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another food theft thread...
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we have now had over £100 worth of food go missing since we have got here, we just let it go for the first few weeks thinking it might have been mistakes or something but now its getting beyond ridiculous. We can't lock our kitchen or our cupboards, so i've written this letter to the other kitchen as we are now 95% sure its them, as everyone from our flat has had food go missing and they are a pretty trustworthy lot.
To the residents of flat 89 (right kitchen)
We have had a number of items go missing from our kitchen:
a pot of marmite
two pots of nutella
a tray of eggs
frozen chicken/mince/and other meat
dilutable juice
bread
butter
organic milk
ice cream
fruit and vegetables and more
We have talked to other residents from our kitchen, and we can find no evidence which can prove that anyone from our kitchen has been stealing these things. it is stealing and not borrowing and thus is a criminal offence. As the management of halls cannot take action, we are willing to involve the police, as we are spending a lot of money on food that is going missing, and we are getting to a point where we can no long afford to feed ourselves with the amount of food that is going missing.
We are asking politely for this to stop. If not then we will be involving the police. We would also like to have to food either replaced or the equivalent sum (approximately £50) to be given to us, so that we can replace the food ourselves. Thank You
Do you think this is fair? and would the police do anything as halls management keep saying that they take no responsiblity for food theft.
what can i do? and no i'm not lacing things with laxatives as we want to involve the police.
To the residents of flat 89 (right kitchen)
We have had a number of items go missing from our kitchen:
a pot of marmite
two pots of nutella
a tray of eggs
frozen chicken/mince/and other meat
dilutable juice
bread
butter
organic milk
ice cream
fruit and vegetables and more
We have talked to other residents from our kitchen, and we can find no evidence which can prove that anyone from our kitchen has been stealing these things. it is stealing and not borrowing and thus is a criminal offence. As the management of halls cannot take action, we are willing to involve the police, as we are spending a lot of money on food that is going missing, and we are getting to a point where we can no long afford to feed ourselves with the amount of food that is going missing.
We are asking politely for this to stop. If not then we will be involving the police. We would also like to have to food either replaced or the equivalent sum (approximately £50) to be given to us, so that we can replace the food ourselves. Thank You
Do you think this is fair? and would the police do anything as halls management keep saying that they take no responsiblity for food theft.
what can i do? and no i'm not lacing things with laxatives as we want to involve the police.
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Weird... So they're stealing the food and using it straight away?
I thought I was spoilt until I hit uni
Yeah, you're right. I had a flatmate last year that would just take people's stuff and think nothing of it, just because at home she was used to taking whatever she felt like. I could do that at home, but I'm a shit load poorer than she is and when I brought it up she apologised because I think she actually didn't realise what she was doing. I think she thought that that was what everyone was doing, when really no one was taking her stuff!
I spoke to the halls management and they said all they can do is make sure we can lock our kitchen and write the other kitchen a stern letter. Thats going to do jack shit, so i'll be getting the police involved if it continues on after xmas..
When you catch them kill them with fire.
Could do with someone electrically minded rigging an alarm that goes off when the fridge is opened with a deactivation button so you guys can use it but would catch out someone from the other flat.
we'll see if we can rig some alarm...but its a lot of extra money to sort out...
If your locks don't work and food is going missing then that's something that the halls management should be sorting out. It may not be their responsibilty in a shared kitchen, but if it's supposed to lock and doesn't then it's getting into being their fault.
All she would need is a rape alarm and a piece of string. It would cost about £3.