you next time, walk up, hand it to him in front of the whole crew and say "Now you have your own - touch mine again and I'll break your berkeleying nose."

That's a threat, be careful.

Great idea, minus the part that'll get you fired.

914Driver wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I'd bring a 2nd lunch with you next time, walk up, hand it to him in front of the whole crew and say "Now you have your own - touch mine again and I'll break your berkeleying nose."

That's a threat, be careful.

That is a 2nd chance.

Having worked in a few factory/mfg/assembly type places in the past - that really isn't the sort of conversation that is going to get you a restraining order. It is more likely to result in a) an unmolested sandwich or b) a broken nose

914Driver wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I'd bring a 2nd lunch with you next time, walk up, hand it to him in front of the whole crew and say "Now you have your own - touch mine again and I'll break your berkeleying nose."

That's a threat, be careful.

In Texas, as long as you put a stipulation in your statement, it's not a threat. IE - "If you take my sandwich again I'll punch you in the face." Whereas if you just say, "I'm going to punch you in the face", that's a threat.

Stealing lunch is lower than low. Teach the guy a lesson somehow. Smear a layer of ink on one side of the bread so it will be obvious.

I'd say that the caliber of a lunch-stealer is probably along the same as a 'fake-calling-into-work-guy', so I doubt the instakarma scenario.

I'd do something so that you both knew what was up - stop him from being a lunch stealer again.

I'd happily give my lunch to just about anyone if they needed it and I'd go hungry, but be fine. Just the same, I'd be nose-punching mad if someone took it.

While boobytrapping sounds like a little karma-assist, it could lead to retribution. IOW, if you can do it, so can they.

How about a locking lunchbox? That'd at least slow them down. Paint it bright, so it has a chance of getting noticed when removed. I'd just rig a hasp on a small kid lunchbox so as not to hog fridge space - one of my pet peeves.

Otto Maddox wrote: In reply to GameboyRMH: That's probably criminal.

What? I can make a box of piss juice if I want. It's a free country. If somebody else steals it, it's not my fault

Nah such a prank probably would get you sent to juvie and registered as a sex offender these days...