August 9, 2024 at 8:45 am

Someone Keeps Stealing Treats From Their Lunches At Work, So They Come Up With A Messy Way To Reveal The Thief

by Ashley Ashbee

Source: Pexels/Polina Tankilevitch

One of the benefits of working from home is that you don’t have to worry about someone stealing part of your lunch, unless your dog or cat can open the fridge door.

At work, you may never catch the culprit. Fortunately, this story is different.

Read about how the people in this story found the means to detect and smoke him out.

You want to steal my desert? How about a mouth full of ink to go with it?

At work, people began to notice that their dessert would be missing out of their lunches.

Then we came up with a plan.

Because we work at a meat packing plant, we have syringes for injecting filling.

The procedure is delicate, but goes well.

So we used the syringe to suck out as much of the cream filling as possible through the packaging and injected them full of thick, blue ink.

It left a hole in the package about the 1/8″ in size, but was otherwise unnoticeable.

We then put them in our lunches and waited.

Their patience is rewarded with quite a surprise.

Then we see it is the plant manager.

His lips and chin were covered in the blue ink and it had run down the front of his shirt and was even on his hands.

He didn’t show his face back out on the production floor for several days and our desserts and candy stopped disappearing from our lunches.

Here’s what people are saying.

Greed has no bounds. There are a lot of people like this.

Source: Reddit/Petty Revenge

I’m glad it stopped, but this one seems a bit dangerous. It could make someone very ill.

Source: Reddit/Petty Revenge

I’m sure it does. It’s like every office has one.

Source: Reddit/Petty Revenge

Whoa, time warp! I totally remember that song. What a funny image.

Source: Reddit/Petty Revenge

This is why I could never do something like this. Plus, it can get tricky legally.

Source: Reddit/Petty Revenge

I’d put a combination lock on my lunch bag.

If you liked that story, check out this post about an oblivious CEO who tells a web developer to “act his wage”… and it results in 30% of the workforce being laid off.

Ashley Ashbee | Contributing Writer, Workplace & Culture

Ashley Ashbee is a contributing writer for TwistedSifter specializing in workplace dynamics, employee advocacy, and professional culture. Drawing on her real-world experience as a software consultant, she brings a unique, insider perspective to navigating office conflicts, toxic management, and trending professional dilemmas.

Holding a degree in Professional Writing from York University, Ashley combines her formal editorial training with her corporate background to deliver highly engaging, empathetic narratives. She excels at breaking down complex workplace dramas and translating them into stories that truly empower and validate modern workers.

Based in St. Catharines, Ontario, Ashley balances her time between the tech and publishing worlds with her love for the outdoors. When she isn’t consulting or writing, she can usually be found exploring local walking trails or experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen.

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