Whisky, you are not being petty, it is little things like stealing food from the hungry that lead to the sorry state of the world today. Kill the motherfucker.
I too have become a note-leaver. Our company doesn't provide cups for tea and coffee (yeah, I know) so we have to bring in our own. Going to make a cuppa the other day I found someone had nicked my cup and there were none available, and further all my plain chocolate digestive biscuits had gone in a day. So I couldn't have tea despite specifically bringing in the teabags, cup and biscuits, just when I really needed one, GRRRR! I had to leave a note, but to emphasise the point I bought some cups for the common good so that the fuckers who couldn't remember to get a cup wouldn't steal mine. My note went like this;
TO ALL STAFF: why not bring in a mug? They are not provided, and cost just 20p from a charity shop or three for a quid from poundland! Bargain! Then there will be enough mugs.
I wanted to add 'Not rocket science, is it?' but thought that was a step too far. But honestly, why do I need to enforce a basic social conscience on adult professionals?
So WP, I feel your pain and I wholeheartedly endorse the note leaving. Probably someone hungry nicked one meal, then later someone else nicked the other, so you might need to kick two people, but don't hold back or it will just keep happening. It might seem petty, but not as petty as stealing pasta and not owning up, leave a note of screaming rage that shows how much you don't like it.
In our place the food issue got so bad the management stuck up a memo recently reminding people it was theft (yes, even butter) and a grounds for instant dismissal. |
