I'm obviously talking about food. We all have come across a tasty treat in the fridge, cupboard, or on the counter. If one wished to reserve their food they should have taken the reasonable preventive steps.
Just let them know that you'd like to save something, and all should be well. I usually end up
devouring any leftovers when I get home, anyway. (no, I'm not fat!)
That's what I always have to explain to my parents. They ask, why do you always eat my lunch I made
for work the night before? I have to use the excuse, if there is no note, it's fair game.
anything I find in my fridge is potentially mine as what anyone else in my house put it in my property redefines it as such.
but I usually ask anyway, first. It's called considerate.