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[kalibex]

There is a food thief or thieves at work - only thing I can think of to use to find them that would not bring with it a legal liability is some sort of RFID system (to be applied to wandering tupperwear)....looking around now online to see if any reasonable consumer kits are available yet....(if I was not on any watch lists before, I am now....)

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[evil-lord-zog.livejournal.com]

If they heat the stolen food, stick some silver foil to the inside of the container...

Alternatively, spike the "bait" food with a regurgitant...

[drake57.livejournal.com]

Boobytrap the container with a dye bomb!

But that might be a little messy..

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

Or get some vitamin B pills, or something mild and anonymous, and put them on the food, so they think there's some unknown medication in it...

Or get a thermal lunchbag and one of those very tiny icepacks. That'll keep your lunch cold enough until lunchtime without putting it in a common fridge, especially if you're going to heat it later.

[kalibex.livejournal.com]

Nah, people've been arrested for assault after doing that (certainly after the Classic, ex-lax goodies)

[kalibex.livejournal.com]

Heh.

[kalibex.livejournal.com]

Wasn't me that got hit, this particular time - but the patience of many is nearing the breaking point.

Say, you know anyone over at the Almer Mater who's into playing around with RFID tech (and might possibly have a lendable portable reader)? I'd spring the $ for my own tags...

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

Part of me is thinking all you need is a note on the fridge saying "We know you're stealing food, and if you don't stop we'll find out who you are."

Another part of me is more inclined to go straight for the hidden webcam. ^^

Oops, I stand corrected.

[kalibex.livejournal.com]

Sometime between 2 pm and now, the food thief stole a salad that I'd figured to eat this evening.

[kalibex.livejournal.com]

Webcam it is.

[tashasworld.livejournal.com]

Another option is to plant decoy lunches spiked with liberal amounts of Tabasco sauce, or maybe habanero sauce. Or WAAAAAAY too much salt. If the thief can't be guaranteed to find a meal that he/she can stand the taste of, they may stop.

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

In the middle of the afternoon, no less! So... how many people have been heard to complain that their food was taken, and how many have been silent on the issue?

When you set up the webcam, pack a particularly tasty lunch in a really brightly-coloured container, so it's easily identifiable when someone takes it out of the fridge.

[kalibex.livejournal.com]

Once someone found that their sandwich had had one bite taken out of it - then put back.