My coworker drew a pencil line on his mayo bottle to catch people using it.
By @guskindof · Work
He called me out for using a small squeeze of his mayonnaise from the shared office fridge door. He claims it's about asking permission, but marking condiment levels with graphite feels unhinged.
The full story
Our floor has two communal refrigerators, and the unspoken rule has always been that personal condiments live on the bottom door shelf. Last month, our team lead brought in a giant squeeze bottle of expensive Japanese kewpie mayonnaise. Yesterday during lunch, I used a dime-sized dollop for my turkey sandwich. He walked into the breakroom, saw the bottle next to my plate, and casually mentioned that he tracks the fill line with a pencil mark on the label. He wasn't yelling, but he pointed out that condiment sharing requires asking first, even if it sits in the public door bin. Now I'm debating whether to bring him a brand new bottle or just ignore the pencil mark entirely.
How people voted
- Totally Cooked — 32% (34 votes)
- It’s Complicated — 45% (48 votes)
- You’re Fine — 23% (24 votes)
Readers say “It’s Complicated” (45%) — 106 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@nicoee — my old roommate used to measure the milk gallon with a wooden ruler every morning before his 8am shift, some people just belong in a psych ward.
@maemaybe — Did he actually say nothing else, or had people been finishing entire bottles of his stuff before this?
@danaee — L behavior.
@xenaliterally — lmaooo
@sashakinda — He is projecting his complete lack of workplace control onto a squeeze bottle and you triggered him.
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