New hire reserves office microwave for 30 minutes every day for dietary reasons, ends up getting banned by HR from using it after unplugging it to keep others out: 'But... the microwave was free'

Shared office kitchens are a delicate ecosystem. Between the passive-aggressive fridge notes, the mysterious vanishing yogurts, and that one person who always reheats fish, it's amazing the microwave hasn't sparked a full-blown HR incident... until now.

Microwaves are communal by nature. We all agree (grudgingly) to wait our turn, limit our time, and maybe give it a wipe if our soup explodes. In high school, my cafeteria had two microwaves for hundreds of students. The minute someone torched their Easy Mac beyond recognition, the whole school had to suffer from the smell. So when one person starts treating the microwave like it's their personal appliance, things can get messy.

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