So people have to start getting craft with revenge.
Remember thats still roughly one in five.
Perhaps, even worse, you are the culprit.
In which case, cmon, bring your own lunch.
After all, raising a fuss without proof is a surefire way to end up losing all credibility.
After all, employees losing all faith in their coworkers will have repercussions beyond just the lunchroom.
Yet here we are.
This is why many HR managerssuggest raising a complaintearly and not taking things into your own hands.
This way, the thief cant use the it was an accident argument if confronted.
Broadly speaking, workers who are the victims of this kind of theft take two strategies.
Others, including OP, will instead set a trap to give the thief second thoughts in the future.
Spicy food is a classic example of this since it comes with built-in plausible deniability.
After all, some people like their food to taste like an open inferno.
This method comes with the added benefit of very possibly revealing who the thief is.
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