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My Nespresso maker was stolen.
I have a fancy Delonghi Nespresso machine in the coffee nook space at my office. One morning I go to make my usual oat milk latte to find my machine is gone! I contacted building security who informed me there is no camera on our floor.
After scouring several floors in my building, I was ready to give up. Talking to some of my co-workers they suggested sending a mass email out to the teams that had recently relocated from our office. I proceed to do so. Turns out our new CEO is in our building and was in on of the building email lists. So my first interaction with the new CEO is to accuse them of stealing my coffee machine!
It turns out that this was more a Three’s Company episode than a CSI episode. One of the other teams had made a request for their own machine and when they moved, had assumed it belonged to them and slapped a moving sticker on it. In the end I hot my machine back. Hopefully I don’t get sacked by the nee CEO!
Drama! I'd have been aghast if I was you, it's not a small item to lose.