Office worker catches fruit thief with webcam

An office worker plauged by a spate of fruit thefts from his desk caught the cultprit on a webcam. (youtube.com/malleusdei)

An irritated office worker got revenge on a co-worker who had been stealing food from his desk this week by catching her in the act with his webcam - and then posting the footage for all to see.

YouTube user malleusdei wrote in a video caption that fruit had been disappearing from his desk for about a month.

Frustrated by the office thievery, he set up a webcam to catch the culprit red-handed.

What he saw when he returned to his desk the following morning shocked him: a female coworker is seen grabbing an apple from malleusdei's desk in the dark. She nonchalantly takes a bite and walks away with it.

The amateur detective then took screenshots from that footage and created a screensaver with pictures of the woman stealing his apple.

"I know who you are," reads the screensaver's text. "Stop stealing my things, or I will report you."



The following day, malleusdei set up his webcam again to catch the reactions of his coworkers and the fruit thief herself.

Their reactions range from delighted to disgust. One janitor can be seen taking a photo of the computer monitor with his mobile phone, and several office workers gather around to laugh.

Upon seeing herself, the fruit thief appears embarrassed.



The video, which was removed from YouTube Friday morning, ends with a note: "I haven't had any fruit stolen since."

It would appear as though this office worker's point has been made.

Do your co-workers steal food from each other? Have you ever had something taken from your desk? How did you deal with it? Let us know in the comments section below.