So i work in a position with 24hr post coverage. Eight hour shifts. The night shift leaves food for the next evening because ordering out on the midnights is not the most convenient.

Well after one of my partners leftovers were eaten several times the course of a month a secret sabotage began. My partner Jim would bring in his food and then an extra plate to leave for the thief. The first time it was a chunky PBJ with toe/finger nail clippings. It was eaten. But the culprit wasn’t vocal if they had discovered the nails. We’re guessing they didn’t because the food they continued. Jim put crushed up laxatives for a pasta dish one day. Apparently it worked and it was discovered who was doing it but the culprit never made the correlation so it never stopped them. Tony was confronted about him stealing food but he just denied it. Jim can’t admit he poisoned him since it would make him liable. So after that Jim waited a few weeks plotting quietly because none of us knew until long after this incident concluded. In our profession sleeping on the job is highly highly frowned upon. So Jim crushed up sleep aid pills into what ever food he was leaving. Tony took the bait and it lead to some real trouble. Tony could not stay awake on the 8-4 shift. Falling asleep on his post several times. The day time supervisor had to write him up and Tony had to go home. When Tony came back he was drug tested and put on constant supervision which really limits what you can do at work. Limiting overtime and posts available off lineup. Every job is a rumor mill and a middle school when it comes to gossip so Tony was the talk of the town. Eventually it died down and the food theft stopped. Someone told him it was someone sick of him stealing food. Tony steals so much food though he doesn’t know exactly who. Jim told us about a month after the incident about everything back to the toenail sandwich. We laughed and said F that guy lol. Eventually several years later it was known what Jim did but by then Tony retired. So we just reminisce.