How to catch the office food thief : foundsatan

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who tf out here just eating loose, unwrapped ice cream bars from a work freezer?

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I guess it wouldn't be hard to carefully unwrap it and then put the soaped ice cream back in the wrapper. I don't think an office food thief will be too observant.

[–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

im almost dissapointed, that this hasnt been an issue yet where i work.

i like (by european standarts at least)
rather spicy food.

it would certainly be entertaining if somebody where to steal the wrong lunch from me.

[–] Deuces@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Do be careful. In the US (and I'd imagine must of Europe, but don't know) it is illegal to boobytrap. Which (again US) has been upheld up include putting knowing harmful ingredients in food you expected to get stolen. Spicy food you intend to eat yourself is fine, but spicy food you don't intend to eat yourself may go over the line.

[–] Skellybones@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Develop a poison immunity and fuck everyone up

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Once youre eating Carolina reapers for the flavor, youre already there.

[–] jungle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How is spicy food a boobytrap?

Also, as much as I dislike spicy food myself, how is it harmful? Are all Mexican restaurants illegal?

[–] Deuces@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Haha, fair. I do think there's a difference in putting ghost peppers in a hot sauce vs putting them in a tub of ice cream. And only one is those is a good prank. Especially if it turns out the theif has an allergy to your peak ingredient (or claims they do).

I'm not saying you will get in trouble, just be careful.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For someone to actually be harmed from biting into soap, they'd have to actually swallow it. I'd think nobody in their right mind would actually swallow soap, unless by chance they don't have a sense of taste and smell.

[–] Rouxibeau@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Just make a cilantro bar. There's a chance it'll be soap to them anyway

[–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

of course id only bring food that i intend to eat,
im far to gluttonous to waste food on a prank.

i just naturally eat food that is far more spicy than what my coworkers could handle.

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Would be interesting for parents with kids that keep sneaking treats from the freezer despite multiple warnings....

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[–] ElCrusher@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago

ITT: people who steal food crying about their victims boobytrapping food.

[–] lunaticneko@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

I hate how it is illegal in American laws to defend yourself from thieves in some cases. The liability concept is weird.

[–] Rujo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

A Dove bar would make for an excellent disguise.

[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

My coworker and I made our own Sriracha and kept a bottle in the work fridge. It was labeled and dated. The lunchroom thief was raiding our Sriracha, which was no big deal in and of itself. The dick move was that this person would make a mess on the outside of the bottle and not wipe it off. So we put some one million SHU capsaicin extract in the bottle, which we enjoy, but melts the face on most people who aren't dumbasses like us.

Total fail: it turned out the thief also preferred the hotter sauce.

[–] Sivaru@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is very evil.

[–] AshLassay@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Also not legal,

[–] sunbunman@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How TF is this not legal? It's meant to be your own food. If you want to eat soap, then no-one should be able to tell you otherwise.

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[–] ilickfrogs@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I beg to differ. Food thief is the significantly bigger asshole.

[–] Sentrovasi@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That may be so, but booby-trapping is explicitly illegal in many countries because it basically means an intention to harm somebody else without caring about who the person might be.

[–] ilickfrogs@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I never refuted the legality. I said they're the bigger asshole.

[–] Sentrovasi@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago

You're begging to differ to someone who's explaining why this is illegal. We all already know thievery is illegal. Your distinction doesn't make any sense if you're not disputing the principle behind its illegality here.

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You think out of 12 jurors you wouldn't have at least one nullify? They don't even have to know what nullification is.

[–] Sentrovasi@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

Just maybe all twelve of them understood that the purpose of the jury is to settle matters of fact, not matters of law, and found that yes, you did actually put soap in chocolate hoping someone else would eat it.

[–] sunbunman@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I guess depends on how they define "poison" in the legal sense. I know that most soaps aren't toxic unless you have it regularly for a while. But I would argue the same for most fast food.

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[–] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You would have to prosecute both to make the charge stick. The only way to discover food tampering would be the stealing of the food.

Also there are perfectly legal modifications that are dickish but don't constitute tapering. If the ingredients are normally edible without adverse effects, it isn't tampering. You are allowed to dump a bottle of hot sauce into your coffee creamer. You can absolutely add salt instead of sugar to your homemade pie. You can bring a bottle of Gatorade that has been emptied and refilled with lemon juice.

You can't add laxatives or NYQUIL or other items to booby trap your food. Basically you're not allowed to effect someone's health with drugs or things that aren't food

[–] Usernameblankface@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Ah, so I can change the taste of the food with spices and substitute lookalike drink that tastes bad, but I cannot add medication, anything inedible, or anything that I know would affect their health (like peanuts if I know the theif is allergic).

[–] Deuces@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

What if the theif turns out to be allergic to hot sauce? Like yeah I didn't mean to seriously harm them, but I was boobytrapping the food with the expectation of causing some amount of harm. If they sue for the medical bills I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to pay them and if they press charges I can see that going very bad for me

[–] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What if the theif turns out to be allergic to hot sauce?

So I can't put ANY allergens in my food anymore in case someone with an allergy steals it?

[–] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

If someone is allergic to peanuts or some other ingredient, they take their own life in their hands when they eat food that doesn't have the ingredients listed. Those people usually carry EpiPens as a safeguard. If one passes away (which happens, though not as often nowadays) there needs to be proof the person was intentionally given something the issuer knew would do harm. It's really hard to prove, and genuine mistakes happen (parent giving a child a snack with wheat or peanut in it, that kind of thing).

You would not be liable unless there was proof of intent

[–] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

If someone is allergic to peanuts or some other ingredient, they take their own life in their hands when they eat food that doesn't have the ingredients listed. Those people usually carry EpiPens as a safeguard.

If one passes away (which happens, though not as often nowadays) there needs to be proof the person was intentionally given something the issuer knew would do harm.

It's really hard to prove, and genuine mistakes happen (parent giving a child a snack with wheat or peanut in it, that kind of thing).

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

in that case it's on him to avoid food he's allergic to. So you'd be in the clear. Unless of course, you're allergic too. In that case it's pretty hard to argue that you made it for yourself

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Soap isn't poison unless you keep eating it.

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Because your intentionally tampering with food which is felony. You get a 15 second laugh, and then the person you pranked can turn around and get you sent a prison for up to 15 years and $10,000 in fines.

Sure, they deserved it, but it ain't worth going to prison over.

Edit: Okay, am I getting downvoted because I'm wrong, or because you guys just don't like the answer?

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

15 years of prison because a moron ate a tiny amount of soap... How old are you?

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mate, you're acting like I'm defending the ethical morality of this law.

See 18 U.S. Code § 1365.

It's why you see people telling people to not put hot peppers and laxatives in their work food in an effort to "punish" or "prank" other people.

I'm old enough to understand that people get in trouble all the time for breaking stupid laws. Maybe instead of attacking me, you should learn how "laws" work. It might save you from getting the shit sued out of you in the future.

Also, this post is like a year old. What are you doing? lol

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

this post is like a year old

Who cares, it's not reddit. Also I'm not american, food thieves deserve to eat shit, and MAYBE learn something.

[–] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Just like stealing someone's food

[–] AshLassay@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Doesn’t excuse the use of illegal means to catch a mere lunch thief. Unless you hate your job and don’t mind getting fired.

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[–] dreadedsemi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Fun and games until your boss start coughing bubbles and Jane smells like soap when you're seated.

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