Breakroom refrigerator theft

[Emergent]

Both of my jobs have signs on the fridge from exasperated coworkers telling people to stop stealing the food of others.

Seriously? If it's not yours, don't take it folks. If you forgot your food, do not, I repeat, DO NOT steal the food of others.

And on a related topic, please take your rotting leftovers out of the fridge after a month or two, ok?

[DeeAngel]

Take your food in an insulated bag with cold packs and keep it at your work desk. It's easier than using the fridge and no one's going to take it.

[Amethya]

I worked at a Walmart before I got to Medical Assisting and I learned my lesson after seeing co-workers stealing lunch from the spanish-speaking only employees. After that I always carry my lunch with me and since I started my new job, am so happy I have my own mini-fridge in my office.

[middleagednurse]

Make a pan of brownies, chop up some chocolate exlax into the brownie mix. put in break room, covered with a lid or foil. The thief will probably have to call in with diarrhea the next day.

[middleagednurse]

Sorry Ruby Vee, I posted the above before reading your post.

[RestlessHeart]

I work in an office setting and the people are quite daring. Ive come back to my desk after break to find someone took a huge bite out of my apple and put it back. Or....they opened a can of diet squirt, apparently didnt like it and left it sit. Now Im finding that over the night time someone must sit at my desk and eat cold cans of Spaghetti Os....or cans of Mac n Cheese....then they leave the cans in the garbage rather than get rid of em.

Another time I had fresh Bagels delivered for MY Department. A little later I noticed a woman from another department kept stopping by looking thru the bags of bagels. She'd take one and it wasnt long, she'd come back and do it again. Finally she emailed me and told me how nice I was to bring in bagels to share with everyone as a parting gesture because she was done working that Friday. First off I didnt know her or know she was leaving. I never invited any other department to share in this. Fact was....it was intended for MY department on MY Anniversary. People got kahunas apparently

Have a super week

[Extra Pickles]

I work in an office setting and the people are quite daring. Ive come back to my desk after break to find someone took a huge bite out of my apple and put it back. Or....they opened a can of diet squirt, apparently didnt like it and left it sit. Now Im finding that over the night time someone must sit at my desk and eat cold cans of Spaghetti Os....or cans of Mac n Cheese....then they leave the cans in the garbage rather than get rid of em.

Another time I had fresh Bagels delivered for MY Department. A little later I noticed a woman from another department kept stopping by looking thru the bags of bagels. She'd take one and it wasnt long, she'd come back and do it again. Finally she emailed me and told me how nice I was to bring in bagels to share with everyone as a parting gesture because she was done working that Friday. First off I didnt know her or know she was leaving. I never invited any other department to share in this. Fact was....it was intended for MY department on MY Anniversary. People got kahunas apparently

Have a super week

aw I hope you didn't tell her that. would have been nicer to wish her a happy retirement or whatever, let her think you're a real gem instead of maybe feeling stupid for having said that.

[la_chica_suerte85, BSN, RN]

Thought somebody had stolen the fridge!

I thought that, too.

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

"please take your rotting leftovers out of the fridge after a month or two, ok?"

I work from home, so I will check into that.

As far as onsite problems... I see many insulated bags taking up space in the communal refrigerator. An insulated bag will keep your food cold.

Keep your insulated bag on your desk... end of problem.

[NurseSpeedy, ADN, LPN, RN]

I had a coworker who got tired of having her home brought bottle of milk for her cereal stolen from the fridge. She started labeling the bottle "breast milk" and suddenly the milk bandit disappeared.

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

We don't have a lot of trouble with people stealing food, but they leave stuff in there FOREVER. Me and another nurse are the ones most bothered by it and do the cleaning. What I love is when some leaves a container for over a month, has fuzzy food in it and they get angry when you throw the container away. If it was that important, take it home!

[quazar]

Daaaaaaaaaaaang. I always pack my lunch in an insulated lunch bag with ice packs like BuckyBadger, never had any theft *knocks on wood*.

I can't believe how brazen and downright rude people are to steal food! The beef stew/laxative one takes the cake though. Awesome.

[caliotter3]

A resident's wine was kept in the frig. After her passing, the wine stayed there. Lots of talk about it, but nobody wanted to take the wine for whatever reason, or no reason. Only item I ever saw that was obviously not "fair game" except, of course, for whatever had managed to make it to the rotting stage.