Someone keeps stealing Belinda's work lunch, so she left the thief an 'unhinged' note

There's nothing lower than stealing someone else's work lunch. I think we can all agree on that.

But yet another office worker is dealing with her food being taken by a colleague.

The woman, Belinda, explains on Reddit's 'Mildly Infuriating' thread: "I work front desk. I'm the ONLY person who can't leave the premises for breaks or lunch.

"I can't be away from the front desk more than 3 mins at a time and someone stole my lean cuisine. Had to end up buying a frozen Stouffers meal for $6.00 from the grocery store here which is even more annoying."

So, she left a note for the lunch thief.

She admits her first note was "pretty unhinged" as she was very upset.

"Um not sure who felt comfortable stealing my food, but try it again and just see – Belinda," read the note.

After she "was able to cool down after 15 minutes" she changed the note to this.

"My lunch was taken. Please respect others belongings and do not take food that isn't yours – Belinda. Thanks."

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Judging from the comments, it seems stolen work lunches is a widespread problem.

One Redditor took drastic steps to stop theirs being taken.

"We had this problem for a while, took $10 battery operated motion alarm in plastic lunch container resolve," the person explained.

"Person would remove container from fridge before lunchtime and bring it to their cubicle then eat it at their desk. It was awesome when blaring alarm went off."

They said "everyone came running" and with the thief caught in the act, they started making excuses, claiming they had "grabbed the wrong bag, but everyone knew".

Another suggested adding hot sauce to their lunch as a spicy surprise to the thief.

"This started to become a problem at my work so we installed a camera watching the fridge. I ended up firing a guy a few weeks ago that straight took another employees pineapple Fanta (that I bought the person to be nice), and then blatantly walked around drinking it," another commented.

"People who are willing to steal other people's food are a blight in the workplace."

One Redditor shared: "We had a new hire who on his first or second shift stole the general manager's lunch. Long story short, the guy didn't make it through his probation."

Another suggested: "Ask your boss if there's a petty cash to cover your lunch, since yours was stolen and you aren't permitted to leave."

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