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Because that's not how the corporate world works. You want to freak out and yell at them? Go ahead. Maybe they don't eat someone else's food for a week. Meanwhile you'll be hunting for a new job. You threaten another employee? You'll be lucky to be employed at the end of the day.
Life is a series of tradeoffs. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Tim may steal food, but that doesn't mean it's throwing off the status quo. You yell at Tim, you're upsetting the status quo. So go ahead, and have fun with your pink slip. Hope it was worth it.
Or you can keep your lunch at your desk.
Good lord this makes me happy I've not worked in corporate and stayed in blue collar work.
Someone steals food in a shop, that someone's gonna have a bad day and the boss yells at anyone "whining", including the guy who got his ass kicked.
That sounds awful all around
Yes, life on earth as per usual. Humans are the problem as usual.
The only time I've ever had my food stolen was when I was working as a deckhand on a tug. I've been working white collar jobs for the past 25 years and haven't had to deal with it since.
Also, my solution was to spray degreaser on my food the next day and wait to see who complains. Turns out, I'm the one who got in trouble for that even though I put a 'do not eat' sign in the food.
Nah you're just complacent, old man
Correct, that is another way of putting what I said.
If the choice is:
I mean, yeah, I'm gonna just keep my lunch at my desk.
The one true way is to find a new job if your coworkers/boss/the job itself is mistreating you.
We did not mistreat you, so don't take it out on us.