Her Coworker Usually Takes Home Everyone’s Leftover Treats, but He Got Upset When She Refused to Give Him Her Pie
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When you work in an office environment, it is very common for people to bring in cookies, pie, or other treats for their coworkers to enjoy.
What would you do if you had one coworker who would always grab any remaining treats at the end of the day to bring home to his kids?
That is the situation where the woman in this story works, so when she brought in a pie one day, she waited until the end of the day and grabbed the leftovers to bring home to her own family. Her coworker, however, got upset that she wouldn’t let him take it to her kids, so now she is wondering if she did anything wrong.
I think this coworker is way out of line, and she had every right to her own food. Read through the full story and see if you agree.
AITAH for taking my office treats home?
I have worked at the same office for 6+ years and I am not a baker at all. But I do have one good staple recipe that I am kind of known for, a completely homemade huckleberry pie!
Wow, who knew they were so expensive?
For those who don’t know, Huckleberries are kinda similar to blueberries, but they only grow in high mountain areas in the Pacific Northwest of the US.
They’re a hot commodity and go for hundreds of dollars if you were to buy them from someone. So, my family and I go picking every summer and I come home and make these pies, and will always bring one into the office, and there’s usually quite a bit left over that I’ll put in the fridge and let people eat it throughout the week.
These treats normally last a long time.
Here comes the issue, a new person started a few months ago, and since they have began working, any prior office goodies (that had previously just stayed at the office and been eaten till they were gone) have suddenly started disappearing instantly.
If someone brought in cookies they would last 2/3 days and I could expect to have an afternoon treat the day after they were brought in.
He really shouldn’t be taking the office treats home.
Come to find out, this new guy has 9 kids and assumes anything left he can take home to his kids. Sure, it’s fine, glad kids are getting a little treat, but it’s annoying when these are office treats and he just assumes they’re free for all.
So, this has been happening for a few months and he didn’t know I made these pies. But it has been a horrible fire season where I usually pick and with the warm winter, there’s hardly any berries!
Some years the harvest is low.
So, I didn’t pick as much as I usually would, and there was only enough for one pie for both my office and home.
Knowing that this guy essentially steals all the food for home, I headed into the break room right before he usually leaves and started to pack it up to take home.
This guy doesn’t even hide the fact that he is bringing it home.
He came in and said “oh did someone want your leftovers” and I just said “oh no I wanted the last bit for myself and my husband.”
He got a little defensive and was like “my kids have never had huckleberries and I wanted to give them that experience”
She isn’t obligated to feed his kids.
I just said “well, maybe next year you guys can pick them as a family” and walked away. There was literally 2 slices left and if he took them to his millions of kids, they could have maybe had a bite each.
My coworker said it was rude of me to take that experience away from his kids and he’s been kinda short with me since, but honestly I don’t think I’m in the wrong cause office treats aren’t meant to feed your family?? Maybe I’m just bitter but I didn’t cook it for your kids.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to make sure that your own family gets the pie before a coworker’s kids. It is kind of weird that he takes food home without asking anyway.
Read through the comments below and see what other people think about this.
Taking food home like this guy is weird.
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Who could defend this coworker?
She isn’t responsible for feeding his kids.
This person says office treats are for coworkers.
If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about an employee who got back at slacking coworkers with fresh-baked treats.
There is no way that she did anything wrong.
What kind of person thinks they are entitled to other people’s office treats? If he wants to bring something home to the kids, he should be asking first.
She is definitely not doing anything wrong by bringing her own pie home.
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