someone stole my cell phone and i am pretty sure who did it. i want to confront him and try to get it back.

i left it on the table at a restaurant and went to the bathroom and when i returned i realized the phone was missing. also at this time i noticed someone from my group had left their hat on my chair. i never thought someone that i was eating with could have taken the phone; i originally assumed it was taken by a restaurant employee. now i realize it is unlikely a restaurant employee would be so brazen to snatch a customers phone right in front of other patrons, who were all sitting around my seat.

the tricky part is - this was a holiday dinner thrown by my employer for all of the people who work in our office. the guy who took my phone is a coworker.

i didnt know this until much later, but i found out that he said some very offensive things and got beat up by the open bar, making a total *** out of himself during the dinner and when the party moved to another bar nearby. offensive enough that i think he should have been fired for his behavior. he even asked if he was going to be fired. he got a verbal warning the next morning.

i want to confront him and ask for the phone back. if he denies taking it i am going to say that a witness saw him take it and if it isnt returned im going to involve the police. i can also threaten to tell the CEO and other management about what he did. but if it backfires? that might be awkward.

i want my phone back.

any other ideas or tactics come to mind?

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whoa. all i can do is state the obvious. it's a big deal to call someone a thief, and even though you're pretty sure he took it, you don't seem to have any actual proof? did no one at the table see anything?

i would definitely ask him about it, but leave out the threats part. essentially, i'm rubbish at drama

phone! Giz? Back? Now?

menacing anonymous letter with letters cut out of newspaper?

or, send a circular to everyone in the office asking if anyone saw what happened, cause then he'll know you're on the hunt, and maybe it'll appear?