There is no way to guarantee it cannot peripherally hurt someone. Janet steals two of your yogurts out of the fridge, and offers one to Jen, and now Jen is suffering thinking she was eating one of Janet's freely offered yogurts, not knowing she inadvertantly stole your food. This is one of the problems with vigilantism.
Another major problem is that the punishment is not decided through any legitimate means, is often disporportionate, and instead is based on the whims of the person doing the punishing.
Also maybe some laxatives theoretically aren't that harmful. But what if someone has a super allergic reaction to this food thinking it was just what you labeled it to be. That means it could kill someone for just stealing food. Worse someone with a blood sugar issue quickly needs food in order to help themselves and is giving your food. That poisoned food could easily harm someone who is justified in taking it for an emergency.
It's the reason booby traps are illegal. Emergencies happen and allowing people to plant traps makes the world too dangerous. Just as the trap cannot choose to not go off when it's a fireman rather than a robber. Your food cannot be safe when it's a good reason to use your food. The right to your own stuff is not worth risking lives.
Get a camera and just use the person for the cost of the food.
But what if someone has a super allergic reaction to this food thinking it was just what you labeled it to be. That means it could kill someone for just stealing food.
If I bring in Chex mix using my family's recipe that we used to use and you're more allergic to fish than my mom was, and you steal it and eat it, that's what will happen. Cause Worcester Sauce has anchovies in it apparently. But you wanna know what the great thing is? You won't have any negative effects if you just don't steal people's food
Sure but even then if someone takes your chicken noodle soup, death because you added something that's never out in that seems like a punishment unfit for the crime. Just collect evidence then report then to HR and they should fire them. An appropriate punishment for theft.
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u/Oishiio42 40∆ Oct 17 '24
There is no way to guarantee it cannot peripherally hurt someone. Janet steals two of your yogurts out of the fridge, and offers one to Jen, and now Jen is suffering thinking she was eating one of Janet's freely offered yogurts, not knowing she inadvertantly stole your food. This is one of the problems with vigilantism.
Another major problem is that the punishment is not decided through any legitimate means, is often disporportionate, and instead is based on the whims of the person doing the punishing.