“My lunch wasn’t fancy enough for my coworker to take from”

There’s a reason people label their food in the workplace fridge, but when it’s a family firm and your coworkers are your cousins, it can make things a bit trickier. Reddit user lrangel1 has shared a tale about a cousin who is a particularly persistent scavenger, and readers can’t believe the sheer gall of the woman.

With the heading “My lunch wasn’t fancy enough for my coworker to take from.”, lrangel1 wrote this:

“For context, I work for my family’s restaurant, so I have cousins as coworkers. Also I only work Friday and Sunday, so I have Saturday’s off.

Well every Saturday I like to go out with my boyfriend and eat somewhere nice and usually I’ll order something to-go or take leftovers to eat on Sunday at work (I get tired of the food at work).

Here’s where the frustration begins and my cousin (CB) comes in.

She always wants a bite of everything I’m eating, no matter if it’s food I make at work or from a different restaurant.

Don’t get me wrong I don’t mind sharing sometimes, but she takes more than a small bite to “try” it. I’ve even started to eat my food in the back room to hide from her at times.

There are also times when I get busy and leave my food on the table and she sits in my spot and just helps herself to it.

Well like I said, my boyfriend and I usually eat somewhere nice like a hibachi place or Red Lobster bc treat-yo-self.

But this last Saturday we didn’t really feel like going out, so we just stayed in and ate Lil’ Caesars. Which i know is not the best quality pizza, but it’s so cheap it doesn’t matter.

I saved three slices for work the next day like usual and didn’t think much of it.

I get to work the next day. Then when I have a break, I start heating up my lunch. That’s when my cousin comes around and starts being nosy over what I brought.

When I pull my food out of the microwave she makes the biggest, most obnoxious scene. “EW YOU BROUGHT LIL’ CAESARS?!” And asking why I didn’t bring something better like other times.

And she went on and on about how it’s the worst brand of pizza and that only sixth graders will be willing to eat that. I was like… okay.

I eat my horrid, disgusting garbage (sarcasm) of a pizza anyway and was enjoying it until.

She starts complaining about how she hasn’t ate all day yet and doesn’t feel like cooking something in the kitchen.

Then she’s like “you know what, Lil’ Caesar’s isn’t so bad if you put some hot sauce over it” and goes to take a slice. HELL NO.

I defended my pizza as if I were protecting Caesar himself. I told her she shouldn’t have complained and made that outburst over MY food.

She called me selfish and said that family should always share, but I just finished my pizza and went on with my day. I also don’t plan on letting her “try” my food again.”

Redditors have had some reactions and suggestions to share, including these:

One commenter shared his own way of dealing with the problem – and it makes perfect sense.

Source: Reddit