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Newsflash – stealing will get you fired
Posted on September 1, 2006 12:00 AM
"We've decided to relocate your cubicle due to your illicit asset acquisition practices. Enjoy your new quarters at Supermax."There's nothing quite like the anticipation involved with waiting for lunchtime, and a yummy meal of leftover pad Thai and chicken satay in the company refrigerator. Especially when that anticipation is replaced with the dawning horror that some complete bastard has made off with your lunch, your Hawaiian Punch, and the last two Double Stuff chocolate cream Oreos you had in your apartment.
There are a couple of lessons here. First, stealing someone else's lunch won't make the situation right. And unlike the person who helped herself to your repast, you might get caught.
Stealing from the office is frowned upon, unless you're an executive receiving backdated stock options at a tech company, then it's just aggressive leadership recruiting in action.
CreativePro.com said CareerBuilder.com's survey of hiring manager found that nearly 40 percent of them had racked someone up for having light-fingers in the workplace. Office supplies, money, and merchandise rated one-two-three on the list of things most likely to find themselves concealed under a bulky jacket in July. ("Nothing for me today, thanks!")
Now here's the second lesson. Exposing a lunch thief just requires a little preparation. And just the right seasoning. And a video-capable phone, because we want to see the fun too.
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