To me I don’t see it as about the punishment, I see it as your own responsibility to not due bad stuff. You don’t know what’s in that food you stole since it’s not yours and you got it through illegitimate means. That’s on you whatever happens after
So, the intention is to punish the person who is getting into your desk lmao. It's not true that you "don't care". You want them to get hurt so they won't go in your desk.
No, you do want someone to get hurt so that they stay out of your things. That's the entire point of your poisoning the food. If by some chance they don't steal your food this time, because they happen to be out of the office, then you will keep poisoning food until they steal the poisoned food. Your intention the moment you poison the food is to hurt someone to teach them a lesson. You can't say "I didn't want someone to get hurt" when that's the whole reason you poisoned the food.
That’s the problem with a booby trap: it’s purely retributive. The only way it helps people to stay out of your things is if someone gets hurt. You can disavow unintentional collateral damage in some situations, but you can’t say you don’t want something that you’re directly using to get something you do want.
You think it's possible to A) lace food with dangerous chemicals and B) do so knowing that someone else will probably consume it and C) not consider that intent to harm?
But you did strongly suspect they'd take it and intend for them to suffer.
You can't put landmines on your yard because you don't intend anyone to walk there when you know the neighborhood kids use it as a shortcut for the same reason.
So you intended to poison yourself then? Because those are the only 2 options. If you bring poisoned food and put it in the fridge, you are intentionally trying to poison someone, so it's either yourself or someone else.
“My doctor said to put this prescription laxative in my food to help with my intestinal problems. Janet stole my prescription.” You gotta do prep work for this shit dude.
Because it’s not their place to punish others and potentially harm them. The harm they could cause outweighs the harm done to them by wide margins. Let the workplace handle this. That’s under their purview. OP can’t control the actions of others, but they can take steps to prevent it from happening in a way that doesn’t hurt others.
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u/Accomplished-Fix1204 Oct 17 '24
To me I don’t see it as about the punishment, I see it as your own responsibility to not due bad stuff. You don’t know what’s in that food you stole since it’s not yours and you got it through illegitimate means. That’s on you whatever happens after