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I was involved in this in a job a few years ago and the sheer numbers that went missing suggested people chucking them by mistake rather than stealing them. Still really annoying.
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The same was / is happening in my office too. I cannot imagine people actively stealing them, they're shitty forks anyway and who needs forks at home that desperately... However, I can imagine people accidentally chucking them as you suggest, or putting them somewhere and forgetting about them, etc.
SwissChap
That was my assumption at first but I went through the desks one evening (it's a hot desking situation so not going through anyone's private stuff) and only found 3 so it seems like people are taking them home. They're really crap quality so maybe it's just people absentmindedly throwing them in their Tupperware rather than intentionally grabbing them but that doesn't make it less annoying when you want to eat your pasta and have to settle for a spoon.