I’ll bet you’re wondering what I mean aren’t you? Are there cleptomaniacs at work on this blog? Or are there cleptos at my workplace? Well, if you picked the second option, you are correct. There are cleptos at my workplace. Allow me to explain why I say this.
Today when my team and I arrived at work, a co-worker noticed that a pack of gum that she’d left on her desk last night, with five pieces of gum in it, now only contained one piece of gum. Then, the same co-worker noticed that her tin of Altoids was missing. She mentioned that we must have someone stealing from the desks again.
Now I had three small die-cast cars on my desk. Two Tony Stewart #14 (Old Spice paint scheme and Office Depot paint scheme) and one Kyle Busch #18 (M&M’s paint scheme). They were missing. Now before, when I’ve been sick, my boss has stashed them in her desk to keep them from being snagged. So I figured she’d done it again. But when I asked her, I found out that they hadn’t been stashed. They’d been stolen. So I lost my three die-cast cars, two of which were limited edition Daytona 500 2009 cars. Yes, I know, my fault for having them at work, but seriously? They’ve been there since February and never been bothered.
Like I told my boss, yes it is partly my fault for having the cars there, but like she said, I should be able to bring things to put on my desk without them getting taken. But what really burns my ass is that there are two bays that work until midnight on either side of us and NO ONE saw anyone stealing stuff from our bay? WTF? You mean to tell me, two teams of at least 10 people, plus supervisors could not freakin’ see someone stealing stuff out of a bay? Holy crap.
Well, I will say this. I won’t be replacing my cars, and if I do, I won’t be taking them to work. I don’t need them disappearing again if I am able to find them.
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