Who Stole My Sandwich?!

If food thievery runs as rampant at your office as it does here, consider investing in some of these anti-theft lunch bags.

--AndreaLeigh

Comments

[Kev on October 02, 2008 at 04:09 PM]

Brilliant.

[Noah Gibbs on October 02, 2008 at 04:23 PM]

So instead you can ask, "who threw away my moldy-looking sandwich?" :-)

[Emerson on October 02, 2008 at 04:41 PM]

Exactly, Noah. Sadly, as Facilities Manager, I have to toss out old food whenever I see it.

[memomachine on October 02, 2008 at 05:04 PM]

Hmmmmm

Instead of mold put in some kimchee. REAL kimchee.

I'm telling you I did that with a sandwich, someone had been taking my lunchbags one week, and the yell from the break room was -very- audible.

:)

[mputtre on October 02, 2008 at 05:31 PM]

Awesome. But I think an external layer of defense, before the bad guys reach the target, is helpful. When I was an editorial assistant at InformationWEEK back in the late 1980s, people used to steal my sandwich and goodies out of my brown paper bag in the refrigerator, which was shared by the entire building. A half-dozen publications and support staff. So I started drawing a skull-and-crossbones in black permanent marker on the bag. Nobody ever took anything from me again.

[Bryan Frymire on October 02, 2008 at 05:42 PM]

The cat food sandwich works too.

[memomachine on October 02, 2008 at 06:40 PM]

Hmmmm.

"The cat food sandwich works too. "

I assure you kimchee works even better.

I once opened a brand new jar of kimchee at the office, I was pushed into doing this by coworkers, and the speed of exit by the same coworkers was astonishing.

Some of these gentlemen were of advanced age and quite portly. Open a jar of kimchee and I'd say any one of them is suitable for the Olympic Men's 100 meter race.

hehehehe.

[RandomArrow on October 02, 2008 at 08:51 PM]

I lived in a hotel with a common kitchen while I was a hospital CIO. Had a couple of nice stakes stolen. Put up a notice that whoever took them should see their Doc immediately because they were "experimental beef". After that Bio-Hazard stickers worked real well.

[atx on October 02, 2008 at 08:54 PM]

kimchee is korean bait

[Brian C. on October 03, 2008 at 08:54 AM]

Some other tips, none of which could get you arrested as they are OTC and not considered poisons:

Gentian violet is a non-toxic dye that leaves a weeks-long stain... on tongues, lips, hands... put drops of it in a PBJ or a cup of grape juice, and the thief will look like Pieter deVries in Dune.

Visine is an easy diarrhea inducer, that doesn't have any other toxic effects. Pilfered milk will taste the same but put them in the bathroom for while.

Try putting some capsaicin in a tunafish sandwich. The fish overpowers the scent of the cap and the bazooka puke is even better than kimchi. (Although I love that one and hope the bastard hurled, memomachine)

Thieves are scum. But if I put shards of glass in MY sandwich, I'm the one that gets indicted. Where is the justice.

[RaspberrySurprise on October 03, 2008 at 11:01 AM]

Uhh Visine can KILL YOU if ingested. Seriusly.
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/visine.asp