How to Thwart a Lunch Thief
Most workplaces offer a breakroom with a refrigerator where employees can store snacks and lunch. This option adds to the convenience of the work day and is more economical than dining out. It offers a smorgasboard of good eats to the occasional employee who feels he can help himself. If there's a lunch thief on the loose at your workplace, the following steps can help put a stop to the pilfering.
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Use a broad tip black market to label the lunch sack with the last name and other identifying marks. Fold the top of the bag over three times and secure it with a row of staples.
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Keep track of the lunch thief's habits. Check the breakroom refrigerator every 30 minutes for several days. Try to narrow the time frame in which the thief operates.
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Monitor the thief's choices. Note if he tends to take entire lunches or just sandwiches or desserts from various lunch bags.
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Prepare some food specifically for the thief. Bait the thief with a turkey sandwich with a layer of finely minced habenero peppers spread with mayonnaise between the meat. Make cupcakes, add a few teaspoons of cayenne pepper to one of them, and leave it as bait for a sweet-loving thief.
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Listen to see if others are complaining about missing lunches or lunch items. Consider that those complaining are likely not guilty.
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Monitor the refrigerator during the thief's suspected favorite pilfering times. Place the marked lunch bag so that it is easily observed. Check the marked lunch bag after each person leaves the refrigerator.
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Approach anyone seen tampering with the marked lunch bag or removing items from it. Challenge the perpetrator and ask that he surrender the items.
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John J. Condry
Nov 24, 2010
Adding a little LSD to a lunch is a better way to deal. A bad trip should be even worse when you don't know what is happening to you. It might also lead to a drug test which will get the perp canned.
