# Where's the goddam ham?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-goddam-ham/215703>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 28, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-goddam-ham/215703 "2003-11-28T08:26:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-goddam-ham/215703/21 "2003-11-29T21:00:03Z")

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That’s really the pits. When I was in grad school, I stopped leaving my lunch in the communal refrigerator because I often found bits missing, or things like chunks of cheese actually carved into! And I don’t think it was my fellow students either, because one of the research staff (paid considerably better than me) later confessed to “borrowing” from the milk I kept to add to my coffee.

Way back when I also used to work with someone who was absolutely shameless about pigging out on cookies, etc. left out for everyone to munch on through the day. A couple of my co-workers decided to get revenge by getting some dog kibble and carefully wrapping it in Hershey’s Kisses wrappers, then leaving a bowlful on the lunch table. The Glutton walked by all afternoon grabbing handfuls at a go and contentedly munching away, much to our surprise and disgust. Finally someone made a comment about all the “chocolate” he was eating, and The Glutton said it was good if a bit crunchy. :rolleyes: Some people are just oblivious to an amazing degree, I guess.

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