Are my Roommates Stealing my Food?

I could have sworn there were two cans of tuna on my shelf yesterday. Today there is only one. However, I did eat tuna about a week ago so maybe my counting is off.

If my roommates are stealing my food, I'll move it all into my bedroom, but I really don't want to do this because I think it's weird.

Does anyone have any techniques that will definitively tell if they're taking my food or should I just keep an eye on it? I'm so tired of living with cavemen, but the rent is cheap.

The possible crime scene is pictured below.

Why not have a shelf each for your own food, and have the policy of asking (if possible) before using others' food.

That, or keep the real food somewhere else, and stock yours with expired food. That'll teach 'em.

thanks for the picture. made things a lot clearer in my mind

Is it true that people eat a ton of spam in Hawaii?

Shit in their pillow cases until you get to the bottom of this, play it safe.

Keep a conscious mental note of how much food you have, and how much you eat.

i'm dealing with this now

my roommate is an alcholic, and since he doesn't have a car, i don't really care. it's just that when he gets drunk, right before he's about to passout, he gorges indiscriminately. i just don't buy food anymore, or i buy stuff that i know he doesn't like.

alcohol stays in my room, keys, cigs, lighters, clothing = locked down in my room.

the answer is always yes by the way

fucking count your food dude.

best thing you can do though is start stealing theirs as a preventative measure. when i was living in london and extremely poor, sharing a flat with 8 other people, i would go around and take one slice of tesco ham out of each person's tesco ham container and make a sandwich daily. i'd rotate the two people i'd steal bread from. consequently i ate at odd hours of the day. good times.

  Joyrex said:

Why not have a shelf each for your own food, and have the policy of asking (if possible) before using others' food.

This is the current policy.

I caught one of my roommates eying one of my cans of tuna when he first moved in. I buy solid white albacore tuna in water at about $2.50 a can, and he buys the cheap crap in oil. He asked, "Want a can of tuna?" as he looked at my tuna. I asked, "With that tuna?" "Oh, no! I was just looking! I have tuna in my bedroom!," he exclaimed. Liar, liar, his pants will soon be on fire.

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thanks for the picture. made things a lot clearer in my mind

You're welcome. This is the picture I will submit to the insurance company.

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Is it true that people eat a ton of spam in Hawaii?

Yes.

  Fred McGriff said:

fucking count your food dude.

 

best thing you can do though is start stealing theirs as a preventative measure. when i was living in london and extremely poor, sharing a flat with 8 other people, i would go around and take one slice of tesco ham out of each person's tesco ham container and make a sandwich daily. i'd rotate the two people i'd steal bread from. consequently i ate at odd hours of the day. good times.

You're in the next room, aren't you?

poison the food.

whoever dies is a thief.

  Adjective said:

or i buy stuff that i know he doesn't like.

this too. i got it down to a science when i was living with my wife before we got married. i still had that roommate mentality so i wasn't into sharing my food that much, so i'd always buy black pepper ham and caramel-vanilla ice cream. and grapefruit juice. she wouldnt touch any of that shit.

of course it's utterly retarded to want to keep your food from the woman you love. but even still i like to maintain independence when it comes to mundane matters like doing laundry and having your own snacks in the fridge. she doesnt like that at all. in fact that's what we fight about most, is that i only buy what i like at the grocery and that i dont clean up after her or do her laundry.

count your food, put a sign on the cupboard stating you know how much of your own food is in there, exactly what it is, numbers, data, calculations. usually this will deter the casual food browser from taking what isn't his.

get some capsicum crystals, grind them down real fine, and the cover all your food containers with the dust.

the one who screams while peeing is the thief

This thread would have been nothing without the photo. It makes everything clearer.

lol seriously. the photo is informative gold

You can see why it's hard for me to remember how many cans of tuna there were. There are two shelves supporting a plethora of foodstuffs and spices. I turn most of the labels toward the back in an effort to deter temptation.

scope:

buy boxes of really shitty food, dump the contents, and place your real food inside.

yeah buy dogfood and just put your food in the dogfood containers and put the dogfood in the realfood containers

do a gay on them

that usually fixes everything

That's a really good and funny idea. I'll have to find a dog food container.

rub your food into your arsehole then put it back on the shelf

Had a problem in my first year at uni. Every single night my milk would go missing. Knew who it was. So I bought a cardboard carton of milk. Carefully prised it open. Spunked in it. Carefully resealed it. Told the guy several days later that he'd been having my man milk on his cornflakes and warned him this was potentially just the beginning and that I'd stamp on his face if he didn't stop stealing. It worked.

Also, does anybody like Kate Bush?

  kakapo said:

Had a problem in my first year at uni. Every single night my milk would go missing. Knew who it was. So I bought a cardboard carton of milk. Carefully prised it open. Spunked in it. Carefully resealed it. Told the guy several days later that he'd been having my man milk on his cornflakes and warned him this was potentially just the beginning and that I'd stamp on his face if he didn't stop stealing. It worked.

-=Alpha Male 2009=-

  beatfanatic said: