Its an awful realization that someone you work with might be completely ignoring your boundaries by stealingyour food!
Well, some people push back against this sort of behavior.
He learned a lesson that hell never forget.
Check out our interview with them below!
According to the author, their coworker stopped stealing food for a while.
And he would often pay for it later,u/YouKeepThisLovetold Bored Panda.
The son took after his father, but without the charm.
I feel he did learn his lesson.
To be honest, I didnt mean it as a lesson.
I just wanted to confront him in a way that was 50% serious and 50% in jest.
This guy would always say stuff like, I am too busy to go out and get food.
I have important meetings, to justify him nicking food.
As if none of us had anything to do.
As if we did not require food, because we didnt work that hard.
He wasTHATguy, u/YouKeepThisLove said.
However, there are workplace cultural ways of nipping these sorts of problems in the bud.
Food theft was non-existent there.
The author pointed out that the food coloring they used was completely harmless.
The author was completely taken aback when their post went viral.
They simply wanted to share a funny story from their past.
As it turns out, it was incredibly relatable.
I have had people nick other peoples food at various companies.
I also think people caught on to it because it was an unusual way of dealing with it.
According to them, they improvised the revenge plan at work.
The author then ended up sprinkling some of the coloring on the cottage cheese leftovers.
Redditor u/YouKeepThisLove added that at their current workplace, everybody labels their food.
If you desperately want a taste of someones home-cooked meal, simply ask.
Most of us learned early on in childhood that stealing is wrong.
Alas, some individuals seem to have missed the lesson entirely.
Obviously, the situation gets much more complicated when your food thief has the backing of the boss.
If you want something to change for the better, youd better be proactive.
Food thieves tend to have low empathy and poor impulse control.
Alternatively, they might believe that they can keepgetting awaywith stealing food.
They might think that nobody will notice a few nibbles going missing every now or then.
They may think that nobody will ever suspect them.
Or they might wager that the entire situation is too awkward to broach at all.
However, you should still consider having a firm but friendly chat with them about their behavior.
Ask them to stop stealing everyones food.
have a go at understand their reasons for stealing food.
The situation might be very different than you expect.
They might potentially be struggling with being able to afford food.
In which case you and your colleagues might be able to help them out.
If your not-so-collegial food thief ignores your attempts at diplomacy, its time to ramp things up.
Bring up the issue with either HR, your manager, or both.
It really helps if you have some evidence.
The more specific you are, the more unavoidable finding a solution to the problem becomes.
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