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kazmar: So I came back to my desk and my bag was gone. Luckily the only thing I had of value in it was my kindle with I have now bricked (it also has a password on it, but you can never be to sure.) I'm mainly pissed as the office I work in requires card access, so he must of slipped in after someone.

There is a small sliver lining, as some one kept stealing food from my desk, I have a motion activated camera on my desk, which caught a picture of the guy stealing it. I have given it to security at the university I work at and tomorrow I'm going to give it to the police.

So given the list of things I could have had stolen I got of very lightly, (I think he stole a phone from someone else), and I just have to wait until Friday for my new kindle.

But there you have it, have a muffin stolen, "catch a thief", I'll update as this short tale goes on,
If you don't mind my asking, where do you work that people steal stuff from your desk?
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kazmar: So given the list of things I could have had stolen I got of very lightly, (I think he stole a phone from someone else), and I just have to wait until Friday for my new kindle.
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F4LL0UT: Lucky bastard. Two weeks ago someone broke into my apartment and stole my laptop which contained lots of important stuff I hadn't made backups of - which I was going to do a few days later, I had already ordered an external drive just for that reason.
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JudasIscariot: If you don't mind my asking, where do you work that people steal stuff from your desk?
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F4LL0UT: You live in Poland and ask that kind of question? :p
I leave about 4K PLN of personal computer gear at the office overnight and sometimes over the weekend. Nothing's ever been stolen.

Heck, we have a cardboard box "bank" of about 150PLN worth of CASH that sits on the desk next to me (for people to borrow from for funds for the vending machine and whatnot) and, in the two years I've been here, it's only lost 20 PLN unaccounted for.

I'd say that GOG is a pretty good bunch of people. :)
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TheEnigmaticT: Heck, we have a cardboard box "bank" of about 150PLN worth of CASH that sits on the desk next to me (for people to borrow from for funds for the vending machine and whatnot) and, in the two years I've been here, it's only lost 20 PLN unaccounted for.

I'd say that GOG is a pretty good bunch of people. :)
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Zolgar: American brain goes "Why the heck would you need $150 for vending machines.." *googles* Oh, wait.. that's like $50.. OK, that makes more sense. >.>

For the OP:
Next time leave a bag with a dead laptop, and a very live venomous snake in it on your desk.. That's the way to deal with thieves.. Well, at least if you can't have a motion-sensing, face-scanning laser turret mounted on your desk that will zap anyone who gets too close and isn't registered in it's database.
I'd suggest not...
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TheEnigmaticT: I'd suggest not...
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Zolgar: That wouldn't fall under Attractive Nuisance.. More under booby trapping.. which I know is also against the law in the US.
It's fun to joke about such things though :p
Hm. Fair enough. I had thought that doctrine applied to anyone who received damages from an owner's property.

I should probably have read the Wikipedia article before linking to it. :P