# So, yeah. I work with a banana thief. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854 "2007-03-14T05:04:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/21 "2007-03-14T14:47:37Z")
Even so, It sounds like a whole bunch of bananas is more than a person is expected to take. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/22 "2007-03-14T14:48:40Z")
(and the furtive glance around appears to confirm that _she knew it wasn’t right_) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/23 "2007-03-14T15:04:39Z")
[QUOTE=threnodyangelfire] Update: This woman got fired this afternoon. It came to light she was using corporate credit cards to buy personal stuff. [/QUOTE] Shoot. I was about to suggest that you start sneaking up behind her and singing, “Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring bananathief!” ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/24 "2007-03-14T15:14:47Z")
That’s how it starts. First it’s produce, then it escalates to flowers on the corporate card, and pretty soon it’s rolls of TP and Post-Its from the supply room, pens disappearing, and someone’s raising a mighty stink over his missing red Swingline. It’s a good thing your boss caught on when he did and took appropriate action. Lives were saved, I tell you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/25 "2007-03-14T16:27:08Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] What is a communal fruit box? We don’t have one of those at our office. [/QUOTE] A “communal fruit box” is what we in Canada describe in more politically correct terms as a homosexual orgy. If your office does not have one, you should contact Service Canada at [http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/](http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/26 "2007-03-14T16:47:09Z")
Can we stop the whole “banana-thief” hijack and get back to this Pornotube discussion? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/27 "2007-03-14T19:41:24Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] Can we stop the whole “banana-thief” hijack and get back to this Pornotube discussion? [/QUOTE] I gave up porn for Lent. Can you wait a few weeks? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/28 "2007-03-14T19:59:00Z")
[QUOTE=Bambi Hassenpfeffer] :eek: :eek: :eek: I’ve never seen them above about $0.49 / lb. Our old people would freak the hell out at [$5.32 per pound](http://www.google.com/search?q=14.99+AUD+per+kg+in+USD+per+lb). Glad she got canned, though. I hate people who rob communal food – in this I include the breakroom fridge. [/QUOTE] I think this is due to the [bad storm they had in Australia last year](http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/21/bloomberg/sxcrop.php). Banana trees destroyed, and sugar cane too. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/29 "2007-03-14T20:18:36Z")
[QUOTE=Rilchiam] Shoot. I was about to suggest that you start sneaking up behind her and singing, “Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring bananathief!” [/QUOTE] Modular, podular, in your pocketodular! Oh, and 49¢ per pound? Dang, that’s cheap. Right now, they’re on sale at Safeway for 79¢ a pound. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/30 "2007-03-14T21:02:16Z")
If there’s going to be a ‘good-bye’ party, may I suggest a sheet cake with banana filling between the layers? PS- Was the OP tempted to chase after her to get the bananas back? If so, please listen to [this](http://www.mikesarcade.com/eStore/prod/ddk/sounds/dkstomp.wav) link before you do. _warning- sound file_ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/31 "2007-03-14T21:07:55Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I gave up porn for Lent. [/QUOTE] Interesting. I gave up Lent for porn. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/32 "2007-03-14T21:09:00Z")
Let us know what turns up in her desk, when cleaned out. It’s very funny that you saw the banana snatch and then she gets fired for stealing. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/33 "2007-03-14T21:21:11Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] banana snatch [/QUOTE] Please tell me more about this “banana snatch.” ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/34 "2007-03-14T21:38:29Z")
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie] If it’s a communal fruitbox then isn’t it there for everyone? Is it the putting of bananas in her handbag that makes her a thief, or the fact she took them from a communal box? [/QUOTE] The fact that it’s there for everyone to share and she takes 6 of them to put in her handbag, thus depriving everyone else of the fruit. It’s just inappropriate. It’s meant to be consumed at work, and common decency is kind of you just take what you need to give everyone a shot. And it’s a completely open plan office. I can see where you’re coming from but her actions are a little OTT. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/35 "2007-03-14T22:08:30Z")
[QUOTE=threnodyangelfire] This woman got fired this afternoon. It came to light she was using corporate credit cards to buy personal stuff. [/QUOTE] Ice cream, whipped cream, and cherries, by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/36 "2007-03-14T22:19:26Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Please tell me more about this “banana snatch.” [/QUOTE] Her name is Pamela Anderson. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/37 "2007-03-14T23:01:59Z")
[QUOTE=glee] That’s easy for you to say! 🙂 [/QUOTE] I may have been a little punchy when I posted that. “Banana snatch.” Things that sound dirty but, well, probably are. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/38 "2007-03-15T11:32:05Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Please tell me more about this “banana snatch.” [/QUOTE] After Lent. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/39 "2007-03-15T14:21:21Z")
Not to change the topic from snatches… In essence, the person was stealing from the other coworkers and was found stealing from the company. While management can look the other way when a coworker steals your lunch, you can bet your bippy they won’t when that same worker steals from the company. I work with a guy who pocketed tips that were meant to be pooled. He also got nailed for fiddling with the clock during tournaments (the side effect is that the players don’t get what they pay for and he gets to deal more tournaments than other dealers and therefore make more money) He also never gets fills so that the dealer behind him has to, hence, slowing down their game. In my mind, he’s a sneak, conniving thief and should be tossed off the building. But hey, he isn’t stealing from managment (that they know of, yet) so he’s kosher. If you will do that sort of shit, you are that sort of person. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854/40 "2007-03-15T14:45:53Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I gave up porn for Lent. Can you wait a few weeks? [/QUOTE] Who did you lend your porn to? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-i-work-with-a-banana-thief/395854.md?page=3)