Seriously I see these posts all the time about people who have a co-worker who steals food so they make gross food to ‘get back at them’ cause HR doesn’t do anything.

Legit question but how do you not just freak out and yell at the person? If a co-worker stole my food the 1st time I’d yell at them and curse them out, the 2nd time I’d threaten to shove the food in their fat face next time I see it happen. If HR didn’t do anything I’d threaten to quit and sue if they claimed I don’t get EI because it’s a toxic work environment.

I just don’t get how people are so passive when co-workers literally steal from them? I’d be fucking livid.

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    7 days ago

    1. The average person wants peace in their life.

    2. These are the fringes that the malicious operate best.

    1. Because it’s not really worth the hassle to you.

    Most actually don’t want to yell and scream at someone, to escalate a situation, to involve themselves with “authority figures” that do nothing but work preserve the hierarchy around them.

    It’s exhausting just to exist while we suffer this way of life. People just gotta pick their battles because we are losing the class war.

    1. Because they feel safe to antagonize relentlessly.

    these malicious actors know the average person wants this peace. They pick and poke ceaselessly like the vultures they are. What are you gonna do about it? Nothing.

    Even if you do stand your ground, you will be vilified for putting the front of their face into the back of their skull.

    Or if you yell and scream, others will think you’re crazy/dramatic/unreasonable regardless of the circumstances.

    Or perhaps you plead uselessly to your indifferent “authority figures” who only exist to exploit you in the most efficient way possible. Utterly toothless. Can you be surprised? We are not free while living like this.

  • AngryRobot@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    A guy I worked with had his lunch stolen from the freezer one day. He walked around and found the empty container in the trash of a new guy. He was canned that day.

    • DigitalDilemma@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Be wary of such proof.

      As a young kid in the 80s, I went to stay for three days at an adventure centre. One barn was converted to house bunk beds and there were about 20 kids of about 11 years old. Everyone else was there for a week and I joined midway, and found it difficult to integrate.

      One kid, the only one who had shown me any welcome, had his woolly hat stolen. Another kid suggested searching everyone’s bags for it. There was general resistance, most kids thought he’d lost it somewhere and that never happened.

      When I got home the following day and unpacked, I found the hat in my bag. Someone had planted it there, probably the kid who suggested searching bags. Taught me a lot about people, that did.

    • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 days ago

      Careful, people have been terminated and been sued for this kind of behavior.

      You can make it very very spicy, however, as long as you’re willing to eat it too

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      8 days ago

      That’s poisoning and you absolutely can be held liable for any injury you cause.

      Also, it’s a completely reasonable reason to fire you.

      • hddsx@lemmy.ca
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        8 days ago

        What do you mean? It as a laxative to help me poop. Why are you eating my medicated sandwich?

  • MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    Happened to me too. Didn’t know who it was. I ended up keeping my lunch in my backpack (thermally insulated container), and no one stole my lunch after that.