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Whats the nastiest thing about any office?

I bet the top ten office annoyances would definitely include coworkers stealing your food from the kitchen fridge.

Which, you must admit, is doubly offensive.

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Our heroine tried to track down the culprit, but to no avail.

So the most that threatened the unlucky gourmet was a few days of stomach pain.

On the one hand, the original poster notes, she feels deeply satisfied that she was avenged.

Office workers having a break by the kitchen area, discussing food.

On the other hand, what if this situation actually costs her her job?

So the woman decided to ask people online for some advice and support.

For example, the Credit Union Times offersfive optionsfor employees to choose from:

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Text discussing an office worker’s anxiety and guilt over an incident involving her lunch being tampered with.

Adulterate your food (this is partly what our heroine did).4.

Dont put your lunch in the fridge.5.

Store your food in a more public space.

Text describing office food theft frustrations.

Finally, you’ve got the option to complain to HR or your immediate higher-ups.

But in the authors case, this wouldnt have worked for an obvious reason.

Often this is a simple mistake and it may not be necessary to involve HR.

Empty foil tray with leftover food on pink background, related to office laxative incident.

By the way, the original poster admitted that she first wanted to discuss this issue with HR too.

But then she decided to take the punishing sword of retribution into her own hands.

Check out the results:

Text detailing a plan to catch an “office rat” with a laxative scheme, involving a doctor’s appointment.

Text about a worker adding laxative to food, leading to a hospital visit for the manager due to diarrhea.

Man clutching stomach in discomfort on a sofa, illustrating effects of laxative in food incident.

Text discusses adding laxative to food, causing health concerns and worry about HR consequences.

Text about worker’s dilemma and fear of job loss after food incident with laxatives.

Woman in red shirt at desk with laptop, appearing thoughtful or concerned.

Text conversation about using laxatives as revenge on an office food thief.

Reddit comments discussing a worker adding laxatives to food to catch an “office rat” stealing lunches.

Reddit thread discussing an office incident involving laxatives and its consequences.

Reddit comments discussing adding laxatives to food to catch a thief in an office setting.

Text screenshot discussing the consequences of adding a laxative to food at work.

Comment discussing strategy against food theft in the office.

Text comment referencing “my sandwich” joke by Ross Geller from Friends.

Comment about office worker’s lunch theft situation with humorous tone.