Some people can’t help being crooked

[BeerThirty]

It must be weird to work at a corperate or office type place. I aint never worked anywhere that you couldnt just be like, ALRIGHT! WHO THE HECK STOLE MY DANG COKE OUT THE FRIDGE?? Mostly at those type places you never need to ask that though.

The break room can be a surprise every day.

There's usually the health nut that is on some weird diet that requires him to microwave leftover fish every day and stinks up the place.

There's the usual slobs that can't wipe off the counter when they drip. Or the same ones that finish their lunch and forget their dirty dishes in the sink over night.

And then there's the fridge. People leave stuff in there all the time and forget about it. It starts to smell. An email goes out but miraculously whomever owned the food doesn't take ownership. To combat this, my former company implemented a rule that every other Friday at end of day, whatever was in the fridge got thrown out. There were some womens who got pretty angry when their tupperware got tossed out..

 

[livetohunt]

Everyone seems to want everything given to them today. Most don't want to earn it and feel like they are entitled to it. I think a lot of it stems from the govt always offering something free. In the USA today if you want to be President, then you have to offer the most free things. Works like a charm. Ask Biden and it worked for Fetterman in PA too.

 

[Throwback]

At my corporate office, they put all that stuff out for free. No need to worry about theft when it's free!

That’s for the white collar dudes. The blue collars have to pay or get fired. Save money that way and someone at corporate gets a bonus for thinking of it.

 

[bilgerat]

I use to work at a marina as the service manager, We had a Korean guy who was a boat washer. On Mondays He would bring in a weeks worth of home made Korean lunches in tupperware dishes. Someone started swiping one every now then and he decided to retaliate against the thief. He laced one of his diners with a heavy dose exlax and waited for it to get stolen. A few days later it was taken and he came and told me about it. The next day one of the mechanics called in sick and said he'd been up all night with the runs. When he returned the day after I told him we were cutting back and I had to let him go.. Never told him why because I didnt want the guy to sue the company or do something stupid in retaliation.

 

[NE GA Pappy]

I know a guy who got fired for stealing a partial roll of TP.

His excuse was that the boss told them they could have stuff that was scrapped.

 

[Batjack]

I use to work at a marina as the service manager, We had a Korean guy who was a boat washer. On Mondays He would bring in a weeks worth of home made Korean lunches in tupperware dishes. Someone started swiping one every now then and he decided to retaliate against the thief. He laced one of his diners with a heavy dose exlax and waited for it to get stolen. A few days later it was taken and he came and told me about it. The next day one of the mechanics called in sick and said he'd been up all night with the runs. When he returned the day after I told him we were cutting back and I had to let him go.. Never told him why because I didnt want the guy to sue the company or do something stupid in retaliation.

Did almost the same thing in 8th grade, made a Hershy bar out of Exlax to catch a lunch thief ... worked too.

 

[kmckinnie]

In all them cases the problem lies with the rod..... it was spared.

 

[mrs. hornet22]

The break room can be a surprise every day.

There's usually the health nut that is on some weird diet that requires him to microwave leftover fish every day and stinks up the place.

There's the usual slobs that can't wipe off the counter when they drip. Or the same ones that finish their lunch and forget their dirty dishes in the sink over night.

And then there's the fridge. People leave stuff in there all the time and forget about it. It starts to smell. An email goes out but miraculously whomever owned the food doesn't take ownership. To combat this, my former company implemented a rule that every other Friday at end of day, whatever was in the fridge got thrown out. There were some womens who got pretty angry when their tupperware got tossed out..

Company I used to work for did this too.

 

[kmckinnie]

A self serve Buffay at a hospital where my company worked when I was in construction ( I never really worked there ) we had employees steal from the line. They would put like a sausage patty or 2 in the small to go box. Then cover it with grits. Then pay for the grits. They did other things at lunch. Hospital employees where doing it too.

 

[mrs. hornet22]

What really ticked me off is to go to the fridge to get your lunch that you put in there that morning and it's GON. Happens too many times and I hate to say it, but the warehouse workers took lunch an hour or more before the office folks. Hope they enjoyed it as much as I woulda.

 

[Tight Lines]

Did almost the same thing in 8th grade, made a Hershy bar out of Exlax to catch a lunch thief ... worked too.

One of the funniest brawls I got into was as a freshman in high school. We had a break after first period with cinnamon rolls and drinks, and this bully who never had any money would pick up your can of Coke and drink it or grab your cinnamon roll.

So I started taking a pencil and poking a hole about 1/2" down from the drinking hole. When I'd take a drink I'd put my thumb over it. He wasn't real bright though, grabbed my Coke one morning and proceeded to drink what didn't run all over his white polo through the second hole.

Things in the lunch room got real serious right quick after everyone laughed at him and several of us ended up in ISS due to the fight that ensued.

 

[Batjack]

One of the funniest brawls I got into was as a freshman in high school. We had a break after first period with cinnamon rolls and drinks, and this bully who never had any money would pick up your can of Coke and drink it or grab your cinnamon roll.

So I started taking a pencil and poking a hole about 1/2" down from the drinking hole. When I'd take a drink I'd put my thumb over it. He wasn't real bright though, grabbed my Coke one morning and proceeded to drink what didn't run all over his white polo through the second hole.

Things in the lunch room got real serious right quick after everyone laughed at him and several of us ended up in ISS due to the fight that ensued.

I hated ISS! Just go ahead and suspend me for 3 days so I can go fish'n or hunt'n. They figured it out after the 3rd time I didn't show up for their little prison camp.

 

[Tight Lines]

I hated ISS! Just go ahead and suspend me for 3 days so I can go fish'n or hunt'n. They figured it out after the 3rd time I didn't show up for their little prison camp.

I had my own cubicle!

 

[Dutch]

The powers that be put one those kiosk market scams in at the plant, a couple of years ago, selling the same snacks (as well as gas station type food ) we make with a high mark up.

I have yet to use it. Water is free and so is the coffee. Bring my lunch from home. the best part is the signs...

"This markit is under surveillance for your protection"

Protection from what? The over priced crappy food being sold?

 

[ryork]

Owned a small business for a little over a decade before selling it in 2020. Had eight employees at the height of it, a total of thirteen I believe across the entire 11-12 yr period. All were degreed scientist/engineer types more or less. All it took was two to ruin it and dang near ruin my health. This goes WAAYYYYY beyond stealing some drinks, food, office supplies etc. I'm not going into details here, but we're talking felonies, big boy prison felonies. When initially confronted, the arrogance and entitlement were astounding. They had done nothing wrong, they knew what they and everyone else "needed" etc and what their "rights" were. Both of these individuals I had bent over backwards for in every way imaginable in spite of their crises being of their own making. I couldn't deal with the general public or a "corporate environment" these days if my life depended on it. I'd be in jail and on the news, and it wouldn't take long. We are in a sad state across the board.

 

[Tight Lines]

^^^Wow

 

[ryork]

Owned a small business for a little over a decade before selling it in 2020. Had eight employees at the height of it, a total of thirteen I believe across the entire 11-12 yr period. All were degreed scientist/engineer types more or less. All it took was two to ruin it and dang near ruin my health. This goes WAAYYYYY beyond stealing some drinks, food, office supplies etc. I'm not going into details here, but we're talking felonies, big boy prison felonies. When initially confronted, the arrogance and entitlement were astounding. They had done nothing wrong, they knew what they and everyone else "needed" etc and what their "rights" were. Both of these individuals I had bent over backwards for in every way imaginable in spite of their crises being of their own making. I couldn't deal with the general public or a "corporate environment" these days if my life depended on it. I'd be in jail and on the news, and it wouldn't take long. We are in a sad state across the board.

And to clarify, when I say "ruined it", I mean ruined my excitement and drive as to being a business owner was ruined beyond repair. The business itself was fine in spite of it all which enabled me to sell it a couple years later when there was absolutely nothing left in my tank due to these particular instances mentioned above and the never ending stream of govt related crap, corporate robots and box checkers making the simplest things complicated or impossible, folks with absolutely no integrity or honesty, etc. Why anyone would want to be a small business owner these days is beyond me unless you can do it alone or with 1099 employees only and it is something you have an absolute passion for, i.e $$ don't matter. On the flip side, working part time for the company that purchased my business has restoked my fire somewhat and I don't have to do "management" things! I just do what I do and much or as little as I like. And most weeks I work almost a full time schedule. And the rest of the folks at my former business are still like an extended family to me like they always were. Unfortunately, I would have said the same thing about the two bad apples..........

 

[oldfella1962]

Are you the sole proprietor?

A lot of places, especially in areas where a lot of petty theft exists, they are either locking things up like Walgreens or putting in armored vending machines.

I read a recent study about the most profitable and economical business and the #1 is a Laundromat.
I believe it too. Every one you go past is full and maintenance is relatively easy compared to other ventures.

The PEANUTS laundromat chain is a big thing in Augusta.

 

[gb1194]

Back when I was still in security at my current job I had to escort an engineer offsite after he was terminated for stealing cookies. He would come into the cafeteria and grab the cookies without going by the register to pay. He had been observed by the cafeteria staff doing this several times and turned in to management. He was given disciplinary action and told to stop. Apparently he didn’t and got caught again. Terminated from a six figure job for stealing probably 3-4 bucks worth of cookies at a time! Idiot!!

 

[ugajay]

Place I used to work at had a snack area with chips cookies etc $0.50 a pack, ice cream $1 and such. The money was used for Thanksgiving Christmas parties and things like that. It was an honor system and you put your money in a jar with a slit cut in the top. Whoever was in charge of counting the money and putting it up noticed washers started showing up in there. A guy got fired for putting washers in the jar to save his $0.50 when he was making around $80k a year. So stupid.