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Eating a box full of homemade cookies may not seem like a big deal, but it violates so many unwritten rules about sharing. No matter how good whatever treat they brought into the office to share is, being polite and considering others means taking no more than your fair share and showing restraint. When it comes to you, take a reasonable amount and pass on to the next person. It's not yours just because it's there and you can take it, especially when others haven't had their share.
It might seem bizarre to expect that another adult working a grown-up job in a grown-up workplace wouldn't understand this simple thing we were taught as kids. But then, it just goes to show how we never really grow up and some of us never mature past a certain age. It's how you end up with workplaces where people end up having to do things like putting locks on their milk or food so that others physically can't take them.
AITAH for calling my coworker out for eating all the cookies I brought
Let me first clarify that I am aware of how low stakes this is, lmao. It's just my coworkers are treating me like a literal freak for this. I work in a small store with a team of 10 people.
I sometimes make baked goods and bring them in to share with the team. Almost every time has worked out fine- with everyone only taking their fair share. However, a few days ago, I made cookies and they were entirely eaten in a single shift (with only a handful of the team present).
I had asked around and found out that 4 of my coworkers never got to try them and I felt bad because the other half of the team were speaking very highly of the cookies and I didn't want people feeling left out.
Everyone seemed to know who ate all the cookies last time. I believe he made comments along the lines of "they were so good, I ate like 4 of them!" at which point I think people pointed out that other people didn't get any so he got really quiet about it. He was so set on not exposing that he ate all of them, that he didn't even thank me for the homemade cookies...
But anyway, I still found it r*de as h*ll but I kind of just dealt with it. I have now made another batch so that the other people could have some. I made 12.
Yes, I know that's cutting it close for a team of 10, but we are in the middle of a summer heatwave and I physically cannot stand having the oven on for more than 20 minutes. This time, next to the allergy information, I added "there are limited cookies!!! Please make certain to leave some for others!"
Saying "you only get one cookie" felt too passive aggressive in the relevant language, but I thought it would be clear enough, especially to that one guy. Turns out it wasn't. Of the 12 cookies, I immediately set 2 aside for my coworkers who weren't there that day and also didn't get any last time.
Two of my coworkers had 1, one of my coworkers had 2, and the last guy.... the one who ate multiple cookies last time.......... He ate 6 cookies. If you did the math, you might have noticed that not even the person who brought the cookies got to have a single one. And in case you were wondering, he once again did not show any appreciation or even acknowledgement of the cookies, aside from spending the entire afternoon shoving them in his pie hole.
Call me old-fashioned, but I cannot imagine eating food someone brought for the team and not thanking them for it.
This was on top of a s** afternoon where I didn't get to take my break (despite working the longest out of everyone there, and all of them getting to take their break). I snapped and literally
reportedhim to our manager who I'm pretty close to -- EDIT: I forgot that "report" carries a pretty strong implication when talking about work, lmao. I just mean I b**ched to her about it because we're on good terms and chat about stuff like that!!This was not some "formal complaint" or anything. Also want to specifically say that this manager does not have any power in hiring/firing people, she basically just does a bit more of the administrative stuff than the average employee. The WORST ramifications he would have from this is her saying "hey, you shouldn't have done that", no different to if I complained to a non-manager. And yes, the structure of our company is weird...--.
I also spent the rest of the afternoon giving him a hard time- not on purpose but just because I was so p***ed off about it. My coworker completely took his side though, saying "you put the cookies out for everyone. We can eat what we want. You're just mad that you didn't think to set one aside for yourself." etc. but I think it is just such a r*de and inconsiderate thing to do, especially for the second time in a single week.
Edit just because I think this wasn't 100% clear in the original wording: all of the cookies (aside from the 2 I reserved for other people) were eaten within 4 hours of me setting down the tupperware on the table. This wasn't "the cookies sat there for days and everyone was too shy to eat them!". For most of the team, those cookies way as well have never existed.
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