Office supplies become strangely personal when one coworker keeps helping herself to the exact pens you actually enjoy using.

One employee spots her favorite gel pen in someone else’s hand, so would you confront the thief directly or make the next theft more memorable?

Her quiet solution turns an ordinary notebook into something better suited for a birthday card than a meeting.

See how one stolen pen finally came with a little extra sparkle.

My coworker kept stealing my pens. so I started refilling them with glitter ink.

I work in this pretty chill office, but for whatever reason, my pens kept missing, not like… all my pens.

Just mine, the ones I actually liked using.

I kinda had a feeling who it was, but didn’t wanna cause drama.

Then one day, I saw her using my purple gel pen during a meeting, so I said something like, “Hey, I think that’s mine,” and she just laughed and went, “Oops, lol, didn’t even notice.”

Fed up, she placed an order for some glitter gel.

So I ordered some cheap refillable pens and swapped the ink for glitter gel, they looked normal when you wrote with them, but dried all sparkly and ridiculous.

During our next meeting, she’s writing away, and someone goes, “Why does your notebook look like a birthday card?”

She just started at it like it betrayed her soul.

She offered no apology or anything… just awkward silence.

Honestly? I’ll take it.

Bravo! No one likes having their pens taken, especially without asking.

Let’s see how the people over at Reddit relate to this story.

These people learned pretty quickly.

Those are some odds.

He probably did expect that.

If you enjoyed this post, check out this story about an employee who decided to push back against time micromanagement.

What a nice lady.

The coworker had already laughed off being caught with one stolen pen, so the owner switched tactics instead of starting an argument.

A few glitter-filled refills later, the next missing pen left behind sparkly notes and one very awkward meeting.

Nobody needed a lecture after that, because the notebook itself handled the public embarrassment perfectly.

She kept stealing office supplies and accidentally upgraded herself to the stationery aisle at a craft store.