# Dear Coworker: Were you really THAT hungry? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 24, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-coworker-were-you-really-that-hungry/110583 "2002-05-24T00:41:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-coworker-were-you-really-that-hungry/110583/41 "2002-05-28T23:43:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > \*\* > > That’s a little too subtle for me. I usually take a red Sharpie, draw a skull and crossbones and write something like: " **DANGER! POISON! TOXIC WASTE! _DO NOT EAT!!!_** > > And, just in case: **THIS MEANS YOU!!!** \*\* When I was lifeguarding and brought in food I especially didn’t want taken, or if we all got take out from the same place, I would put “Dave’s food- Touch not lest ye be touched”. But maybe that carries a little more meaning when a 6’9" 300# person writes it. ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-coworker-were-you-really-that-hungry/110583/42 "2002-05-29T16:23:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Glory \* > \*\*The newly arrived woman reaches into the refrigerator and pulls out a salad in tupperware and then reaches into the refrigerator and pulls out MY coworker’s salad dressing (clearly marked with coworker’s name) and proceeds to liberally douse her salad while continuing her rant about stolen food! \*\* Maybe she’ll die from irony poisoning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-coworker-were-you-really-that-hungry/110583.md?page=2)