stolen biscuits

[polly1]

3 of us club to together and buy biscuits, coffee and stuff for our own use in the office but some greedy pig keeps eating ALL of them - and i mean polishing them off as soon as they're left in the cupboard. How can we get back at them?

[Nick.Detroit]

carefully take out all but one of the biscuits and put a note in there saying, '' Just to let you know, I spat on evey one of the biscuits you just stole'', then carefully replace the biscuits on the top...

[redcrx]

dont buy any, thus cutting off their supply

[Nick.Detroit]

or get some bourbon type biscuits and fill 'em with laxatives

[polly1]

Why should we stop buying biscuits???

[hippy66]

take a packet of biccies. wipe evey one on any remotely sweaty bits you have ie armpits. replace in packet and sit back and enjoy.

[Pippa68]

Well I have laughed at these responses!

We had this problem in the office where I used to work. In the end I got so fed up with it I just put a big sign up on the staff room wall:

'Will the greedy cow who has been eating all the bourbons please stop~ we will be monitoring weight gain in order to expose the purpetrator'

We soon went back to having some biscuits left :o)

[whiffey]

Nick, a snag there, like the bloke in the pub who went to the loo leaving a note on his pint "I've spat in this", returning to find several more "So have I"

[~Wingnut~]

I'm loving these responses lol!!!
If any fail to work polly maybe the 3 of you could club together and buy a big tub that has a combination lock on it that only the 3 of you know. I'd be tempted to put a sign on it too! Some people have the cheek of the devil!

:o)

[Postdog]

Crumbs, what a dilemma....

[Nick.Detroit]

whiffet ...I've heard that one before ... my idea would work because they'd have eaten all the biccies 'before' they found the note

[joko]

do what we do when filming in a shop on set - inject or coat all the food with tcp - so none of the crew help themselves.

its safe but put them off. after a while theres no need as the crew don't even try it.

that will let them know that you are onto them, as you will smell it on them

[iaminny45]

great responses, creative and very amusing!

My vote is for the laxatives... just once, hopefully that will "doo" it!

[flip-flop]

Sounds like an answerblog Q so am just posting to see if it turns up on the blog site.

[rojash]

Why not take a more reasonable course of action? Hide in a nearby cupboard and when the culprit is in the act, leap out and hack them to death with an axe. As a deterrent to future offenders, you could collect the giblets and have them set in clear resin.

[polly1]

Thank you everyone for your excellent deterrant ideas. I'll try the axe idea first and if they keep doing it i suppose the laxatives might do the 'job', ahem.

[joko]

seriously, first off you should just stick a note on them saying these don't belong to you and you haven't contributed towards paying for them, so do not touch. if this doesn't work then go for the laxies...

[pingping]

i've loved reading these - has cheered me up no end!

For a simple suggestion, have you considered buying 3 small tupperware boxes, then you can split the biscuits up amongst the 3 of you and keep them in your own desk drawers?