Someone is stealing food in my apartment...any help? ***UPDATE 9/22***

[quote name='option.iv']Ok, take mechanical pencil lead. Lay it down on top of the door hinge (bottom one) after closing the door. If someone opens the door, the lead will break or fall. When you come back, if the lead is broken, you know someone came in.

But this is assuming you are the last to leave and the first to get back before your roommate.[/quote]

Or, i can just have this camera and not only know that someone came in....but also who it was.
 
[quote name='Dingleberry']And today we have the infamous girlfirned pictures...A note to point out on this is that she came into the apartment by herself which means that she has a key. I don't know if my roomate made one for her or dropped it off at her dorm before he went to class.

[/QUOTE]

Ah the girlfriend coming alone... time to move the webcam somewhere more... strategic.
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']He gave her a key without consulting you first? WTF?[/quote]

I was thinking the same thing. I guess what he really needs is a new roommate.
 
What is with all of the bags? She looks like Santa Claus. Maybe she is taking things if she is walking in with those.
 
holy shit OP!!!

Ok you now have a few choices...which ever you decide will effect your roomate as well somehow.

-Continue to monitor her (leave the camera alone) and see what days and time she does this. Write everything down (example, came in Thursday at 3:30pm, left at 3:15pm at such and such snack). Do this for a week.

-If you decide to tell your roomate about this just with one camera picture, he might get pissed saying that it might just be that one time and it was her last time (he's going to protect her)...be prepared for a heated argument.

-If you decide to hold off and monitor for a week and develop a pattern of time and days she comes in you could either

A. Decide to stay home around that time and catch her in the act opening the door with the key and confront her.

B. Talk to your roommate during a good time (not when he's stoned or drunk!!!) and tell him what you have learned. Remember it is HIS GIRLFRIEND.
Let him deal with it. You, him and her could all sit down and talk about this and figure out what's going on.


When i said it is going to affect your roommate, well he is going to be troubled that his girlfriend is coming in not only snatching your foods, but by burglarizing your home.


She just committed a crime by entering the apartment without authorization. Finding out who gave her the key is the next step, whether it was the maintenance people giving her a copy, your roomate OR she somehow managed to copy the key.

If it's the maintenance people who gave her the key thinking it was ok to give her the key because she was your roommates girlfriend, then you need to tell your landlord because you gave (nor your roommate) no permission for this to happen.

If it was your roommate and he forgot that he gave her the key, well then you need to get that key back.

if she got a copy some how from your roommate, then you need to get that key from her some how.



OR if you want to be spiteful, report it to the police. They will need just a bit more evidence before they can press charges...so a few more days of monitoring her would be good. That is the last resort.


One final option, depending on how comfortable you are at doing it...

Talk to her when your roommate is away...not in an accusation mode, but in a "I know what's going on, but I am not mad, I am just here if you want to talk about it because I am your friend."

If you are comfortable about this, this might end up well without your roommate learning about it and she *might* just confess to him later on.

This situation will end up hurting your roommate IF it comes from you... Let her get caught by him OR let her confess to him and let them handle it. It's not your relationship, but it is your food. Tell me is a few snacks worth loosing a friend rather then helping them?
 
She was actually here when i came home from work...I didn't think much of it. So when my roomate came home from class, I asked him if he gave her a key.

He let her barrow his on his way to class so she could get out of her dorm room for awhile...I'm guessing because she's not used to living with anyone but her family.

Sooooo. There was no copy of the key made...and my roomate has the key back.
 
[quote name='Dingleberry']She was actually here when i came home from work...I didn't think much of it. So when my roomate came home from class, I asked him if he gave her a key.

He let her barrow his on his way to class so she could get out of her dorm room for awhile...I'm guessing because she's not used to living with anyone but her family.

Sooooo. There was no copy of the key made...and my roomate has the key back.[/QUOTE]


whoa...

but you can't dismiss her as a suspect yet....

like I said in my post, try playing it out for a few more days...

who knows who can be coming in....

worse case...it's MORE THEN 1 person! :O
 
I really wouldn't care if my roommates were making keys for their girlfriends, assuming they've been with them long-term and said girl isn't letting anyone else in. Of course whenever I've had roommates I've had a lock on my bedroom door that I kept locked at all times I wasn't there.
 
[quote name='Zenithian Legend']I really wouldn't care if my roommates were making keys for their girlfriends, assuming they've been with them long-term and said girl isn't letting anyone else in. Of course whenever I've had roommates I've had a lock on my bedroom door that I kept locked at all times I wasn't there.[/quote]

and they've been dating for over three years now.
 
[quote name='Dingleberry']and they've been dating for over three years now.[/QUOTE]

well OP I hope you read my LONG ass post about what to do next....

Just don't count her out yet..
 
My bet is on the girlfriend stealing the food to pay for her college bills. Her next step is to become a stripper to repay you and her boyfriend for all of the food she has been stealing.
 
You need to try to figure out a way to hide the camera so it can see the kitchen. If the roommate or girlfriend finds it just say something like "Oh yeah I set that up to try to catch those maintenance douches stealing our food. I thought I told you about it yesterday?"

Or you could just casually ask your buddy if he's asked his girl if she sometimes munches on snack food at your place. She might not even realize you guys are freaking out about it.
 
[quote name='Dingleberry']and they've been dating for over three years now.[/quote]

I'm gonna stray from the group here and say she's not the one responsible here. That'd be really weird... unless [conspiracy theory] she's been taking the food and feeding it to your roommate at her place! Meaning *technically* he hasn't stolen it![/conspiracy theory] but seriously, I think you're spot on with the maintenance dudes. Just a matter of time now really.


As for her having a key, how long have you known her? Three years is a long time by college-student/people-age years, so I'd be cool with her having a key.
 
This thread has me on the edge of my seat.
It's got to be the maintenance guys. Unless of course it stops now that your room-mate knows...
Or... if the maintenance guys have your apartment wired with audio and possibly video you may be in trouble...
 
[quote name='Zenithian Legend']I'm gonna stray from the group here and say she's not the one responsible here. That'd be really weird... unless [conspiracy theory] she's been taking the food and feeding it to your roommate at her place! Meaning *technically* he hasn't stolen it![/conspiracy theory] but seriously, I think you're spot on with the maintenance dudes. Just a matter of time now really.


As for her having a key, how long have you known her? Three years is a long time by college-student/people-age years, so I'd be cool with her having a key.[/quote]

You have to remember though, that she once had a "eating disorder." You can't trust people like that around delicious snacks.
 
So i came back after going home to Dayton for the night to find that my laptop was off. Now, here's the thing....it was unplugged fromthe wall and therefore, was shutoff.

This ties in with when I got off work yesterday and the girlfriend was here. It was unplugged then as well, But i got there just in time to replug it back in. I think she is doing this because i yelled at her the other day for closing my laptop.

This is really starting to piss me off, so i'm just going to post more pictures of her:







 
[quote name='Dingleberry']This is really starting to piss me off, so i'm just going to post more pictures of her[/quote]

:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:
 
[quote name='Maklershed']Why is she turning the laptop off?[/quote]

I'm guessing because she doesn't want to be watched. I mean, i can understand that, but it's just pointed at the door and nowhere else.
 
I am starting think that it is the girlfriend that is doing it. She is the only we have seen yet going in and she is always carrying those big bags, I think it is her.
 
[quote name='darthbudge']I am starting think that it is the girlfriend that is doing it. She is the only we have seen yet going in and she is always carrying those big bags, I think it is her.[/quote]

She always has clothes/swimsuit/food in that big bag though. Since she did have an eating disorder, she has specific foods she has to eat and write down all the calories and stuff like that. And the rest is for if she decides to stay over for a night or go swimming in the pool.
 
[quote name='Dingleberry']She always has clothes/swimsuit/food in that big bag though. Since she did have an eating disorder, she has specific foods she has to eat and write down all the calories and stuff like that. And the rest is for if she decides to stay over for a night or go swimming in the pool.[/QUOTE]


an eating disorder? girls never recover from that.

It was the girlfriend, in your apartment, with the eating disorder.
 
[quote name='Apossum']an eating disorder? girls never recover from that.

It was the girlfriend, in your apartment, with the eating disorder.[/quote]

Any eating disorder where she wouldn't eat.
 
[quote name='Punk_Raven']Any eating disorder where she wouldn't eat.[/QUOTE]


not sure why I assumed it was bulimia. I guess anorexia is more common...
 
Here's my advice OP. Take pictures of you rubbing your balls on various food items and then place said food items back in their respective containers/packaging and then back into the cabinets. Then put those pictures all over your refrigerator so the thief can see. I think you'll find that nobody will be stealing that food.

Also, its crucial you dont eat the food discussed above.
 
[quote name='Apossum']an eating disorder? girls never recover from that.

It was the girlfriend, in your apartment, with the eating disorder.[/QUOTE]


I literally laughed out loud at that.
 
Stay home one day from work/school without anyone knowing. Pretend to leave and then go back home after your room mate leaves. Hide in a closet, under the couch (I used to live hiding under the couch and changing the TV channel via remote while others were watching TV when I was younger) or somewhere else. Play something portable until someone shows up and then catch them in the act LIVE.
 
[quote name='jaykrue']Totally the roomie's gf. Tell her she owes you and your roommate a 3some.[/QUOTE]


Good premise for a porn movie.

"I know you've been stealing my food."

"Oh, well, how can I re-pay you?"

"I can think of a way..."

*funk music kicks in*
 
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