Writes our submitter in Florida: “My husband walked into his office breakroom to find this note. He immediately went back to his desk to write a response, but by the time he made it back to the fridge, he found that someone else had beat him to it.”
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43 responses so far ↓
#1
Tard
Just place a snapshot of the owner licking the container spout, nobody will touch it.
Works with everything: pudding cups, whatever.
Jun 26, 2013 at 4:36 pm rating: 27
#2
Woman on the Verge
Use Comic Sans on the Note. That will scare off pretty much everyone.
Jun 26, 2013 at 5:02 pm rating: 11
#3
Hattiemae1
Free Kramer. Michael Richards gave him a bad rap.
Jun 26, 2013 at 5:36 pm rating: 8
#4
H for Toy
I always wonder when people ask to “borrow” something consumable; food, toilet paper, cigarettes. Are you gonna return it when you’re done? “Hey, can I borrow your creamer? I need a date for my buddy’s wedding this weekend.”
Jun 26, 2013 at 6:15 pm rating: 17
#5
redheadwglasses
Since we rarely seem to have ketchup packets at work (we have a basket of condiment packets in the fridge), I bought my own bottle of ketchup. I wrote my name and added “I lick the nozzle.” (I don’t, actually.) I accept that by having a bottle of ketchup in the fridge, even labeled with my name, others will use it. I just wanted to cut back on that usage a bit so it would last a little longer. People actually ask me if they can have some (I’m always fine with sharing when asked, it’s the taking without asking that fries my PJs).
Jun 27, 2013 at 7:53 am rating: 7
#6
Tom
Just no winning in this office.
They eat your food when you don’t label it, and make fun of/sabotage you when you do label it.
Jun 27, 2013 at 10:29 am rating: 35
#7
The Elf
Again, I must take this moment to prosletyze about the joys of the insulated bag with the cold pack, kept at the desk. You can bring in a little tupperware container of coffee creamer every day and have no worries that somebody licked the spout.
Jun 27, 2013 at 11:36 am rating: 8
#8
Ann
I don’t eat out of our office fridge at all, so I have no experience with this stuff, but jeez, people are assholes about other people’s food. Having said which, I noticed something in our freezer that I *think* was left there by a departed intern. In my book, that makes it fair game. Maybe I’ll go lick it.
Jun 27, 2013 at 11:44 am rating: 7
#9
Lee
People are so amazingly immature that I’m starting to think all cubicles should come with their own locked mini fridge.
Jun 27, 2013 at 1:15 pm rating: 24
#10
nobody
Sorry, putting a “Help yourself” sign on something that doesn’t belong to you is an absolutely dick move.
Jun 27, 2013 at 4:40 pm rating: 53
#11
JoDa
Team first note-writer. He not only brought it in, but put it in a separate bag in the fridge. That means someone saw his “lunch” bag and decided “hey, let me see what’s hanging out in here that I can eat.”
PS…I finally caught our office food thief using much the same technique. I put my food in a re-usable shopping bag, told everyone *I’m* friendly with that it was my stuff and they should alert me if they saw someone messing with it, and “dropped by” the kitchen every time I happened to walk past (my job requires walking all over the building, coming back to my office briefly in between appointments, so that’s anywhere from 5-12 times a day). Finally walked in last week to creepy old guy with my bag out on the counter, making some coffee. I looked at him and was like, “organic milk, huh? You have high standards.” Thing was, the milk was still in the bag, so it was obvious it was mine since I knew what was in the bag. Unfortunately for him, I was still in the doorway, so all he could do was claim that he didn’t get it out while I told him off…no escape, douche, and if a Diet Coke comes missing again, I now know whose cube to go to to reclaim it. Out of principle, I will drink the rest of it while loudly thanking him for opening it for me. Passive-aggressive? Sure. Worth it? Uh-huh. Prescription for antibiotics…thankfully they’re free at my pharmacy.
Jun 27, 2013 at 9:29 pm rating: 34
#12
Jen
Just out of interest, what is creamer?
Jun 28, 2013 at 7:40 am rating: 0
#13
cjr
assholish.
Jun 28, 2013 at 9:58 am rating: 4
#14
diogenes
Nah, you got it all wrong. Turn this unfortunate situation into a sort of mold ipecac challenge. Draw straws to see who eats what, and the last one to yack wins; just understand you’ll all be losers. And make sure your group health coverage is tight.
Jun 29, 2013 at 7:03 am rating: 0
#15
Raichu
Wow, what a dick move. 0.0
Jun 30, 2013 at 10:45 am rating: 1
#16
warns
It’s wrong. But it’s funny. All you need to do us put your name on it, not a dramatic elaborate note, that’s what brings in the “jokesters”.
Jul 2, 2013 at 4:25 pm rating: 0
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