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How To Protect Your Food From Co-workers

joatsaint

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blogs/blog-0106106001373553739.jpgI don't know about you, but the 2 most important work rules I know of are:

 

1. Don't take another man's tools without asking first.

2. Don't F with another man's food.

 

Violating either rule can put you in dire jeopardy of losing blood, skin, hair or at the very least, finding a nasty surprise in your lunch kit the next day.

 

But my current workplace is a bit looser about those rules - being that it's mainly ladies and has more of a community atmosphere compared to the construction sites I worked in the past. So it's not uncommon to find that your friends have raided the fridge and at least part of your lunch was donated to the cause.

 

It was one of those serendipitous moments yesterday that I learned exactly how to protect my food in the community fridge. My director had stashed a piece of Italian Cream cake in the fridge - leftover from the previous day's birthday celebrations - in between two balloon print paper plates.

 

The top plate had a simple message printed in bold black Sharpie on it,

 

"Please do not eat me."

"P.S. I already licked it!" - Kyle

 

Pure genius!

 

Have you any tips on how to protect your food/stuff/things from being "borrowed"?



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This is at home, but I tell my son it has broccoli in it, no matter what it is, and he doesn't touch it. It's nice to have this limited time in his life where I can trick him like that.

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This is at home, but I tell my son it has broccoli in it, no matter what it is, and he doesn't touch it. It's nice to have this limited time in his life where I can trick him like that.

That is so cool! LMFAO We've got too many health nuts here at work, so the broccoli thing wouldn't work for me.

I've added a new one to my food protection arsenal. I'm going to start telling people that I'm randomly poisoning my food 1 day a week - they get to guess which day. :-)

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I have a lunchbag that I can freeze in the freezer and then I also put freezer packs in the bottom--keeps my food cold enough that I don't have to put it in the yucky communal fridges.

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I have a lunchbag that I can freeze in the freezer and then I also put freezer packs in the bottom--keeps my food cold enough that I don't have to put it in the yucky communal fridges.

We are lucky at having a very clean facility. We moved into a new building back in Feb. And our custodial staff is very vigilant about keeping the fridge clean and cleaned out.

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I agree with TES. I wouldn't keep my food in the fridge. It has nothing to do with cleanliness and everything to do with keeping healthy by eating the healthy foods brought from home. Pack your food to keep cold in your own space, not in the communal fridge.

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I think I'm just weird about my food. Things like potluck with food prepared in people's kitchens whom I don't know freak me out. LOL! I like having my own little lunchbox that keeps everything cool. It's so easy to throw it in the freezer too. I don't really even need the ice packs in the bottom. It's a Rachael Ray lunchbag and they make neutral patterns. My husband bought it for me for my bday a couple of years ago and it was one of those things that I didn't know I needed until I had it!

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I did the same thing! A couple of years ago, before my surgery, I had 1/2 a pkg of all beef hot dogs in the fridge for emergencies. The day after I put them in there, 1 was missing. The next day, another was missing. So, I put a yellow sticky note on them that read:

"Please, help yourself, as you have been.

P.S. I pre-licked them for you!"

No more disappeared.

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