GroovyWalrus
GroovyWalrus

My cook is stealing things, what should I do?

I have seen my cook stealing ghee for more than three times. And I am also confident she does this very regularly . what should I do?

17mo ago
PrancingBoba
PrancingBoba

Most of the IT folks live with it, like I had a friend who was okay with it.
In his state, corruption was also structured. So he thought, his cook also deserves better, as long as they don't break the decorum

PeppyNarwhal
PeppyNarwhal
Swiggy17mo

If they deserve better why not increase the pay rather than waiting for a disaster to happen?

PrancingBoba
PrancingBoba

You want to talk to him?

BouncyLlama
BouncyLlama
Cred17mo

Is she taking the whole dabba of ghee home or what?

GroovyBoba
GroovyBoba

Asking the real questions

GroovyWalrus
GroovyWalrus
InMobi17mo

no she brings her own small dabba and fill it with our ghee.

SwirlyTaco
SwirlyTaco

On a fine Sunday morning, after finishing her work my cook was leaving the house and I observed her blouse was oddly out of shape. (Pervs keep your head in place, she was 65 and a jolly old lady who cooked well).

Turns out she was pilfering onions via the blouse everyday. They'd reached ₹120 a kg back then and she just couldn't afford them to feed her family of 7.

I told her she didn't have to steal and just had to ask.

Ghee though isn't a necessity. Seems criminal.

FloatingPancake
FloatingPancake

Did you say that your cook comes on Sundays too? Man, then she deserves that ghee as well

SwirlyTaco
SwirlyTaco

😅 All 7 days, twice a day. Gets long breaks for the holidays though.

GoofyHamster
GoofyHamster
Swiggy17mo

Would definitely say fire her, chances are that it's only going to get worse. I wouldn't want to spend my peace of mind on this

GroovyWalrus
GroovyWalrus
InMobi17mo

FIRED

SwirlyTaco
SwirlyTaco

That was swift.

Are you a startup founder?

FuzzyMarshmallow
FuzzyMarshmallow

😂😂😂

QuirkyNoodle
QuirkyNoodle

You can either fire her or give her a second chance. With a second chance, there’s always going to be a possibility that she would do it again, but this time more carefully without leaving any tracks. You can evaluate the risk and take a decision.

GroovyWalrus
GroovyWalrus
InMobi17mo

The problem is I dont know how to tell her that we know you are stealing.

FuzzyMarshmallow
FuzzyMarshmallow

Just raise a query like... aajkal ghee kuch jyaada hi khatam ho rha hai

GroovyWaffle
GroovyWaffle

If you fire her, don’t give the stealing as a reason. She will create a scene. She will shout and all. And you should probably fire her. Do it gently, do it firmly, and directly. And make sure you get the house keys right away.

SquishyBanana
SquishyBanana

Change cook she can’t be trusted

GigglyKoala
GigglyKoala

Put her on PIP

PrancingWaffle
PrancingWaffle

What kind of soy world is this where you have to ask online what to do in these situations?

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