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Back during my Ph.D. days people stole coffee capsules from others. I remember having a few in my drawer, only to find none the following morning.

It can be mind-boggling, but it definitely happens.

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Can't compare coffee capsules to food you cooked yourself.

If they were in his drawer though...

I don't know what it is about office spaces that causes latent kleptomania to surface with such regularity.

That was just the tip of the iceberg though. That place had some serious thefts going on. Once, a group leader's iMac was stolen one day: it was tied to the table with a Kensington lock, but the chain was just sawed off...

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