| Author | Message | ||
     greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 9372 Registered: 5-2001  |
We have a common coffee area in the lobby, which serves about 50 people, I'd say. People bring in leftovers from parties, etc. all the time. The goodies are to be enjoyed by everyone. One person even brought fresh flowers from his garden all summer and kept them in a vase. It was very nice. This morning, I brought in half of a fruit tart from Whole Foods. The yummy, short-bread crust, creme-fraiche filled, glazed fruit on top kind. I set the box down on the counter and came to put my stuff at my desk. Went down to the cafeteria to get plates and forks to set next to the tart. I came back up & the whole box was gone. Couldn't have been more than 10 minutes. Just when you think you've seen everything..... | ||
| anotherkittie Citizen Username: Anotherkittie Post Number: 173 Registered: 4-2006 |
I don't mean to be rude or snarky, but why did you bring the tart in and leave it in the common area if you didn't want people to eat it? | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 9374 Registered: 5-2001 |
It was supposed to be eaten by anyone who wanted some. But people come and take a piece, slice, whatever. You are not supposed to pick up the whole box and walk off with it. | ||
| notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 3803 Registered: 5-2001  |
Next time, have someone with a camera standing by. Keep your eyes open for that tart box in somebody's trash bin! | ||
| red Citizen Username: Redy67 Post Number: 6985 Registered: 2-2003  |
I think we need to contact Duncan on this one. Get a box set up with marbles, a string and a camera... | ||
| anotherkittie Citizen Username: Anotherkittie Post Number: 174 Registered: 4-2006 |
ahh. I somehow skimmed over the part about the ENTIRE box being missing. Oh well. No more tart for you!!!!  | ||
| Glock 17 Citizen Username: Glock17 Post Number: 1872 Registered: 7-2005  |
greentree, it seems that everyday something new at your job p*sses you off to no end. If it's that bad...uh...quit? | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 9378 Registered: 5-2001 |
Damn! Now why didn't I think of that? I'll just quit my job! Problem solved. | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider  Post Number: 15546 Registered: 1-2003  |
We had that problem where at Bell Labs, there was a talk every Friday at 3pm and cookies were served. Someone was stealing the leftover cookies, pissing off the people in the organization. They set up a web cam to catch the culprit. It turned out to be someone on the "other side" of the company. I.e. she was in PR, and this was the Research area. Rather than confront the culprit, the next week, they left the video of her stealing the platter playing in the room repeatedly. No more problem. | ||
| Dave Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 10707 Registered: 4-1997  |
Windows people. | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 15549 Registered: 1-2003 |
Huh, Dave? | ||
| Alleygater Citizen Username: Alleygater Post Number: 2598 Registered: 10-2004 |
Tom, don't you see? The people who use the Windows operating system are more prone to steal office cookies and tarts. Makes sense to me.  | ||
| jet Citizen Username: Jet Post Number: 1213 Registered: 7-2001 |
We call it Seagulling , whatever gets put on the counter is fair game . | ||
| red Citizen Username: Redy67 Post Number: 6997 Registered: 2-2003 |
I love it Tom, that is classic! | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 9387 Registered: 5-2001 |
Jet - wouldn't you be embarrassed to walk off with an entire pastry box that had been left to share? Although, Dave may be onto something. We do use windows, here. Ya know, I feel like we should chip in and build Duncan his office cube film set. He'd certainly get a lot of mileage out of it. | ||
| Flying_char Citizen Username: Flying_char Post Number: 412 Registered: 8-2005  |
So greentree, unemployed now, call me if you want a job flying :-) | ||
| TomR Citizen Username: Tomr Post Number: 1293 Registered: 6-2001 |
Just a random thought. If the tart were of an appropriate size for eight servings, is it possible that the eighth person tossed the box? Ten minutes is quick. But if it looked good, not beyond belief. As I wrote, just a random thought | ||
| SOrising Citizen Username: Sorising Post Number: 772 Registered: 2-2006 |
Tom Reingold, your story about the covert cookie thief is hilarious. Could the person possibly have thought the cookies were abandoned, unwanted and public somehow? Did it happen more than once, repeatedly, the same person....? Just trying to be sure its what it seems.....and its too funny to take seriously. | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 15561 Registered: 1-2003 |
I retold it because it is hilarious. The thief committed the crime many times, which is why the researchers decided to set up the camera to catch her. I don't know what her attitude was, but it seems likely that she saw the cookies as public or abandoned. I think when you work at a multi-national company with hundreds of thousands of employees, you don't typically feel much remorse for taking things that company money paid for. But I'm sure seeing the video gave her a chance to rethink her ethics in that situation. Or maybe she rethought the disposition of the cookies. | ||
| Marge N Averra Citizen Username: Marge_n_averra Post Number: 54 Registered: 8-2004 |
Tom - I have to ask, though I hate myself for doing it - was she the type who would need a special over-sized chair? (see my other thread on a similar topic.) i.e., were these cookies for her own, private consumption, or do you suppose she shared them with her immediate-area co-workers? Neither is acceptable of course. Her team could get their own dang cookies if they wanted them. I'm just being kind of nosy. | ||
| Phenixrising Citizen Username: Phenixrising Post Number: 1901 Registered: 9-2004  |
It was supposed to be eaten by anyone who wanted some. But people come and take a piece, slice, whatever. You are not supposed to pick up the whole box and walk off with it. greentree, was it pre-sliced or did you leave it in as half a pie? Could've been… 1. the messenger/delivery guy 2. a meeting in progress with hungry staffers 4. employee from a different floor seeing a half box of fruit tart… free game 3. if it said Whole Foods on the box… big mistake for leaving it out, even for a minute. And we all know Whole Foods ain't cheap. This reminds me of an incident that happened to a co-worker some years ago. She made this huge chocolate truffle for the office which she shared. Before others had a chance to try some, a freelancer decided to take in on herself and SHARED it with another department. My co-worker was VERY upset since she stayed-up the night before making this from scratch. | ||
| CFA Citizen Username: Cfa Post Number: 1699 Registered: 5-2001  |
Could someone have eaten the tart and thrown away the box? Did you garbage pick? | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 6686 Registered: 5-2001  |
That tart was delicious! | ||
| daylaborer Citizen Username: Upondaroof Post Number: 936 Registered: 4-2003  |
"Damn! Now why didn't I think of that? I'll just quit my job! Problem solved." You owe me a keyboard, chick! Just sprayed a mouthful of coffee when I read this!!  | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 15570 Registered: 1-2003 |
Marge, I don't know how thin or thick the thief was, but I don't remember any super-thick people in the PR department. I don't know what she did with the cookies after acquiring them. | ||
| Mary Lago Citizen Username: Marylago Post Number: 50 Registered: 8-2006 |
Apochrypal story but goes to the co-worker food thing and it amuses me: I had a friend at work who was going to law school at night so he would bring his dinner in. One day he put an tuna sandwich in the fridge and when he went to get it, it was gone. Being very angry, he posted a note that essentially said, "To who(m)ever took my tuna sandwich, that was my dinner and now I have nothing to eat." The next morning, written on the note was a very simple response, "Too much mayonnaise." ML |
