When Pregnancy Becomes an Excuse for Theft
During lunch in the cafeteria, my pregnant coworker Bethany Niles reaches right over and snatches the chicken drumstick off my plate.
She gnaws it down to the bone before casually announcing, "I'm six months pregnant. I need all the nutrition I can get right now.
"Plus, I'm carrying a boy, and he's the only grandson in my husband's family. Do you have any idea how important this baby is?"
I stare at her, completely lost. "And? It's not like it's my kid."
She doesn't even acknowledge me. "I'm just letting you all know, from now on, you're all taking turns giving me your drumsticks."
The other coworkers at the table all pretend to focus on their food, heads down, nobody daring to say a wo