Why do people steal stupid stuff????

[Laurabearz]

I got so tired of people swiping my snacks at work I stuck with Prunes.. I love them, and no one would steal them.

As for spiking food.... beware of lawsuits....

 

[stinkerbelle]

I get stuff stolen from my desk all the time...pens (I like "funky" colored ones like purple or green...so it's "noticeable" when they are gone.) One night I left a pot of lip balm on the desk - gone the next day. EEWW...hope they weren't using it before they stole it!
so now i'm sure to lock EVERYTHING up.

I've had my lunch/yogurt/waterbottles/entire lunch bag stole before. Its' horrible! Same thing happened at my DH's office...but they got smart.

They set up a web cam IN the fridge...and caught who was stealing lunch items.
turned out to be the head of security.
They sent this head of security the video of him stealing (as of course they recorded it) and said "knock it off or this goes to your boss".

So - lesson #1...don't steal from the geeks in IT - they know how to get ya!

 

[HoneyPooh]

Antenna toppers!! Go buy your own you stupid theives!

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Around here we have thieves that steal staplers and 2 hole punches.

 

[jbdreamer]

I just thought about this one and it made me laugh.

My dad had a spare tire he didn't want anymore, so he put it in the front yard with a box that said free. He had a brick holding down the box. Not only did someone take the tire - but they also took the brick!

What do you do with one brick?

 

[hydster]

How's this for stupid? A few years ago our home was broken into. The stereo, tv, vcr, computer, etc were untouched. The theives went straight for my jewelry box, and took almost everything. However, in their rush to take all of my costume jewelry, they left my emerald and diamond ring and my pearl earrings. (Don't get me wrong, they did get a lot of gold jewelry, not just the cheap stuff.) They also took all of my barrettes and hair clips and some drug store perfume.

Aidensmom I think we might have been robbed by the same idiots! We were broke into a few years ago just before Christmas in the middle of the day. When I got home and looked for stuff that had been stolen I found they rummaged through dh's closet and found an old tool set (probably hoping it was a gun) and they took my video camera which stunk but even worse it had our DCL land and sea tape still in it. They didn't touch my debit card or the $75 cash on my dresser but they did steal my $40 leather jacket, a cordless drill which was for my dad for Christmas but the best things they stole were 2 cans of FROZEN minute maid orange juice and my brand new container of Cookies and Cream Ice Cream along with 2 spoons. We had a bunch of valuable electronics and computer stuff but they didn't touch any of it.

It still baffles me when I think about it.

 

[jennyl772003]

When I was younger, I had a minivan and a cd player with a detachable faceplate. Tyically, I would take off the face plate and just stuff it under my seat (terrible, I know).

One day I went to retrieve the faceplate, and couldn't find it. I figured it had just slid to the back of the van (which was pretty messy, I had a toddler). I looked for it a couple times and didn't find it, but I figured it was back there somewhere.

Then, about 2 weeks later I get a call from the poice. Seems like some neighborhood kid had stolen the faceplate, along with a wallet that was in my van (wallet didn't have money or anything, just business cards and an expired ID). Mom found out and turned him in.

Poor kid didn't realize the faceplate wouldn't do anything without the rest of the radio...

 

[Stitchfans]

I actually had someone take an apple out of the lunch room frig take a bite out of it and then they put it back. just eat and finish the darn thing, don't tease me with it.

 

[suzannen]

One of my co-workers came back into our office following a business dinner the other night to find 8 cleaning-staff personnel from the building taking a break in our kitchen and helping themselves to all of our food and drinks.

 

[SC Minnie]

one of the ladies I eat lunch with had a lunch left in the frig because we went out to eat that day and she saved it for the next. Someone overnight took a bite out of the sandwich and left the rest in the box. Why would someone do that??? The box even had her name on it?

 

[stinkerbelle]

When I was younger, I had a minivan and a cd player with a detachable faceplate. Tyically, I would take off the face plate and just stuff it under my seat (terrible, I know).

not really
I lock my desk...then put my keys in a glass mug on my desk.
totally in plain sight! hehehe

 

[liamsaunt]

One day my DH went to the North End at lunchtime (Italian section) of Boston and bought a bunch of antipasto things for us to have for dinner--olives, proscuitto, cheeses, etc. He put the bag in his office fridge, and of course when he went to retrieve it at the end of the day it had been stolen. Grr.

Another story--on coming back from a vacation, he discovered that his office chair had been stolen and replaced with an inferior chair. His chair was a different color from the other chairs on the floor, so he just walked around until he located it, waited until the thief was off at a meeting, and stole it back.

And finally, not sure if this counts as stealing per se, but when my office holds its twice-yearly parties, there is a certain group of people who always attend with large bags. They go to all the food stations and fill up ziplocs with the hors d'oeuvres to take home. Of course, they do this at the beginning of the party! This same group also likes to walk off with the centerpieces--again, about halfway through the event.

 

[binny]

I cant believe some people!


My dad car was broken into once and tthey stole his case of cassettes ( back in the day LOL) Im sure they were quite surprised when they listened to all my dads sermons!

 

[experiment626mom]

My dad car was broken into once and tthey stole his case of cassettes ( back in the day LOL) Im sure they were quite surprised when they listened to all my dads sermons!

I hope one of those sermons was about "Thou shalt not steal"

 

[AnaheimGirl]

this is starting to bring back more memories.

Once, I was sitting down to lunch with a co-worker and she gets her sandwich out, starts eating it, gets a puzzled look on her face, takes off the top piece of bread and says "someone stole the cheese off my sandwich!" Someone had actually gone into her brown bag, taken her sandwich out of it's plastic bag, and took just the slice of cheese. She was so grossed out, she threw the rest of the sandwich away.

I also used to get frozen dinners stolen all the time, so started writing my name across the front of them with a big sharpie. When one disappeared again, I was so frustrated, I left a note taped to the fridge that said "whoever stole my frozen dinner owes me $5.00 for the sandwich I had to buy". This guy in my department sheepishly comes into my office, gives me the 5 bucks and apologizes, saying he often brings in the same brand/flavor of frozen dinner, so he thought it was his. I felt a little bad after that, but still... HELLO?? Did you not see my name written across the top of the box??

Then, this isn't really stealing, but there was one guy who would hog candy from people's candy dishes. If someone had a jar of M&M's on their desk, meant to be shared, most people would come by and grab a small handful once a day or so. Not this guy. He'd come in, pour out a huge handful, eat them as he talked to you, then get another handful, and another, and another. One visit from him and a full jar would be half-empty in 5 minutes. What was he thinking, we were supplying candy just for him?

 

[can'twait]

We have a table in our kitchen where we sometimes put food that is leftover from business lunch meetings. We also order in individual lunches every day that have people's names on them, that they paid for. Several times people had their lunches that they paid for stolen. I can understand that maybe they thought it was community food, but really, if it says "Lauren, $5" on it, and your name is not Lauren, and you didn't pay $5 for it, why would you just assume that you could take it? And people take stuff out of the refrigerator too. We also have lunches, yogurts, etc. that have been in there forever - yuck! How could you forget that you left your lunch in there?

 

[Cindy's Mom]

Then, this isn't really stealing, but there was one guy who would hog candy from people's candy dishes. If someone had a jar of M&M's on their desk, meant to be shared, most people would come by and grab a small handful once a day or so. Not this guy. He'd come in, pour out a huge handful, eat them as he talked to you, then get another handful, and another, and another. One visit from him and a full jar would be half-empty in 5 minutes. What was he thinking, we were supplying candy just for him?

Hey, I think this guy works in my office. We found a 2 year old tin of popcorn that we forgot about in the storage room. Now we keep it out for that guy, we know his schedule, so we just switch from the candy dish to the 2 year old christmas popcorn, its worth the effort. Best part is ,HE EATS IT!

 

[Stephanie218]

We had a 21st birthday party for my boyfriend while I was home over break. We've had a lot of parties at his house before since it sits empty most of the year, but we've never had anything stolen since we live in a nice area. This time, I brought over makeup as usual to touch up before the party -- around 1 or 2 AM I realized all my makeup is gone from the bathroom! Someone actually STOLE USED makeup! How gross!

 

[stinkerbelle]

We also have lunches, yogurts, etc. that have been in there forever - yuck! How could you forget that you left your lunch in there?

there was a piece of pie...a SMALL piece of pumpkin pie...left in a HUGE plastic container. (from a grocery store most likely)

I think it was left over from a holiday lunch or something.

I finally threw it out LAST Friday.

I'm sorry if that was your petrified piece of pumpkin pie - but it was taking up ENTIRELY too much room and you were OBVIOUSLY too lazy to throw it out.

 

[mickeyboat]

there was a piece of pie...a SMALL piece of pumpkin pie...left in a HUGE plastic container. (from a grocery store most likely)

I think it was left over from a holiday lunch or something.

I finally threw it out LAST Friday.

I'm sorry if that was your petrified piece of pumpkin pie - but it was taking up ENTIRELY too much room and you were OBVIOUSLY too lazy to throw it out.

OMG! I can't believe you stole my petrified pumpkin pie! You owe me $5 for having to buy a twinkie for dessert.

Denae