‘It's annoying to have to find ways to lock up your possessions because you might get robbed by a 40-something mother of 3’: Office worker discovers her seemingly sweet coworker is responsible for stealing $1,300, food, and spreading rumors

Every office has its characters: the guy whose soul left on day two, the spreadsheet perfectionist, the seasonal lunch thief. But every now and then, you stumble upon a true unicorn: a coworker so unhinged that HR's policies read like light suggestions in her presence. Meet today's unfortunate department's resident wild card, a 40-something mother of three who treats this five-person office like a lawless frontier town and herself as a one-woman bandit, gossip, and chaos dealer.

It started off with some classic workplace bonding. She seemed sweet, wounded by office politics, just a working woman scorned by a missed promotion. Cut to a few months later, and suddenly everyone's wallets are spilling cash like an open wound and snacks are disappearing like there's a cookie monster working the IT department.

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Our anti-hero won’t settle for petty theft. Oh no, she doubles as a part-time saboteur, full-time smear artist, prolific desk snooper, and, allegedly, an interior decorator with an enthusiasm for sharp objects as wall art.
Her loyalty is as fleeting as your sandwich in the office fridge, and her gift for drama rivals a reunion special. She torpedoed friendships, trashes reputations, and probably even your lunch, all before noon, then finds time to complain about coworkers’ maturity.
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