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The case of the missing breakfasts




There were two young women who admired a young man who newly joined the Department. They used to compete with one another to buy breakfast for him although the young man did not ask for it. The young man would take one packet he liked and pass the other packet to whoever was standing around. 


One day the young man did not turn up for work as he was under the weather. The women did not realise the young man was not around but bought a breakfast each for the young man. As his colleagues were aware of his absence they took the liberty to share the food that was placed on the young man’s table. 


About an hour later, the women  realised the young man was not coming to the office and tried to retrieve the food. They found the packets missing. They were seen cursing and calling all sorts of derogatory names aimed at the colleagues who removed the food. Despite their rantings they were not able to discover who the culprits were. They earned the wrath of their colleagues who were unhappy being accused of stealing food. The office orderly decided to play a prank on the two women, and told them the packets were removed by garbage collectors who thought the packets were garbage meant for disposal. 


The women raced down to where the garbage collectors usually sat down to rest; but they were no where to be found. They were informed that the garbage collectors were seen heading to the canteen to have a drink.The women then headed towards the canteen hoping to get the culprits red handed. They found them minus the food packets. When they accused the garbage collectors of removing food packets a quarrel ensued. When the garbage collectors realised that they were being accused of stealing food the quarrel escalated. The women had to back down when the garbage collectors raised their voices when they were falsely accused of removing food. The women realised that the garbage collectors were innocent and gave up their efforts to nab the culprits. Understanding that they were not going to solve the mystery  by falsely accusing their colleagues without any evidence - they realised it was their mistake for leaving food unattended and decided to stop the practice. 


The young man who had breakfast supplied daily was the loser as the supply of free food stopped abruptly. He had to resort to buying his own food from the canteen and did not realise what had brought about the changes in his fortune. 




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