free food at the office...

it's true... if you leave free food on the break room tables, they will come and eat it.

case in point, i have a nice slice of lemon meringue pie on my desk right now; i passed by another building on route back from SB (starbucks) and there it is, in the kitchen, half a lemon meringue pie. i partake in a slice, ate some of it... yummy as it is, i can't help but think - am i too trusting? was that pie meant to be shared? how long has it been sitting there???

in one of the previous companies i worked for, i used to always have food at my cube. call it nurturing instincts, or fear of going hungry (which is probably more accurate)... one day i discovered, someone else has been partaking the cookies i keep in my drawers. so i researched recipes that would make someone a bit ill but not do terrible permanent damage. boy i had an altered recipe where castor oil was involved with some ex-lax chocolate chips. then i got laid off before i can bake a batch of these special treats to catch my cookie thief.

as i devour some lemon meringue, i think, what if someone equally malicious spiked the pie?

i take another bite. life is short - eat dessert first.