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A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (2016)

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Re: A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (2016)

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Post by [deleted] »

microwavecamera wrote: post #91
mathieuh wrote: post #22

Who steals other people's food? This is completely bizarre to me. Do these people do it every day and just never bring their own lunch? Do they just see something that takes their fancy and decide to nick it? The mind boggles.

I don't know the motivation but it's a common problem for some reason. I worked at one place where it got so out of hand me a few other co-workers got fed up and spiked a bunch of our leftovers with brutally hot habanero sauce and left them in the fridge in the lunchroom. It worked.

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Re: A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (2016)

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Post by nathanaldensr »

Pinckney wrote: post #193
nathanaldensr wrote: post #164

A couple of jobs ago, I had just come back from some time off. I was sitting in my cube working when a co-worker I had never met came into my cube, reached past me, and grabbed a tissue from my tissue box without asking. If you think that's bad, it's nothing compared to what he said: "Thanks, I've been stealing these!" I wish I were kidding. I've had co-workers steal my and my desk-mates' gum before, too, at the same…

Huh, it never would have occurred to me to see that as inappropriate. If my coworkers are sick, I want them using tissues rather than spreading their germs around. Tissues cost what, $0.01 each anyway?

It's inappropriate because they are my personal property. The company did not provide tissues to employees. They were partially behind my monitor, so that person went out of their way to find them and use them. Combined with their arrogant taking of them with me present, yes, I'd say I had every right to be cross.

Re: A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (2016)

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Post by cfadvan »

icebraining wrote: post #176
cfadvan wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s the equivalent of a Penthouse “you’ll never believe what happened next” letter for office drones. I can’t believe so many people are taking it at face value!

How do you know people are taking it at face value? I don't even see why it's relevant whether it's true or not.

How do you know people are taking it at face value?

...The dozens of comments taking it at face value?

I don't even see why it's relevant whether it's true or not.

If it isn’t true how is it relevant to anything?

Re: A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (2016)

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Post by icebraining »

cfadvan wrote: post #203
icebraining wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you know people are taking it at face value? I don't even see why it's relevant whether it's true or not.

How do you know people are taking it at face value? ...The dozens of comments taking it at face value? I don't even see why it's relevant whether it's true or not. If it isn’t true how is it relevant to anything?

...The dozens of comments taking it at face value?

Just because you're discussing it seriously doesn't mean you take it at face value. Just look at discussions about fictional works, particularly SF.

If it isn’t true how is it relevant to anything?

It's just food for thought and discussion. Is it relevant whether Schrödinger actually put a cat in a box?

Re: A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (2016)

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Post by csomar »

zrobotics wrote: post #186
csomar wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd leave that toxic workplace as soon as I find a better option with the minimum pay I need. A dog is very friendly to everyone. But some street dogs are dangerous. It is not their fault. They have been abused and exposed to harassment when they were young. They think all humans are dangerous, so they'll bite anyone that approaches them. The same is happening for your boss. He had a bad relation with developers (or…

Slightly off topic, but a dog's default state is not friendly to everyone, harrasment/abuse is certainly not required for an unfamiliar dog to be unfriendly. It has taken a lot of work to domesticated them, but many dogs are only friendly towards humans through exposure and positive reinforcement.

by everyone I meant human. Yes, dogs for example are allergic to cats.

Re: A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (2016)

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Post by whack »

seattle_spring wrote: post #14

Kind of orthogonal to the story, but anyone who steals lunch or food from a co-worker should be fired immediately. There's a 0% chance that someone who steals others' stuff is a good, honest person in other parts of their life.

Would you also fire someone who takes an office pen home? What about printing personal documents on the office printer?

Sure, they are all technically "stealing" stuff, but lighten up.

Re: A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (2016)

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Post by cfadvan »

icebraining wrote: post #204
cfadvan wrote: post #203

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you know people are taking it at face value? ...The dozens of comments taking it at face value? I don't even see why it's relevant whether it's true or not. If it isn’t true how is it relevant to anything?

...The dozens of comments taking it at face value? Just because you're discussing it seriously doesn't mean you take it at face value. Just look at discussions about fictional works, particularly SF. If it isn’t true how is it relevant to anything? It's just food for thought and discussion. Is it relevant whether Schrödinger actually put a cat in a box?

Science fiction is presented as fiction, people discuss it as fiction. The comments here are very much a different story, so please take the time to read them.

Re: A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (2016)

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Post by seattle_spring »

whack wrote: post #206
seattle_spring wrote: post #14

Kind of orthogonal to the story, but anyone who steals lunch or food from a co-worker should be fired immediately. There's a 0% chance that someone who steals others' stuff is a good, honest person in other parts of their life.

Would you also fire someone who takes an office pen home? What about printing personal documents on the office printer? Sure, they are all technically "stealing" stuff, but lighten up.

Completely different scenarios. Stealing an office pen is slightly immoral but basically affects no one. Stealing a lunch ruins someone's day, and is a direct insult to their time and existence. An absolute false equivalence and you know it.

Re: A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (2016)

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Post by ebbv »

icebraining wrote: post #204
cfadvan wrote: post #203

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you know people are taking it at face value? ...The dozens of comments taking it at face value? I don't even see why it's relevant whether it's true or not. If it isn’t true how is it relevant to anything?

...The dozens of comments taking it at face value? Just because you're discussing it seriously doesn't mean you take it at face value. Just look at discussions about fictional works, particularly SF. If it isn’t true how is it relevant to anything? It's just food for thought and discussion. Is it relevant whether Schrödinger actually put a cat in a box?

This is the lamest argument I've seen in a while.

It's clearly being presented as a true story by the original source. If it's not true it's not food for any kind of thought it's just a really badly written and stupid short story. Stop trying to justify lying.

Re: A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (2016)

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Post by reifnir »

cfadvan wrote: post #207
icebraining wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...The dozens of comments taking it at face value? Just because you're discussing it seriously doesn't mean you take it at face value. Just look at discussions about fictional works, particularly SF. If it isn’t true how is it relevant to anything? It's just food for thought and discussion. Is it relevant whether Schrödinger actually put a cat in a box?

Science fiction is presented as fiction, people discuss it as fiction. The comments here are very much a different story, so please take the time to read them.

There is value in discussing fiction as though it was true. A thought experiment never hurt anybody.
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