Office worker branded ‘petty’ for putting padlock on milk in communal fridge

A debate is raging online after an office worker opted to padlock their milk in a communal fridge so that nobody else could take any.

Yup, we’ve all been there… you put your lunch in the office fridge only to find it has mysteriously vanished (queue Ross from Friends level rage).

But would you have a problem with sharing a bottle of milk with your co-workers? It seems that one office worker did, and they took drastic measures to keep theirs to themselves.

Is padlocking your milk a step too far? (Credit: Reddit: Vented55)

And it’s safe to say that opinions were mixed, with some people commenting that they were a little baffled by the move, whilst others were all for it.

“The savagery of the human race knows no bounds,” wrote one person under the thread.

As another agreed: “For the cost of milk, it still amazes me that some employers don’t just provide it… surely having your workers waste energy with such (necessary) nonsense has to be more costly than a few quid on milk.”

“If you’ve got someone who contributes to the teabag, coffee or sugar stock I see no harm in them using your milk,” someone else reasoned.

“Now if its someone who contributed absolutely nothing to the beverage department, yet seems to be the first to [moan] about milk running out etc etc, I reckon it’s fair game to stop them”.

People had been taking the milk for their office brews (Credit: Pexels)

“I wouldn’t go that far with milk but people lost food at the last place I was at. 12-hour shift with no food ain’t a joke,” a fourth noted.