public chocolate
I have this co worker (several actually) that are convinced food on someone else's desk that is ungarded is free game. do you see a candy dish on my desk? I did not think so.
so, i get this paintcan sized gift of chocolate from my pastor because i restored his encrypted files after a hard drive crash (see nerdytales.blogspot.com october 2004) and I get this can.
just a second ago a co-worker invites themseelves in, and in front of me asks if I have opened the can (as they open it) and I say no. "other people have, and they have eaten stuff too, but i have not."
appeartly this gruff statement hit home and down went the can, lid pushed back on, and they left.
how do I tell people that my food is not their food? I honestly considered putting a note on the top of the can that said 'this is NOT for you' and it turns out I should have taken my instinct and run with it using a highlighter.
awe, life. this reminds me of the time I came back to my desk to find someone eating my lunch. (the statement spoken through a half-full mouth was 'i love wheat thins, don't you?') Maybe if I put a bowl of maggots on my desk, people will not eat so much.
I've even seen people, in front of me, OPEN candy (lifesavers) and take one when it's sitting on my desk behind what i'm working on. amazing, absolutly amazing.
they probably drive off with 'complimentary' gas for their cars to the tune of sirens too.
so, i get this paintcan sized gift of chocolate from my pastor because i restored his encrypted files after a hard drive crash (see nerdytales.blogspot.com october 2004) and I get this can.
just a second ago a co-worker invites themseelves in, and in front of me asks if I have opened the can (as they open it) and I say no. "other people have, and they have eaten stuff too, but i have not."
appeartly this gruff statement hit home and down went the can, lid pushed back on, and they left.
how do I tell people that my food is not their food? I honestly considered putting a note on the top of the can that said 'this is NOT for you' and it turns out I should have taken my instinct and run with it using a highlighter.
awe, life. this reminds me of the time I came back to my desk to find someone eating my lunch. (the statement spoken through a half-full mouth was 'i love wheat thins, don't you?') Maybe if I put a bowl of maggots on my desk, people will not eat so much.
I've even seen people, in front of me, OPEN candy (lifesavers) and take one when it's sitting on my desk behind what i'm working on. amazing, absolutly amazing.
they probably drive off with 'complimentary' gas for their cars to the tune of sirens too.
posted by forkev at 11/09/2004 05:23:00 PM
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absolutly amazing! we have candy dishes around the building but they are stocked by the secretaries and KNOWN to be free. in the past I have even put a dollar in the dish to help cover the cost of the candy.
in a similar incident I found a crappy (looks like it) food stain on my desk at work today. I sniffed it (scientific test) and determined it was some kinda cow or chicken or something.. basically someeone was eating at my desk and left a mess and didn't clean it up.. so I got a yellow stick note thing and wrote a note "Who left this CRAP on my desk" and put it right next to the stain. I've had several people stop by and ask.. "whats this?".. so its got plenty of publicity. in the end I think I know who did it. ah well.. its not my desk anyway.
this kind of reminds me of the time I had a full mug of Dr. Pepper. it got bumped and ran down the back of the cube wall. HUGE stain. now how do you clean a cube wall that has a desk tied to it in the middle? I dunno... that was one time I felt that moving to a new location was justified. now Roy has that spot.. HAHAHA...
in conclusion: if they/you stain your desk just move.
as for you: put a web cam on it, and then at the end of the day print out all the culprits and post it on the entry door for tomarrows viewing pleasure.
okay so your co-workers are a bit on the munching side. i don't think that eating other people's lunch just because it is on their desk is right. but for some reason candy is open game whenever it is on your desk, wherever it is positioned. the eating your lunch thing demonstrates that you should expect all food on your desk to disappear. people will be offended if you tell them that your candy is your candy. to avoid the munching you'll just have to get a lockbox for your stuff.
ask for candy on your desk i reccommend putting some nasty candy on your desk for people to munch on if they feel a need to eat at your desk. i'm thinking something along the lines of stale pastel mint things that are vaguely horrible. ooo or this looks particularly promising http://www.appealinggifts.com/nasty-candy.html
i beleive you both have excellent recommendations.
I'll probalby just get some gum wrapers and rejuvinate them with gum replicas made from waste paper and when people complain I'll volunteer that i'm doing them a service by demonstrating how 80% of the world lives.
I understand the reason for candy dishes is to share candy. But anything else should be left alone. I can't believe someone actually ate your crakers. That would be something someone should ask if they could have one not just help them selves. But evidently you work with weird people ;) (your wife excluded)
I laughed at Keiths comment about the mug and stain and his laughing at they guy who now has that space - very funny.
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