Office hunger: the 5 events that lead you to pillage a colleague’s food

Yoghurts opened; cheese pillaged; tomatoes taken, and strawberries stolen – all without authorisation: yes, a particularly furious workplace wrath is preserved for the unlicensed office fridge raider.

And understandably so – it’s the ultimate crime against your colleagues, after all.

However, can any of us truthfully few say we’ve never been tempted to help ourselves?

Because on the fateful mornings you opt for 15 minutes extra in bed over a decent meal, the threat of undernourishment looms large.

So much so that by 11.30am you’re just about ready to eat the Wi-Fi modem to ward off a potentially career-damaging outburst against your boss.

Remembering that Crinklys, the delish new savoury baked cracker crisps from Carr's, can keep stomach rumbling at bay nicely, here we detail the five fateful steps to unwittingly becoming an office fridge-raider…

1) You skip breakfast:

A rookie error – because a few moments snoozing is not worth being caught by Dave from sales rummaging through his pasta salad.

Not a morning person? At least prepare a grab-and-go snack the night before.

2) Your meeting runs over:

You assumed you’d have oodles of time to help yourself to the biscuit tin at your 11 o’clock break. Until, that is, HR Eileen’s ‘quick presentation’ gave you classroom flashbacks of double maths on a Monday morning.

A solution? Keep a stash of sneaky snacks in your drawer – Carr’s Crinklys are the business.

3) You’ve got food on the brain:

Even on days when seemingly you should be well-fed and watered, hunger can threaten. One sure sign… you begin to reply to your colleagues in culinary terms.

‘Is the printer working?’

‘Cake.’

4) The popularity of reality TV:

Another day, another morning of furiously discussing the latest hit episode of Hungry Games: The Great Breaded Battle Of Bakers around the water-cooler.

Before you know it, that slab of soda bread you cannily spotted nestled in beside a tub of butter in the communal fridge begins to look mighty tempting.

5) Your doomed diet:

Inspired by the success of Kim Kardashian’s low-carbing escapades, you hit Day 3 of your ultimately doomed sugar detox.

Practically swimming in a fifth cup of peppermint tea, you crack – making a dive for the office refrigerator, shamelessly ignoring the rightful owners of three hunks of spiced cheese, a soya yoghurt, half a baked potato, and a couple of slices of smoked salmon.

Shameless. Utterly shameless. 

 

At least with Carr’s Crinklys healthier snacks don’t have to be boring – or tasteless. Oven-baked (not fried!) and completely delicious, keep hunger at bay with three tasty flavours: Cheese & Onion, Salt & Vinegar and Bacon. Your desk drawer desires it!