How am I talking down about the cleaning people? This subject is about cleaning people. I thought one of my co workers took it and that's why I was going to send an email to ask whoever to give it back. My first instinct wasn't "Oh the cleaning lady took it!" but "oh i guess someone took it" The cleaning ladies were in the break room and that's why I asked them because they were THERE after me and if they had seen it. The opportunity simply was brought up by Angela when she told me she saw them picking it up. I don't think she would have went through trouble for me to help to find it. She's not like that. I didn't point out the ethnicity cuz it doesn't matter. I would have posted this thread if she was black, white or purple.
Not to sidetrack but I used to keep snacks in my desk at work. Every morning, I'd notice my supply dwindled a little more each night. I'd lock my office so no chance someone other than a cleaning person was enjoying themselves on my dime. So I left a note saying if they were poor and hungry they could take all they want, but if they are just too lazy to get their own - stop stealing my stuff. I guess they were lazy because I never missed another item since then.
Another victim of the hungry cleaning people. They seriously piss me off with this. They steal gum from my drawers, our bottled drinks out of our fridge, and my LIGHTLY SALTED CASHEWS. I'd like to set an electric trap inside my drawer but I think they could sue me.
It's too late now, ring's gone, now all you can do is get her fired, I wouldn't do it because there's a chance she's innocent, but she'll get fired anyway.
Yeah, now her and her kids will have to starve (possibly to death, unless she gets a chance to steal some food on her way out) over a $50 ring, that a non-cleaning person lost.
How exactly have you overreacted or acted b****y? You have someone who saw the cleaning lady picking up something, most likely a ring. If it was trash, it would only be in the location you searched, where there is no ring. So there are now two options. (1) you are completely confused and your ring is somewhere else entirely. (2) the cleaning lady stole your ring and is outright lying about it. If you feel pretty good that it is option number 2 and not number 1, I don't think you've been b****y enough. Somebody stole something that holds value to you. Something that wasn't theirs. I think its fair to say that a lot of us here would have immediately returned the ring to building management for lost and found, and short of that, definitely would have said yes, I found a ring when confronted.
This is why I hate working from home. When stuff goes missing, it just means I can't remember where I put it.
ANGELA and YOU shall become: Spoiler I bet Lady_Di won't post "I found it!" ever if she does find it...
See this is what happens when you wash your hands in public restrooms! Personal bottle of hand sanitizer ftw
Ok, I feel even more bad. It wasn't my intention to get her fired. I just HATE it when people take things that aren't yours or lie about it. I would have returned it to its owner if I knew whose ring it was or turned it in. I was in a pissed off mode when i filed the report with the building management so yes, there was a chance I overreacted. I have no sympathy for people who steal things no matter if they're poor or rich. All I'm assuming she would get a meeting then move on. Nobody will fire a person that stole something that is cheap. It was cheap, yes but it held a value to me. I'll never find it again. Swoly-D, i had guts to create this thread knowing i would probably get flamed...so I'm gonna post if I found it. I haven't found it. I know it was in the restroom. Carry on.
This thread proves that women are crazy. How in the world could Angela be so close to the stall that the cleaning lady was in to see and describe the "ring" that she picked up? I call BS. Were they in there together? On top of that, when the cleaning people are in the bathroom at most public places, they block off the entrance and NOBODY is in there with them. I've never been in a restroom with a cleaning person at the same time. That rarely happens. I call BS again. Women love to gossip and stir things up, I think Angela is simply full of it. I think the ring is lost and she's trying to make herself feel important by claming that she "saw" something. To further prove that women are nuts, the OP is going nuts and is all bent out of shape over a $50 item that SHE LOST. The cleaning lady didn't "steal" anything. YOU LOST IT. If it was in your work drawer, then that is a different story, but you lost the ring and you aren't sure where you lost it and on top of that it cost only $50 (probably more like $20, $50 sounds better on an internet message board because people always tend to exagerate in their own favor). This is all a bunch of BS and not a big deal/issue at all what so ever.
