'I let everyone use it': Entitled roommates steal $40 worth of coffee pods, freak out when they realize they're decaf

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
May 12, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

Living with other people is rarely easy. When you venture into the world of having a roommate or several, you either learn quickly about things like grocery labeling and cleaning schedules, or you become the reason why they exist. I think it's safe to say that most individuals in these living situations have pinched an item or two from a kitchen cupboard from time to time, but there is a limit to what you can get away with. Obliviousness or generosity will only go so far.

This is something that one Redditor's three roommates learned the hard way, after the trio kept using coffee pods without replacing them. The victim of this petty theft replaced the normal pods with decaf ones without telling them, and when the jig was up the thieves were not pleased. It will come as no surprise who's side Reddit was on. The moral of the story: buy your own stuff. 

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    "They drank decaf for a week"
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    r/AmltheAsshole u/Remarkable-Bid-7292 • 1d AITA for switching everyone to decaf since they were all drinking my coffee.
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    I live with three roommates and we all try to get along. We are not perfect but we try. I have a pod coffee machine that I like. It uses fully recyclable aluminum pods not plastic. I leave it in the kitchen and I let everyone use it.
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    It wasn't a problem when everyone bought their own pods. Then mine started going missing from my shelf. I asked and none of my roommates admitted to taking them. It stopped for a while. Then it started up again. So I started keeping my pods in my room. All was good in the world.
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    I made the mistake of leaving an unopened box of my pods in the pantry on my shelf. When I went to get it there were five missing. I know it is not a big deal. I know they cost like a dollar each. But it is the principle of the thing.
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    I bought a sleeve of decaf coffee and a sleeve of decaf double espresso. I opened them and left them on my shelf. They slowly disappeared over the week. I bought more. The whole experiment cost me about $40. On Friday I asked everyone if they had taken my coffee if they could please pay me so I could go pick up some more. I pointed to the four empty sleeves of coffee and said I had not had even one of those. So either fess up or I would consider all food in the house fair game until I felt I was
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    Now they are They were wondering why they had no energy. I just pointed at the sleeve where it clearly says that the are decaf. I suppose they didn't bother looking when they were stealing my coffee. They called me a off that they drank decaf for a week. that I did it on purpose. and said
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    They are upset but not in any major way. But they do for tricking them. One had the gall to think I am a jokingly ask for her money back.
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    Savings-Bison-512 1d Aficionado [17] NTA...how unfortunate that the product they stole wasn't to their liking.
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    Remarkable-Bid-7292 OP • 1d I wish I had said that. But no we are all good friends. I don't want to start a war.
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    Dittoheadforever 1d Craptain [166] You're NTA. I think it's hilarious. they were wondering why they had no energy Yeah, or they're just not getting enough sleep. They... said that I did it on purpose. True, but you didn't force them to not read what they were stealing. I said that if they each sent me $15 I would pick up four more sleeves and leave them out to share. You're still being generous. All they did was pay back what they stole, and you offered to use that money to buy more and share th
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    MidwestNormal 19h OP should buy more decaf but put it in the regular coffee sleeve. That's good enough for thieves, liars, and ingrates.
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    PatchEnd 1d do NOT buy them pods with the money they gave you. that is money to replace the stolen/used items. stop being their adult. let them grow up and buy their own coffee.
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    Sea-Tea-4130 1d Colo-rectal Surgeon [41] NTA-reading is fundamental. They can't be mad they didn't read.
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    Trevena_Ice 1d Colo-rectal Surgeon [47] INFO: So they are that the products they stole weren't what they thougth they were? I don't get your logic, why you baugth decafe for this experiment. But eigther way, NTA. You didn't trick anyone to consume problematic products (like meat for a vegan, pork for a muslime, milk for someone with problems with lactose)
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    fallingintopolkadots 1d Supreme Court Just- [126] NTA. It's not your fault that the pods weren't theirs and that they were too lazy to read the packaging before using the pods that weren't theirs. Too lazy to get their own, too lazy to read........
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    kaorizma 22h NTA since when do thieves get to complain about the quality of what they've stolen?
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    NTA DreamingofRlyeh 1d Certified Proctologist [27] Well played, OP. Well played. I salute you.
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    Rcsql 21h It's so weird to me that they wouldn't buy their own pods. Borrowing 1 or 2 sure, but I would feel the need to immediately replace them. NTA
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    100 WhiteKnightPrimal 20h NTA. You didn't trick them. It was your coffee, on your shelf, so it was none of their business what type you bought. And you didn't switch the packaging or anything, which clearly stated the pods were decaf. It's not on you if they can't be bothered to look at the label of what they're about to drink. They noticed a difference, they had less energy, so they could easily have gone and checked the labels. They chose not to. I think you handled this well. Your roommates w
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    SorryRevenue 20h Keep the coffee maker in your room. Problem solved
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