Annoying

I believe I work in a normal office environment, normal enough anyway. I've never worked anywhere else so I don't really have anything to which to compare my experience. We have offices and cubicles, we have office gossip and politics, we have over-achievers and under-achievers. Normal enough, right?

I have every reason to believe that one of my co-workers is stealing my lunch.

The last few days my lunch has been disappearing. Once is no big deal. Things happen, someone confuses your frozen meal for something they brought in, and, boom!, no lunch for you. I don't mind going to the cafeteria from time to time or making a meal from crackers and chips in the vending machine.

At twice, you get annoyed. Who's not paying attention? I can pay attention. I know what I brought this morning, so how do you not know? But okay. Lesson learned. Next time I'll initial it or something.

At three times, now you start to wonder if someone's doing it deliberately. I mean, I had my initials on the box, and not in small letters on a corner or anything, but normal sized letters on the top. Really? Really?!?

At least today was pizza day. Good deal pizza day.

Now, I know it's possible that it's not someone stealing my lunch. It might be someTHING stealing my lunch. Maybe it's the Little People, seeking revenge for some perceived slight. Maybe it's the side effect of some experiment going on in the science labs, an accident. Or maybe...

I dunno. It is annoying me. Now, I think I know what you're thinking. You're thinking 'Why keep bringing your lunch for it only to be stolen?' That is a good question. I want evidence. Now it's a mystery to be solved.

A small mystery perhaps but a mystery all the same.