You guys...I can't even

[Bernadine]

I brought in a tray of cookies to work yesterday.  When I left at 3, there was a little more than half a tray left.  Co-worker left at 5, there were still cookies left.  Boss left a little after 5, and this morning, the clean tray was on my desk and the cookies are no where to be found (I know this because CW was looking for some).  And boss sent an email right before she left yesterday saying she was off today.

SHE TOOK HALF OF A TRAY OF MY COOKIES HOME WITH HER!  Wtf?!?

[Deleted]

You sure the cleaning crew did not toss them?

[Deleted]

Well you brought them for the office, people had a whole day to take what they wanted, and someone took care of the leftovers? Did you want them back?

[Bernadine]

Dec 24, 2013 10:53:15 GMT -5 @missusbee said:

Well you brought them for the office, people had a whole day to take what they wanted, and someone took care of the leftovers? Did you want them back?

Of course not, but I brought them in for the whole office, not for her.

[isabel]

I'm probably missing something, but I'm not really getting the outrage here. You took them in for people to enjoy, no? Were you hoping to have some leftover to take home today?

Eta: ok, I see this has been covered.

[Jalapeñomel]

Dec 24, 2013 10:54:30 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Dec 24, 2013 10:53:15 GMT -5 @missusbee said:

Well you brought them for the office, people had a whole day to take what they wanted, and someone took care of the leftovers? Did you want them back?

Of course not, but I brought them in for the whole office, not for her.

Is it normal to leave cookies overnight? I would expect someone to take them at the end if the day otherwise, I would think they'd get tossed.

[Deleted]

Dec 24, 2013 10:54:30 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Dec 24, 2013 10:53:15 GMT -5 @missusbee said:

Well you brought them for the office, people had a whole day to take what they wanted, and someone took care of the leftovers? Did you want them back?

Of course not, but I brought them in for the whole office, not for her.

Yeah, and people had a whole day to take the cookies as they wanted to. I wouldn't be that upset. 

I also wouldn't assume the boss took them, either. In my office, leftover food at the end of the day gets put in the fridge (where it proceeds to die a slow death over the following months) or gets tossed.

[Bernadine]

Hmmm, ok, maybe I'm misdirecting my outrage at her in other areas, lol.

Every office I've been in saves food brought in one day for everyone to have again the next day.

[speckledfrog]

See, this is why you need 7 dozen cookies.

[Kore]

Now I want cookies.

[speckledfrog]

Dec 24, 2013 11:04:28 GMT -5 Kore said:

Now I want cookies.

Don't ask Bernie, she's fresh out!

[lemon]

Yeah, I don't get the outrage about this isolated cookie incident. I would be glad someone liked my cookies enough to take them home. But if you secretly hate her for many other reasons, then I can totally understand why this would irk you.

[iamgrace]

Cookies should have been left overnight. I find it strange that your boss took them home.

[Deleted]

Well maybe she ate them all before she left.

COOKIES!! omnomnom

[Champagne Supernova]

Now I want cookies.

Where I work, the cleaning crew will either toss them out or put them in the fridge. We can't have food hanging out overnight because we have rodents and creatures outside our building.

[thebreakfastclub]

I think that if you wanted the leftovers to be eaten again today, you could have wrapped them up or put them in a container before you left for the day. Or the CW might have handled it since you were leaving early.

I don't think I would have been ballsy enough to take the remaining cookies, but I feel there is an impresssion that anything left after the end of the day is fair game.

[mcsangel2]

I think either your boss or the cleaning crew tossed them at the end of the day.

[azurely]

I think it's strange too, but since not everyone does, maybe your boss thought it was ok.

This reminds me of an old teacher I worked with. When we have potlucks, everyone goes to the break room after the kids leave to get their stuff. She loaded up her Tupperware container (she had brought some bars) with other people's leftover cookies, bars, etc. She didn't take them all, more like a few of each, but some people only had a few left. She made no attempt to hide it when everyone else came in, so apparently she saw nothing wrong with it. I thought it was presumptuous, but finders keepers, I guess.

[Deleted]

If it's left out at my work, it's free for the taking for housekeeping. They also always wash the trays. I think that's pretty fair.

[Deleted]

However, I'm guessing since they tray was on your desk, it was your boss. At least it was clean?

[Champagne Supernova]

See, I'm okay with people taking leftovers home. I thought that's the norm, actually.

I sure as hell don't want to take the baked goods I made for everyone at work back to my house because I'm going to end up stuffing my face with them.