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What kind of trick could you devise to find the person who has been stealing food from the lunchroom 'fridgerator?

Posted - February 26, 2021

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  • 53509

     

    The usual tactics:

    1. rotten food
    2. some type of ethnic food uncommon to the local palate
    3. disguising a non-food item as food 
    4. planting a medicinal substance in the food, such as a laxative 
    5. a strategically-placed camera*
    6. work it out with a few others or several others who have been robbed to be on the lookout for a particular meal item being eaten by a suspect
    7. leaving bait food (as in an item that has frequently been stolen in the past), and combining it with any of the other methods listed above

    I just realized that numbers 1 through 4 are more revenge-related or payback-related than actual discovery of culprits, because they don’t necessarily have the “gotcha” moment of exposing the person (s) involved.


    *This one was used at one of my workplaces and it worked very well. As it turned out, the thief was a middle manager, and the ruse resulted in ending the misdemeanor behavior for good. 
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      February 26, 2021 5:33 AM MST
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  • 13395
    Yes, any of those tricks should work.
      February 26, 2021 5:42 AM MST
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  • 10641
    Tell everyone it's "white pants" Tuesday, lace the food with ex-lax, and lock the bathrooms.  The evidence will speak for itself.
      February 26, 2021 10:20 AM MST
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  • 44618
    Put a dye bomb in a container with the sandwich.
    Place a large spider in the container.
    Put a dead mouse in the container.
      February 26, 2021 10:46 AM MST
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  • 17596
    Put a lovely piece of poisoned cake in the frig and tell everyone other than the food thief. 
      February 26, 2021 7:09 PM MST
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  • 44618
    How would you know who was the food thief? Who cares...kill everyone, then the fridge is yours.
      February 26, 2021 7:58 PM MST
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  • 17596
    ataboy
      February 28, 2021 4:05 AM MST
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  • 1305
    Laxatives.
      February 28, 2021 6:08 AM MST
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