Last night I took a chocolate cheesecake and an apple pie cheesecake to work for a coworker who ordered them. I placed them in the refrigerator and let him know where they were. He paid me and that was that. This morning shortly after I left work, I got a phone call from him. Someone STOLE the chocolate cheesecake and left the apple pie one there. I felt so bad even though this wasn't my fault. I hate to leave things in those big community refrigerators because, for one, they stink to high heaven, and people have no respect for other peoples things. It makes me so angry that someone would do this, I mean a whole 9" cheesecake! Do people just think that everything is community property and they can have whatever they want? That person did not pay for it, they had no right to it, and the purchaser had plans for it and now he's out the money and the cheesecake. GRRRRR, I have half a mind to type up a nasty note and stick it to that refrigerator.

One thought though, I am hoping that someone may call me to order one after "tasting a piece that someone brought into work" and I can get the name of the person who "brought it". Might be able to find out the culprit that way, but I won't hold my breath. Thanks for letting me vent.

That is definitely rude. I have to put names on things all the time and then I still don't hold my breath on the idea of it being there. I don't know what is up with people thinking they can get away with things like that.

I would put a sign up stating that the chocolate cheesecake was paid for by a coworker and that anyone wanting to order one can feel free to call you at the following number, but anyone who hasn't ordered and paid for one shouldn't remove one from the fridge!! The nerve of some people!!!!

i'd go for it and put a note on the fridge. not a nasty one, but hopefully theyd get the point and feel bad even if they dont fess up.

maybe you could post the bill on the fridge
you might find an anonymous payment the next day hehe....

That is so rude and I feel really sorry for your customer. I would also put a "not rude" note that makes a very clear point!! some people just have no common decency!!

That is beyond rude! I would post a note on the fridge. Word it carefully. The word will get out amongst the staff and if nothing else the culprit may think twice about "stealing" from others. That is a real low, cheap, and terribly dishonest thing to do. Get the message out to the culprit otherwise if nothing is said, it will undoubtedly happen again and again with all kinds of things.

" i'd go for it and put a note on the fridge. not a nasty one, but hopefully theyd get the point and feel bad even if they dont fess up."

I wouldn't be worried about saying something "nasty" to a THIEF....It's not as if he or she would get hurt feelings or something.......

A college student learned to mark his food "tofu" or "lab experiment" to prevent his roommates from stealing his food. You may have to do the same at work!
We used to have a food thief at work, but he left, and now everyone's food is safe. Pretty bad.

That is just completely rude and out of line. augh. how would that one person like for their lunch to get stolen. rude! I like putting up a bill idea. LOL To: Anon person who took the cheesecake.


BTW: love your signature. too funny.

OMG that is just terrible, some people just have no manners at all. I work in a building with a community fridge and i NEVER use it. i bring a cooler. Obviously in this situation that wouldn't work, but man the nerve. Sad thing is if they took it they really don't care.

Unbelievable! Just why do people think they have a right to touch (or take) something that is not theirs??? Grrrrrr This is one of my biggest pet peeves.

I like the idea of leaving the bill on the frig and a sign saying if you took the cheesecake, you owe me $XXX.

That happened to once. I know who ate the cake too. She was notorius for "wolfing" down the food before anyone got to it. Even with names on the cake she ate it. Stated that if it was in the company fridge it was fair game. Believe me she could eat. She would sit thru a 8 course meal and still want dessert.

OR..........next time make a "setup" cheesecake laced with exlax. ok, jk

but that is definately rude. I would leave a note saying that someone paid for that and had plans for the cheesecake maybe someone knows who took it and will let you know.

Oh my, can't you talk to the boss about this.. That is outrageous.

I do all the staff birthdays at my DD work and someone ordered a cake for their family event. I was going to deliver it to her work as normal but she said NO way, the staff will eat it.. I said no, who would do that if they know it's not their's? she advised me that they didn't care..this was at a dentist's office.

I would either talk to the boss, so they can send out an email or as suggested leave a note on the fridge.

There is nothing sacred in community refrigerators. A gentleman I worked with had his lunch stolen almost every day for three weeks. One day he decided to make cat food sandwiches and see what happened. Sure enough, he not only saw that the lunch was stolen, but the bag and sandwich wrapper were in the trash.

He then posted a note on the wall in the common room, stating what was on the sandwich, and that he hoped the person gets sick from eating it. Needless to say, his lunch was never stolen again!

Theresa

How rude! I can't believe the nerve of some people.

This story reminds me of an office food theif I heard about not too long ago. he was notorious for stealing food out of people's desk drawers, of their desks etc. Well, one day a man found that a rat had been eating the food in his drawer, so he left it out on his desk for the janitor or whoever to see it. Food Stealer walked by, not knowing that a rat had eaten off of it and took it. Later the man came back and said I wonder what happened to the food I left out. I wanted to show you that a rat was eating it, or some such thing. That cured the food stealer. But seriously what this cheesecake thief did was unbelievable.!!!!!

What a world we live in. I feel so bad for you and your customer, what a horrible situation!

I hate to say it, but this doesn't surpirse me the least. I work in a building with about 100 professionals and a communal lunch room. Name - labelled items are considered free game; ppl will eat other ppls lunches with out a second thought. I was lucky once leaving a cheesecake in there for a day without anyone eating it, but no luck with ice cream.

What has worked at my company for other people is a politely, if not a little sarastic, email sent out company wide following along the lines of what other ppl mentioned:

"Sorry for the mass email but I'm hoping whoever enjoyed the cheesecake from the fridge on XX will honour the cost of XX for the custom ordered cake. So and So had ordered that cake and sincerely hopes you enjoyed it."

The note on the fridge may target ppl that use the fridge, but the mass email could really embarass them if other people saw them take or eat the cake who don't use the fridge.

Some people definitely have nerve!

Ooh ooh I have an idea make a cheesecake FULL of some kind of staining food dye, so that when they eat they will have the evidence stuck all over them....*evil villian laugh* bwahahahaha just call me the food avenger! bwahahahaha.......


okay I really need more sleep! LOL

My uncles, while in high school, took care of the local locker-lunch thief by making ex lax cookies and putting them in a locker as bait. Worked great.

I once made choclate covered soap for Aprils fool day for my friend. She ate the whole piece. I tried to tell her, but I was laughing so hard and I thought she would taste it. She threw up Caress and chocolate. I felt so bad, I ate a piece also and threw up. She refuses to smell or use any Caress products.
Why do I say this? Make some Caress covered chocolate. It won't make them sick, but it will. Teach them a lesson.

I agree that you should leave a note. That is unacceptable for a coworker to do that to another coworker. You think you can trust the people you work with.

Someone posted a sample note and I think it's brilliant. And leave the bill too. How rude!!

Please let us know how this story ends!!!

Do you plan to make your co-worker who paid for the cheesecake another one? If I put it in the fridge myself, then I would replace it. If I delivered it to him personally and he put it in the fridge, then I would not feel so obligated. Definitely post a note or send out a company email if possible.

This use to happen to my sister all the time where she worked at. No matter how many notes were left someone always took the food that was in the fridge. So one day my sister left some soup in a container. Sure enough it was gone. My sister then went back and wrote a letter that read something to the effect of

Dear Mr or Ms I have to eat everything that doesn't belong to me:

I really hope you enjoyed the soup because if you found it tasty I would love to tell you the ingredients I used. She went on to list really nasty things like phlem, snot, etc. (she really didn't put that in there...at least I hope not... )

Well, can I just say food was NEVER taken out of the fridge again!

I also LOVE the chocolate covered Caress! I may have to give that one to my sister ...just in case...

Carmen

I would play a dirty trick on the food thief, the food tricks mentioned previously would be a place to start. Hmmm, so we know the food thief has a sweet tooth...food dye is a good one, chocolate covered soap is good also. I LOVE the cat food sandwich idea. They had it coming!

You could also put a note on the food item such as: "XYZ Labs: Please test for possible e-coli contamination." (write down a real lab in your area)

As for this problem in general, why not put up a spy cam? You can get a cheap little hidden camera for $30 or so. I would pay for it myself if I worked in an office with this problem.

Happy Day,
Steph

I also had that happen. I would do cakes for peoples birthdays at work and this one guy Frank would dig into it before anyone else got to it!
Then when I left there, I had the lady taking my place ordering from me. Someone swiped a pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving time! And then the other one they poured salt on the top of it. People like that are just mean and nasty and eventually they will get whats coming to them.