"I took my meatballs and licked them one by one": So-called 'pushover' disgusts food-thieving roommate, insuring she'll never steal from her again

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Dec 11, 2023 8:00 PM EST

It can be difficult to share a fridge with a bunch of different people. You've got four cartons of eggs for four people, all the produce is going bad quicker than you can say "organic," and you can easily forget which bag of green apples is yours and which is your roommate's. 

That being said, there's a big difference between accidentally eating your roommate's food and maliciously and intentionally doing so. Again, I feel like there is an ethical difference between sneaking one green grape from your roommate's bag of grapes one time because you accidentally forgot to go grocery shopping and you're basically dying of hunger while your UberEats arrives and habitually swiping their foodstuffs just because you're too lazy to get your own food. One roommate who has been shamelessly stolen from recently got revenge on the thief by doing a gross piece of performance art for both of her roommates: the stealer and the enabler. 

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    r/pettyrevenge u/shadow_lily · 1d ● I disgusted my food-thieving roommate
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    My roommate was stealing my food and not only not admitting, but apparently bragging about it to my other roommates and calling me a "pushover". I didn't want to participate in whatever they thought they were doing, especially since I am moving away in 2 months. But I do want my food.
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    Today, they were sitting in the kitchen, chatting. I came in, took my meatballs from the fridge and licked them one by one while maintaining the eye contact with the thief. Then I licked several other items, spit into my milk (it's a waste of milk, but luckily there wasn't a lot), etc. She looked utterly disgusted. Eventually she asked "are you mental?". I calmly replied "I always do this, didn't you know?" and left.
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    I don't know if she will stop, but her face of mixed disgust and horror makes it worth it.
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    Edit: Wow, I posted hoping to at least make a couple of people chuckle at my small win. But I got so many funny comments and cool petty revenge stories from you guys! Thanks <3 A lot of people are suggesting to sabotage her stuff... I don't want to. As long as my food is safe, that's enough. I won't leave any unsealed containers, though.
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    And the current situation is: my food was not stolen today! I will update if something gets stolen again, but if you don't see any more updates, that means I won!
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    CrispeeLipss 1d ● "Maintaining eye contact" Power move from the pushover.. LMAO. Reply ... 5.2k
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    FairyPenguinStKilda . 1d Brilliant Reply 42.8k
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    NotAQueefAKhaleesi • 1d I did a similar thing once too. I was living in my mom's house with her, my older sister, and her then bf. My sister has always stolen food, makeup, clothes, etc., but her bf was an absolute menace about food because he was a cheapass. I spit in my leftover drink and soup while I was horrifically ill with bronchitis and made sure it was properly mixed in before putting it in the fridge. Went back the next morning to both half gone, and a few days later he was sick as a do
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    I told my mom after it happened and she thought it was hilarious. I told my sister years later after they'd broken up and she'd moved out. I could tell she was /horrified because she realized they were both eating my spit for a couple years. 42.1k ↓
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    sharingthegoodword. 1d. My wife of seven years still asks me if it's okay to have a beer, or a slice of cheese. I've said it's not mine, it's ours so many times, to the point I was like if it's in my refrigerator no, but if it's in ours then help yourself to whatever. We only have one refrigerator but she still asks. ... Reply 673
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    AcuteDeath2023 • 1d That's because your wife has manners, and is considerate. And loves you. ... 580
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    sharingthegoodword. 1d Yes, and I appreciate it, and there's been a couple times where I foolishly ate or drank something she was looking forward to and it wasn't there when she went for it. Believe my happy was in the car speeding to get replace that thing. I'm more, ok, I'll have something else. When she says "I don't like ice cream" and then two weeks later "I ate all your ice cream" I'm like okay put ice cream on the grocery list and tell me what you like. I don't care. ✩ 422 ↓ ...
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    Duukt • 1d Unfortunately this doesn't always work. I tried protecting my lunch this way in school and this kid said he had licked my lunch too. So I had to beat his Reply 4 1.1k
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    zeugma888 1d ● At least you tried a non violent solution first. 4365
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    franknorth2010 • 1d I had to deal with a food thief at work. They kept stealing my stir-fry leftovers I would bring in tupperware. I got some super concentrated ghost pepper powder from amazon and put a LOT in and mixed it up real good. Sometime after lunchtime the workplace was treated to the screams of one of the assistant managers running for the sink trying to flush out her mouth with water. HR fired her for theft. The manager wanted to write me up, but I when I asked him "Why, for her steal
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    boanerges57. 1d I had a roommate eat a whole box of Oreos that were mine. I bought a new box, opened it and broke apart each Oreo and licked it then stuck it back together. About an hour later I found him in the room eating my Oreos. I didn't say anything. I sat and watched. As he ate the last one I let him know. I recorded it in case he didn't believe me. He was not at dinner that night. Something about consuming that much of my spit didn't sit well with his stomach. He stopped eating my food.
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    FlappinLips. 1d I cooked a meatloaf that was made with freezer burnt hamburgers and dog food. I didn't tell my old roommates til they ate it all. It was glorious. ... Reply 439 +
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