Results: Steal-a-Meal
Published on 09/30/2018
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I have a few stories regarding office mishaps. Someone broke my ex husband's french press at work, yet no one saw a thing! Additionally, people would steal his lunch -- this was at a state agency with mostly conservative people. When I worked at Cedars Sinai, peoples' food items would also go missing from the refrigerator. It seems that this is a global problem (since it's a food problem, perhaps a public health problem). Have you ever had food or drink items stolen, tampered with, or other items broken at a place of employment?
Yes
28%
616 votes
No
50%
1102 votes
Not Applicable
23%
506 votes
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Some people have resorted to installing a nanny cam to catch the food perp. And nearly 1 in 5 workers — 18 percent, to be exact — admits to having eaten someone else's lunch out of the office fridge, according to a 2017 survey from American Express OPEN. The issuer polled 1,061 employees. Have you ever stolen someones food, drink, or other items from an office setting?
Food
8%
177 votes
Drink
6%
140 votes
Non food or drink item
5%
116 votes
N/A or No
84%
1875 votes
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Food theft in the workplace is epidemic. A survey released in June by online grocer Peapod revealed that 71 per cent of employees have had their personal snack, drink or meal stolen out of communal-office kitchens. If you've been in the workplace, more than one, have all or most of your places of employment had a problem with food being taken by food theft?
Yes
21%
462 votes
No
33%
734 votes
Undecided
8%
181 votes
Not Applicable
38%
847 votes
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According to OOLA, here are some reasons why others have taken food from the job fridge, when it wasn't theirs. Choose the reasons that you have also stolen food from the company fridge:
Feeling like you are eating left or forgotten food, so no big deal
4%
90 votes
You were so broke, it was the only way you could eat
4%
92 votes
You thought it was going to go bad or be thrown out, so why not eat it?
3%
75 votes
Revenge on someone that you know stole something from you
3%
76 votes
On mistake, like grabbing the same brand yogurt thinking it was yours
5%
107 votes
Another type of revenge on the person
2%
45 votes
Don't think it will make a difference or be noticed
4%
86 votes
Not Applicable
83%
1840 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
10 votes
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Would you be willing to share your story, if you caught the person who took your item, or were caught stealing in the comments section?
Yes
10%
221 votes
No
10%
223 votes
Undecided
6%
133 votes
Not Applicable
74%
1647 votes
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